Sun Sessions, by Checkerboard Lounge

Sun Sessions

by Checkerboard Lounge

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This limited edition marbled yellow/orange vinyl of Checkerboard Lounge's Sun Sessions comes with a digital download. The download will include two bonus tracks: Cry to Me, and I'd Rather Go Blind. All tracks will also be added to your Bandcamp collection.

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This black vinyl of Checkerboard Lounge's Sun Sessions comes with a digital download. The download will include two bonus tracks: Cry to Me, and I'd Rather Go Blind. All tracks will also be added to your Bandcamp collection.

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1.	Amazing Grace 06:22	lyrics	buy track
Amazing grace! How sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found; Was blind, but now I see. ’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, And grace my fears relieved; How precious did that grace appear The hour I first believed! Through many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come; ’Tis grace hath brought me safe And grace will lead me home.
2.	Bottle Your Love 04:41	lyrics	buy track
You’ll never, never know how much I Am outa control without ya I’m head over heels without ya - I don’t want you to go Without ya I’m a fish out of water Can’t breathe, I’m like a break at the border I need you like the land to the Yorta - I need ya to know If I could bottle your love, I’d have an intravenous drip If I could bottle your love, would turn my walk into a skip If I could bottle your love, you know my feet would never slip If I could bottle your love My desert heart is thirsty for you babe It needs you like the light of the new day I’m empty, you’re as rare as a ruby - to fill me up again I was hollow and dry before I knew ya My life was just a lie before the true ya And now I’m rich enough to give it back to ya - no matter how, why or when If I could bottle your love, I’d have an intravenous drip If I could bottle your love, would turn my walk into a skip If I could bottle your love, you know my feet would never slip If I could bottle your love If I could bottle your love, I’d be wealthier than gold If I could bottle your love, my fountain of youth from getting old If I could bottle your love, I would not sell you to be sold If I could bottle your love If I could bottle your love, I’d have you with me all the time If I could bottle your love, I could rehydrate my mind If I could bottle your love, your love wouldn't be so hard to find If I could bottle your love If I could bottle your love, I’d be a happy, happy man If I could bottle your love, there’d be no sinking in the sand If I could bottle your love, I’d have my mojo on demand If I could bottle your love
3.	I Can't Try 05:24	lyrics	buy track
I can’t try any harder to please you baby I can’t win with you baby, it’s a no through road But please, come down from your throne ‘cause my love is meant to be your home When will you just come on home I can’t know any better than where I’ve come from But I can’t live any longer without you here So baby, please won’t you give me the time ‘cause I’m running right out of mine When will you give me a sign I can’t try another way I can’t hope any harder for you to stay Baby, please don’t close the door Don’t you say you don’t love me no more When will you just come on home When will you just come on home
4.	You Got a Way on You 03:47	lyrics	buy track
Said you were my one thing Promised you’d be true Swore upon a ring of gold Then you tore my heart in two Girl, you know it’s true You got a way on you You got a way on you Now the time for crying Lying and denying is through You got a way on you Once was we had something Thought I could hold true You stole, borrowed, new and old All you left was something blue Still you turn the screw You got a way on you You got a way on you Oughta hang your head For the lies you spread Just to hide your bed You got a way on you No more midnight creepin’ No more back door sneakin’ Crocodile weepin’ All the webs you spun Can’t hide the wrongs you done Left nowhere to run You got a way on you Nothing comes of nothing Not a thing remains Nothing ventured, nothing gained Evermore you play your games Now that just won’t do You got a way on you You got a way on you Bitter cards you played All the snares you laid Go with you to your grave You got a way on you
5.	Hook, Line and Sinker 05:45	lyrics	buy track
When begging turns to pleading When the lions need a feeding And I know that you’re leading me astray When cheating turns to hiding When the storm becomes Poseidon You know that I’m beside you all the way You got me hook line and sinker Caught in the web of you Hook line and sinkered You turn on your voodoo When the music turn to noise When the drink turn to poison And the girls turn the boys into men When the lie becomes the reason And the winter is the season You know it means treason again You got me hook line and sinker Caught in the web of you Hook line and sinkered I’m under the spell of your voodoo When you feed me with your cookin’ And I can’t see for lookin’ And I know that you’re hookin’ me in When heaven turned to hell And I can no longer tell I know I’m under the spell of your sin You got me hook line and sinker Caught in the web of you Hook line and sinkered I’m under the spell of your voodoo
6.	It Hurts Me Too 04:22	lyrics	buy track
You say you’re hurting, you almost lost your mind The man you love, he hurts you all the time When things go wrong, go wrong with you, it hurts me too You love him more, when you should love him less Why pick up behind him and take his mess But when things go wrong, go wrong with you, it hurts me too He loves another woman, and I love you But you love him and stick to him like glue When things go wrong, go wrong with you, it hurts me too Now he'd better leave you, or you better put him down ‘Cause I won't stand to see you pushed around But when things go wrong, go wrong with you, it hurts me too
7.	Think Twice 08:09	lyrics	buy track
Don’t go Don’t say no dice Don’t go Don’t say no dice Well, I’m begging you, baby Think twice You were so warm-hearted, baby Now you’ve turned to ice You were so warm-hearted, baby Now you’ve turned to ice Now I tell you baby, once Please think twice I bet my love on you, baby Now I’m paying the price I bet my love on you, baby Now I’m paying the price Now I tell you baby, once, thrice Please think twice
8.	Money Man 04:05	lyrics	buy track
As long as you got the green As long as you can cough up the cash As long as you are free with the fiscal As long as you can sort out the stash As long as you're the man with the money As long as you're the buck with the bucks As long as you are down with the dowry I'll be all kisses and shucks You be my money man, I’ll be your honey can Now do you understand, I need the money man As long as you're the dude with the dollar As long as you're the cat with the coin As long as you can stop at the cash stand I'll be green for the go with the groin As long as you deliver the digits As long as you're the dad with the dough If you can be the sir with the safe key Then you're gonna know what I know You be my money man, I’ll be your honey can Now do you understand, I need the money man As long as you're the mister of moolah As long as you're the bloke with the bills I won't be out tryin’ to fool ya I'll be handing out the candy and thrills You be my money man, I’ll be your honey can Now do you understand, I need the money man
9.	Cry to Me 05:04	lyrics	buy track
When your baby leaves you all alone And nobody call you on the phone Don’tcha feel like crying Don’tcha feel like crying Well, here I am, my honey c'mon baby, cry to me When you're all alone in your lonely room And there's nothing but the smell of her perfume Don’tcha feel like crying Don’tcha feel like crying Don’tcha feel like crying C'mon and cry to me Nothing could be sadder than a glass of wine alone Loneliness loneliness, it just a waste of your time, oh yeah But you don't ever you don't ever have to walk alone, you see Come take my hand, and baby, won't you walk with me When you're waiting for a voice to come In the night there is no one Don’tcha feel like crying Don’tcha feel like crying Don’tcha feel like crying C'mon and cry to me
10.	Seven Day Fool 05:02	lyrics	buy track
Now that you got me, you don’t want me Now that you got me playing for your fool Now that you got me where you want me You don’t want me, I’m just your seven-day fool I try to play it cool, I’m just your seven-day fool Once you needed me, now you don’t need me You almost pleaded me, feelin’ so alone Once you needed me, now you superseded me Now I got sleepless nights, sittin’ by the phone Could you really be so cruel, I’m just your seven day Monday, I come runnin’ to you Tuesday, woah you say we’re through Wednesday, it’s either this or that Thursday, don’t know where you’re at Friday, you got me jumping again Saturday, you can’t tell me when Sunday, is a maybe I say baby, I can’t be your seven-day fool So if you think you got me, you don’t got me I ain’t got you, no I shot through I’m goin' somewhere new I ain’t playin’ by your rules, I’m not your seven-day fool
11.	I'd Rather Go Blind 10:11	lyrics	buy track
Something told me it was over When I saw you and that man talkin' Something deep inside said, ‘Go ahead and cry, boy' When I saw you and that man runnin’ around I would rather go blind, girl Than to see you walk away from me, child See, I love you so much That I don't wanna watch you leave me, baby Most of all, I don't wanna be free I was just, I was just sittin’ here thinkin', ‘Bout your kiss and your sweet embrace, When the reflection in the glass that I held to my lips now, baby Revealed the tears that were on my face, I would rather go blind, girl Than to see you walk away from me, child See, I love you so much That I don't wanna watch you leave me, baby Most of all, I don't wanna be free

about

Nearly 30 years since their first gig, Checkerboard Lounge found themselves recording in arguably the most famous and historically significant recording studio in rock, blues and American roots music history, Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee.

The aptly named ‘Sun Sessions’ album will be released on limited edition marbled yellow/orange vinyl, black vinyl, CD (with bonus tracks) and digitally, on Feb 4 2022. You can pre-order your copy now!

Ever since their famed seven-year residency at the Great Britain Hotel in Richmond kicked off 30 years ago, Checkerboard Lounge has been a Melbourne institution. A breeding ground for many young players in blues and beyond, the group took a giant leap in 2020, when, having won the Melbourne Blues Appreciation Society's 2019 Blues Challenge, they were invited to participate in the International Blues Challenge, in Memphis, Tennessee. There they reached the semi-finals, but more importantly in the long run, they also received an invitation to record at the legendary Sun Studio.

Still located at 706 Union Avenue, Sun is the very room in which maverick visionary Sam Phillips recorded not only Elvis Presley for the first time, but also the likes of Howlin' Wolf, Ike Turner, BB King, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison and countless other blues, rock and country artists in the '50s.

'Sun Sessions' is the product of Checkerboard Lounge's session in this great cradle of American Music, and it sees the band - singing drummer Carl Pannuzzo, guitar master Shannon Bourne, Hammond virtuoso Tim Neal and inimitable bassist Amos Sheehan - rising to the occasion. A 5-hour late night session saw the band lay down 12 incredible tracks: blues and soul originals, rare covers and a few golden choices the band had never played before, inspired by the room in which so much magic has been made.

From deep within the veins of Melbourne’s music scene, Checkerboard Lounge has become a cult-like underground institution. The brainchild of renowned singer and drummer Carl Pannuzzo, the band has evolved over thirty years; breathing fire, virtuosity and improvisation into classic soul and roots originals.

Mischievous and unyielding, Pannuzzo is joined on stage by master guitarist Shannon Bourne (longtime cohort to Melbourne roots royalty as sideman to the late master Chris Wilson and an acclaimed artist in his own right), Hammond virtuoso Tim Neal, and inimitable bassist Amos Sheehan. With world-class musicianship, unbridled passion and an almost telepathic ability to create, Checkerboard are a powerhouse to be reckoned with. The spirit of the blues is palpable throughout their performances, as is an infectious and raucous sense of play.

From standing ovations at Wangaratta Jazz Festival to crammed inner Melbourne pubs, no two shows are the same. Vibrant and unforgettable, Checkerboard are a tour-de-force demanding honesty, integrity and truthful musicianship; the very essence of a live music experience.

Ever since their famed seven-year residency at the Great Britain Hotel in the early 90s, many budding young musicians have cut their blues teeth with the uncompromising fire of this band’s energy. Checkerboard has inspired the development of some of Australia’s finest musicians and bands (including members of Powderfinger, Dirty Three, Clare Bowditch, Jet, Spoonful/Rocket Science, Kylie Auldist, to name but a few). Checkerboard’s point of difference has always been playing with a myriad of musicians and throwing them into the improvisational hot-seat.

Over the years, band members have included Australia’s best blues exponents, such as Rev. Mick O’Connor, Ian Collard, Jeff Lang, Broderick Smith, Steve Teacle, Richard Tankard, Andrew Ogburn, Garrett Costigan, Nigel MacLean and Dave Boyle (USA). Thirty years on, with the band’s strongest ever line up, Checkerboard continues to leave musicians and audiences enthralled by their single-minded creativity.

credits

released February 4, 2022

Carl Pannuzzo - vocals, drums
Shannon Bourne - guitar
Tim Neal - Hammond organ, piano
Amos Sheehan - bass

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Wally “Meanie” Kempton took the plunge in 2018 and launched his record label Cheersquad Records & Tapes. Since then he has released new material from acts such as The Meanies, The Hard-Ons, Chris Wilson, Phil Jamieson, Seasick Steve, Wanita, Minibikes, The Rinehearts, Immigrant Union and T. Wilds, along with limited edition vinyl of older material from Snout, Even and The Glory Box and more. ... more

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