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Blind Jack of Knaresborough

from Bells & Proclamations by Big Block 454

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lyrics

Malham, Balham, Lostock Gralam,
Farnham, Barnham, Hove
Brighton, Knighton, Kirton, Titan,
Tooting, Luton, Rove

Wheels, wheels, stupid wheels
Endlessly a-turning
The golden age of steam must be
a memory that just needs burning

Rail, rail defeats John Cale
pulmonary breakdown
He died one day in a sad buffet
trying to get some mouldy cake down

Transexpansive transylcranium
Transum trancing prancing tranium
Transexpansive transylcranium
Transum trancing prancing tranium

Trains, trains, dissolved in rain
Casey Jones lies bleeding
Twisted tracks just broke his back
And now he’s catching up with his reading

[Biddy Baxter Chorus]
Jiggery Pokery
Johnny Boy Noakery
Petery Purvery
Les-er-lie Juddery
Valerie, oh Valerie, Singleton

Blind Jack of Knaresborough
described it as being a form,
a formless form of Jazz-Folk Fusion,
played by the deaf,
for the few,
in a void.

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from Bells & Proclamations, released February 28, 2011
Joell / Robinson / Stone

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Big Block 454 Hebden Bridge, UK

Since the late 80s, Big Block 454 has been making exploratory, highly individual music that encompasses rock, funk, electronica, folk music, Dadaist collage and much more besides.
Each band member is a multi-instrumentalist, but Big Block 454’s approach also encompasses the creation of sound on instruments they don’t know how to play, and those that hadn’t been invented before the band made them.
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