They might have ended up cowhands, dodgy women in dodgy bars or gravediggers. Just as well then that they learnt all about filthy vice and how to read music all crowded round a scabby old upright piano somewhere in the Deep East.
A PROMISE IS A PROMISE TO A PERSON OF THE WORLD...YOURS softly whistle and whisper waltz tunes while chewing old tobacco. A couple wear ragged but seductive skirts, the others sport dirty but stylish suits but they all happily swig away together at some filthy gut rot liquor which could make you go blind.
A PROMISE IS A PROMISE TO A PERSON OF THE WORLD...YOURS are five in number and love to grab violin, double bass, banjo and rudimentary drums like you go for your gun.
Somewhere between Appalachian country and garage-blues from the back of beyond, A PROMISE IS A PROMISE TO A PERSON OF THE WORLD...YOURS might possibly make you think of the thick scarlet curtains of an old-time bordello, the folk music from the invisible republic loved by Greil Marcus or just simply the meanderings of just about everyman and woman.
Like a tribute to the illustrious musical ancestors (Jimmie Rogers, Memphis Minnie) or perhaps an innovative take on a modern blues, in any case it’s deadly beautiful.
Ils auraient pu finir vacher, traînée de comptoir ou croque-mort. C'était sans compter l'apprentissage du vice et du solfège autour d'un piano droit miteux, quelque part dans le Deep East.
A PROMISE IS A PROMISE TO A PERSON OF THE WORLD...YOURS sifflottent des airs de valse en chiquant du tabac brun, portent pour les unes des jupes trouées mais toujours aguicheuses, pour les autres des costards sales mais toujours bien cintrés, et avalent sans rechigner un tord-boyaux qui rend aveugle.
A PROMISE IS A PROMISE TO A PERSON OF THE WORLD...YOURS sont 5 et se saisissent de leur violon, contrebasse, banjo et percussions primitives comme on le ferait d'une arme de poing.
Entre country des Apalaches et blues-garage des bas fonds, A PROMISE IS A PROMISE TO A PERSON OF THE WORLD...YOURS évoque les lourds rideaux rouges des claques d'antan, la folk music d'une république invisible chère à Greil Marcus ou les errances avinées de tout un chacun.
Hommage aux grands anciens (Jimmie Rogers, Memphis Minnie) ou innovant traité de blues moderne, c'est beau comme un meurtre.
