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A Better Angel

from Good Sons and Daughters by Jack Hotel

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    CD comes in a gorgeous full-color eco-wallet, with cover artwork by TJ Templeton and photography by Michael Thurber. Perfect for storing on shelves, in boxes, or on the floor of your car.

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    12" record comes in a sleeve featuring beautiful-enough-to-frame artwork by TJ Templeton and photography by Michael Thurber. Includes 8.5"x11" insert with lyrics on one side and a poster on the other.

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  • An Impossibly beautiful, square, wooden coaster featuring a simplified version of TJ Templeton's Good Sons and Daughters cover artwork. No two coasters alike. Printed by Jake "Handsome" Brandt of Ashwater Woodprints.

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lyrics

You got in trouble out in Denver
So you had to up and leave
You headed south toward the border
By the light of your high beams
No one knows you in Durango
You can start over again
Put your cards on the table,
You’re gonna need a better angel
If you wanna stay ahead

Looking back over your shoulder
Watching for a pair of lights
You scan the dashboard for a quarter
For filling station apple pie
Another sour cup of coffee
Wishing, Lord, that you were high
Even though it might be painful
You’re gonna need a better angel
To make it over the next rise

But being straight will drive you crazy
Praying only makes you cry
From the time you are a baby
You’re plenty old enough to die
The blackest crow that ever flew here
Flew through boughs so green and tall
And the wing will knock the cradle
You’re gonna need a better angel
If you’re trying not to fall

And the wing will knock the cradle
You’re gonna need a better angel
If you’re trying not to fall

credits

from Good Sons and Daughters, released May 23, 2014
Günter Voelker - guitar, vocals, mandolin
Joe Salvati - lap steel, harmonica
Marty Steinhausen - bass
Featuring:
Casey Hollingsworth - vocals

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Jack Hotel Lincoln, Nebraska

Jack Hotel contains multitudes. A listen to their discography reveals a range that encompasses Ry Cooder and Leo Kottke, Gillian Welch and Townes Van Zandt, Mississippi John Hurt and Etta Baker — but this band is no mere product of its influences. Since their start in 2012, Jack Hotel has proven itself one of the best, and most original, folk acts in the midwest. ... more

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