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Roots & Roll

by The Super 92

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I Just Think About You Way Too Much 02:38
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I just think about you way too much Even when you're gone, I pretend you're here On the couch, whispers in my ear Hand on your hip, lips against mine Doing that thing we do while the moon climb I just think about you way too much Your boyfriend don't like me, he knows I'm up to no good And you regret this, sometimes I can see that in your look But don't worry, babe, I'll take care of you A million times better than that old fool could ever do I just think about you way too much So come out tonight, I want to see you so bad Turn that Tercel down the Yellowhead First left after seventh avenue Feel your blood pumping for someone brand new I just think about you way too much
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Too Late to Go Home Early 04:14
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Girl From St. Lina 03:13
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Burn Down On Their Own 03:08
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Burn Down on Their Own She said, “Come with me, take my hand. Lead me through the weeds into the pine Open my heart, soothe my mind. I’ll be yours if you’ll be mine.” Hearts on fire are hard to put out. So let them burn down on their own. Baby, you’re the tops, don’t you ever change I’ll love you forevermore The flowers in our eyes will guide us faithfully Until we walk through death’s cold door. Hearts on fire are hard to put out. So let them burn down on their own. O love, something’s wrong, I’m blue. But I promise it’s me, and not you. I’m going for a walk, but I’ll be back. We’ll meet under the next new moon. Hearts on fire are hard to put out. So let them burn down on their own. Standing in the dark, waiting on her, He knew down deep inside. She’s never coming back. The whispers on the wind had told him For a long time. Hearts on fire are hard to put out. So let them burn down on their own. But don’t be afraid when the coals get dim, They catch with the next breath of wind.
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Seasick Sailor 03:02
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I Left Running (But I'll Come Back Crawling) 04:11
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What Brings You Here? 03:15
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I'm in a Bind 02:44
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Is My Heart in the Right Place? 04:15
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Is My Heart in the Right Place Is my heart in the right place? Or did I lose it long ago To the woman in the valley Where the big brown river flow? I guess I should go looking I let it slide far too long Is my heart in the right place? Can it even be somewhere wrong? A dim cloud comes in every night It creeps out the mountain mixed in the moonlight I can’t take it But I can hear it I can hear it at my door Chorus A spectral heartbeat felt on the wind Climbs through the pass and under the skin I can’t take it But I can feel it There it is, a deepening bore Chorus
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Roll Together 04:18
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about

“Robin is shy.”

This statement appeared on many of Robin Woywitka’s primary school report cards. Although there are introverted remnants in some of the music on Roots & Roll, “shy” is not a word that immediately comes to mind when listening to this record. The album is frank and open hearted. Revelations are made with bluster, humour, and the occasional bit of sentimentality.

“This record is certainly more direct than our last one,” says Robin. This rings true. His Jimbo Mathis produced 2011 release, The Impossible Address, featured tall tales of pioneers and astronauts. Roots & Roll also contains exaggerated instances, but this time around the songs are largely drawn from material a bit closer to the bone. Discarding the common “it wasn’t me” songwriter cop-out, Robin admits that there are a few songs on the record that are very accurate recollections from his life. But he’s not saying which ones. “There are a couple of unsavoury moments in there. Maybe it was me, maybe it wasn’t.”

In all of these songs, the music closely supports the narrator. The ragged honky tonk of “Too Late to Go Home Early” props up an overconfident ne’er-do-well. Harmony singers and gentle bass notes console the brokenhearted in “Seasick Sailor,” and a troubled couple sing out their worries in “Burn Down on Their Own.”

Edmonton luminaries Stew Kirkwood (Sound Extractor) and Gavin Dunn (Jeff Stuart & the Hearts) produced the record. This team helped the band create a sound true to their north Edmonton roots: a blend of the root elements of rock and roll and country music delivered with a nervy, modern punch.

Listeners, this is Roots & Roll.

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released September 12, 2014

Produced by Stew Kirkwood and Gavin Dunn
Engineered by Jeff Kynoch

Robin Woywitka and the Super 92 are:

Robin Woywitka: vocals, guitars
Craig Kowalchuk: guitars
Alex Jumpsen: drums
Greg Kolodychuk: bass

Featured musicians:

Elise Reneau: background vocals
Catherine Robertson: fiddle
David Shepherd: keyboards
Stew Kirkwood: pedal steel guitar
Gavin Dunn: guitar, background vocals
Tim Resaul: background vocals


Cover design: cut and paste

All songs by Robin Woywitka (SOCAN)
Made in Canada
All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction, copying and rental of this recording is strictly prohibited by law.
Copyright Robin Woywitka 2014

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The Super 92 Edmonton, Alberta

The Super 92 were formed when Robin Woywitka returned to Edmonton from recording The Impossible Address record in Mississippi. Cousins Craig Kowalchuk (guitar, lap steel, harmonica) and Greg Kolodychuk (bass) bring an inimitable feel that is bred in the bone. Along with drummer Alex Jumpsen’s sturdy and inventive beats, the Super 92 is the perfect medium for Woywitka’s compositions. ... more

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