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Make a Dead Man Sing

by The Button Collective

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Pig's Foot 02:01
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Saddle up the horses lads, it’s nearly time to go Down to Victoria through the southern snow Everyone is heading there, seems it’s the place to be Let’s go make our fortune down in gold country! They say that men are pulling out money from the hills Well if the good lord put it there, it must be his will That say that you can stake a claim eight feet wide The gold ain’t gonna dig itself, ride boys, ride! Chorus: There’s plenty of gold, so I am told Way down south where the cold winds blow Onwards we go, through the rain and the snow ‘Til we find our fortune in the hills of Bendigo Some men sell up all they have, head on out alone Others bring the wives and kids, cart along the home They’re hitching rides on bullock drays, sleeping in the hay The air is getting colder there with every passing day Every now and then you see, in a cloud of dust A lucky digger heading south to Melbourne or bust He’s flogged his horses half to death, he’s giving all he’s got There’s bushrangers on his tail, they’re going for his gold Chorus It doesn’t matter who you are, there’s money to be made You could be a prince’s son or man of a trade Your hands are gonna blister, boy, that you can be sure It’s the finest way to tell a man who’s digging for his gold I heard that down at Ironbark a city has been made With canvas tents and wooden sheds, going on for days It’s got more pubs than Sydney town, Melbourne in a pinch And women there so beautiful, to look is to lynch Chorus Well I dug deep in my eight-foot patch, hands aching in the cold All the while I’m thinking back to what I have been told The days turn into weeks; the weeks turn into months What gold was here has disappeared, been pulled from the mud And every day you dig your plot you have to pay a fee It means digging holes won’t fill the bowls of a hungry family Your children cry themselves to sleep, your wife withers away While you dig your hole, pray for gold, long past the close of day Chorus
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Erko Station 03:43
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Kathloin 02:13
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Womankind 04:04
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Make it Big 01:05
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about

This album was recorded on Bundjalung land at the Whian Whian Memorial Hall over three live sessions on January 18 & 19, 2019. We are very thankful to all our friends and family that came along to be part of the process. Over that weekend and in the time since, this album has become something we are all very proud of, and we hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we’ve enjoyed putting it together.

Recording live is something we have always wanted to do. It’s difficult to recreate the energy of a live performance when recording in a studio so we thought we’d try something different and make our album recording itself into a live show. So this is the result: rough and raw renditions of a collection of new original songs and old traditional songs.

Special thanks to Nicola Murphy and Chris McEntee, who were a huge help during the recording sessions. Thanks to our partners and children for supporting us over the years. Thanks to all the bands with whom we’ve shared the stage and swapped tunes well after bedtime. Thanks to everyone out there who supports the music scene: the venue owners, festival organisers, production crew, volunteers, and the folks who simply show up to listen and have a good time. Finally thank you, dear listener, for lending us a few moments of your time.

credits

released December 14, 2019

Brodie Buttons — Vocals, Banjo, Fiddle, Guitar
Bobby Dazzla — Fiddle, Vocals
Ben Wilson — Banjo, Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals
Jennifer Hankin — Flute, Piccolo, Whistle, Vocals
Jake Pember — Double Bass, Concertina, Guitar, Vocals

Recorded live over three sessions in January 2019 at the Whian Whian Memorial Hall
Recorded on tape by Michael “Whitey” White and Djinn Schulz
Analogue mixdown by Whitey and The Button Collective at Sunroom Studio
Edited by Jake Pember
Mastered by Paul Gomersall
Photography by Alex Clarke.

Tracks 2, 5, 6, and 13 are traditional. All other tracks were written by Brodie Buttons.

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The Button Collective Lismore, Australia

The Button Collective is a band that takes having fun very seriously. They combine old-time melodies with a high-energy style perfect for a hoedown. Songwriter Brodie Buttons has a definitively Australian style, writing about his life and experiences in a way that takes audiences all over the country with him. ... more

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