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Marlowe's Revenge

by Dan Stuart with Twin Tones

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1.
Hola Guapa 03:38
hola guapa soy yo did you hear I had to go? hit by a bus just the other day didn't make a fuss, well anyway... you'll get my ring wear it from your neck try not to choke on it ah what the heck... hola guapa it's me again guess what honey they dig my sin ain't no warm glow just a clown or two did you miss your show? well boo hoo hoo... you've got my heart save it for a rainy day or cook it on the grill ah what the hey... you'll get my money I wish it was more are you happy honey? what's a husband for? adiós guapa I gotta run it's been real, too much fun
2.
Elena 03:42
every time I see you Elena I go wild you so very near to me Elena keeps me riled I see your light glowing below are you home or giving a show? Elena I wish I could let you know... every time I hear your name Elena well I get that sweet taste of fresas con crema I'm going mad with you so close you're like a shot of the perfect dose I'm ready oh I'm ready the devil knows... every time he sees you... Elena he wants to be with you.. Elena this old heart is ready to bleed for a new love why can't you be the one for me... Elena?
3.
the cats are hungry I feed them their fill and take a long walk right over the hill it's my last blue day a double rainbow appears from above down to the valley to the city I love it's my last blue day it's my last blue day darkness greets me as I open my door the rope on the crossbeam hangs to the floor it's my last blue day I hear a dog barking as I crawl into bed my books are my lovers it's all been said it's my last blue day it's my last blue day
4.
I'm a man who has always loved you no matter what the world had to say but you decided to leave with another less worthy than me so now you see the truth written in front of you soy un hombre que siempre te ha amado no importa lo que el mundo tenga que decir pero tú decidiste dejarme por otro menos digno que yo y ahora tendrás la verdad escrita en tu frente you know I've been all over this world and I've seen the sun shine so bright but I never met another girl who kept me up every night
5.
I found a baby in the street took her home she cleaned up sweet threw her in a pot with yesterday's wine now I'm feeling superfine you're the one I used to love now I'm dancing with the whores above and rain on you every chance I get don't forget to pick up the check I lost my mind on an overpass tried to jump but they snatched me back they threw me in a room with yesterday's news held my breath and wailed the blues I found a kitty in the street took her home she cleaned up so sweet threw her in the tub with yesterday's wine and now I'm feeling superfine oh so fine plain out of my mind you're the one I used to love now I'm playing footsie with the whores above I love them China girls too... hell I love every woman except you
6.
All Over You 02:16
I bought you a chocolate ice cream cone but you had to answer your phone now it's all over you I heard you cried when our boy left home but baby you still got your Cuban toad has your dream come true? I'm all over you no one cares that your hair ain't grey there's younger girls that want to play and they laugh at you I'm all over you watch me fly guitar in tow there's so much you'll never know has your dream come true? I'm all over you I'm all over you
7.
Name Hog 02:18
I'm listening man have you got something to say? because you make a new record every other day every other day you're just a name hog we all know that's true tonight are you playing as the Dylans? or Waterloo or Waterloo? yeah I know I can hear you okay but the songs you're singing mean nothing today nothing fella... go away! still I know the kids are out there so come and blow my mind I'll try to catch you at The Basement the very next time the very next time you're gonna blow my mind blow my mind I'll even wait in line...
8.
Zipolite 06:22
over the mountain they say there's beach with two deserted islands just out of reach oh yeah... uh huh and down from Seattle there came a surfing dude with a head full of voices and a stomach full of 'ludes oh no... oh no one day he went a swimming way out past the break to the black island he had a deal to make oh yeah... uh huh if you seek salvation well never mind the lord my thoughts will always guide you this machete is your sword oh no... oh no all these hippies camping they're nude in the sand doing yoga in the moonlight and chanting to the band oh yeah... uh huh sacrifice by morning and take their money too buy yourself a burger it'll taste better than you knew oh no... oh no now he lives in Puerto and he rents his fins and boards he's always got a smile he believes he's the lord oh yeah... uh huh he keeps that machete handy and he's waiting for the day the voices say they're hungry they need to get paid oh no... not again
9.
once there was you and then there was me dancing across time... infinity no one really knows how the story goes until it's over I can't stop looking over my shoulder you were the girl I wanted to be out in the world acting so free no one really knows where the river flows until you get there I can't stop looking for a safe shelter once there was love so easy to see but tears of shame rained down on me no one really knows how the story goes until it's over I can't stop looking over my shoulder
10.
The Knife 05:58
don't ask me what it means to live a good life I've wasted so many years sharpening the knife I've been luckier than most, swam in an ocean or two and I've had exalted feelings that sometimes were true I tried to pay attention and be aware that in the end we're just a prayer so here we are together all alone with only our dreams to carry us home

about

What business does an aging post-punk has-been have making a kick-ass rock record with Twin Tones, one of Mexico's hottest young bands? Last anyone heard, Green on Red's Dan Stuart had moved to Oaxaca from NYC to escape reality, not that anyone cared. Sure, after a decade and a half gone missing, he had released both the LP and book, The Deliverance of Marlowe Billings, in 2012 and 2014 respectively on Cadiz Music in London, but outside of some grudging critical respect, really a sympathy fuck for days gone by, plus some sporadic touring, well the planet could get along without Stuart's morbidly self-righteous world view just fine. His inability to lighten-up and endure life's little insults like the rest of us had grown old and tired, like Stuart himself. Okay, you went away, now go away. Still he refused...

Marlowe's Revenge started in a concrete bunker in Oaxaca, where Daniel Sanchez Jimenez was more used to recording Oaxacan banda than depressed gabachos. Stuart wandered in one day with a dozen songs written on an opened tuned cracked Martin that mirrored Stuart's psyche perfectly. The old gringo made the young engineer accompany him live with a 10 peso little black egg shaker or beat on an ancient phone book with an open palm... he was a card carrying union percussionist after all. The result was promising, simple chord changes but in interesting voicings with a strange propulsion not always in time but always somehow right. The songs were about love and loss, murder and revenge: Stuart's usual laments but with a spark, like a fire had been lit somewhere deep in his distended belly. Pleased with the results, Stuart became curious and wondered if he could find a band to play some of these songs, a Mexican band that wasn't a caricature of Mexico herself. So he did what anyone would do, search Youtube and he found them...

There name was Twin Tones, no the. They came from Mexico City and played instrumental music with some of the same Ital-Mex influences as the last band Stuart had recorded with, Sacri Cuori from Italy. But they were younger and rawer, and spoke little English but with a rock n roll accent. Stuart sent them a FB message and barely got back a reply, yes we have a studio and we do our own thing, who the fuck are you? Now this is where it gets weird... turns out they had mutual friends and acquaintances, people like Steve Wynn from The Dream Syndicate and Danny Amis from Los Straitjackets, the world was indeed a frighteningly small place. So on his way to Europe to play some loserfest, Stuart dropped by the lads studio in gritty Ecatepec and started the second half of Marlowe's Revenge. The first song they recorded together was Soy Un Hombre, and indeed Stuart had become a man again, stiff boner and all. It was immediately clear they had a garagey sound but one in England somewhere and rented from gypsies. Pleased, Stuart sent Twin Tone's leader and now his producer Gabriel Lopez some of the Oaxacan tapes and told him to overdub what he wanted, make yourself a nice margarita. The results blew Stuart away and so the whole enchilada was smuggled up north to JD Foster to mix and the rest is... well not history exactly but still something worth listening to if you give a shit about stuff like this.

So there you have it, the making of a real rock record, maybe the last one ever, who fucking knows? Certainly not Stuart, he's too busy enjoying Mexico City, where he just moved to be closer to the action at age 54 no less. With any luck there will be some live shows with Twin Tones but let's face it, no one really wanted this to happen, and now that it has there are some that would prefer that it would just go away so the world can get back to its predictable shitty self. But not Stuart... he's just getting started.

credits

released February 6, 2016

Dan Stuart - vocals and acoustic guitars

The Twin Tones are:
Gabriel Lopez - guitars, bass, keyboards, percussion, vocals
Dario Maldonado - guitars, vocals
Enrique Casasola - drums, percussion, ,vocals
Julian Huerta - keyboards, vocals
Israel Martinez - bass, vocals
Alex Villa - trumpet

Produced by Gabriel Lopez
Recorded by Gabriel Lopez at T-Vox Recording, Mexico City
and by Daniel Sanchez Jimenez at Musi-Mix, Oaxaca
Mixed by JD Foster
Mastered by Adrian Olsen at Montrose Recording, Richmond VA

All song written by Dan Stuart with Twin Tones, published Hang Dog Music, BMG/Chrysalis

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Dan Stuart Mexico City, Mexico

Dan Stuart is a songwriter, author and habitual expat currently residing in Mexico City. He was a founding member of LA legend's Green on Red featuring Chuck Prophet, as well as Danny & Dusty with Steve Wynn in the 80's before leaving the music business in 1995 for a decade and a half. ... more

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