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The Old Edison

About Me

"every generation has to find it's own way to sing the blues." -joe strummer
the old edison was a power plant in the working-class town of south boston, adapted by will, rory, jima, and liam, kids who grew up in its shadow; four strong blooded irish who grew up blue collar grasping at any chance they could get their filthy hands on. their youth was characterized by hard times where they found solace, friends, and unity in the punk rock scene. all playing their part in different bands throughout the years, soon they found themselves living under the same roof and realizing their common interest in the songs and sounds of yesteryear. they came together with the common goal of bringing honesty and heart back to the forefront.
the music is stripped down and raw, letting the soul shine true. influenced by roots, folk, and country music; they tried to combine this sound with the spirit of the music they grew up with. the songs are heartfelt and straight forward, sung of hope, loss, anger, belief, love, insanity, and triumph. each with the quality of being sung along to with friends. in these times of dishonesty and fear, the band finds their strength in the music and hopes you can to; the only way to make it through is with the help of those around you.
grab a beer, raise your voice, and enjoy!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 13/01/2008
Band Members: Jima- mandolin
Willgood-guitar/vocals
Rory-bass
Liam-guitar/vocals/harmonica

Influences: woody, billy b, joe, chuck, dustin, ben, tom, bob, elvis c, billy j, the boss
Sounds Like: they practice in their kitchen.
Record Label: FKP
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

A good nights sleep

Theres a drip in the sink in the kitchen tonightand the trains wont stop rolling byand old 93's backed up far as can seenothin movin from left to rightbut i wasnt thinking of dreaming i had better thi...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:09:00 GMT

here we go

Well i hate to break it to yabut we all have been a little scaredis this all i have to offer youmy cracking voice and my scarred handswe had thoughts of somethingbetter than all of thisprayers that on...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Dec 2008 23:33:00 GMT

Honorable Discharge

When you got the honorableback in 1940 somethingdad said that he couldnt find the recordsand if youre not the first place that i seewhen i pay my two bits to cross the seado me in just one more timeWh...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Dec 2008 23:22:00 GMT

One More Time

Here we lay on city streetsour shadows etched into the groundrats have a grip on this towni should have knowit would come to thisill say it one more timethis is very much mineill say it one more timet...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Dec 2008 19:56:00 GMT

So we beat on

So we beat onboats against the currentwe'll race the stormas we set our eyes onwhat this may becomehow far can i take thisi'd break my back just to make this lastand maybe its this songthat will put t...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Dec 2008 04:55:00 GMT

God Only Knows

Heres to waking up8 long years agobefore Nana passed awaybefore i ran away from homemaybe times would changemaybe times would stay the same god only knowsgod only knowsgod only knowsSo i will drink my...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Dec 2008 04:04:00 GMT

Song lyrics for you to enjoy

im gonna try and put up all the lyrics i can think of the songs we play, have played, or will play soon if anyone wants to try to put the danny boy chorus into a readable WOAH-WOOOAH OH OHAYAHOHtype f...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Dec 2008 01:45:00 GMT

6 Strings

You see i fell in love with 6 stringsoh not so long to goand you'd be suprised how quicklynickel can turn to goldbut i dont know why or howbut please dont look this gift horse on the mouthand i aint t...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Dec 2008 01:37:00 GMT

Danny Boy (Not the song you thought it was)

There he goes hes in the middle of the ringthe center of attention just like he was meant to beDanny knows all too well the weight thats on his shouldersbut its his whole town and his family namebut o...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Dec 2008 01:27:00 GMT

And Start West

And start west where you're nothingbut sunlights interuption on all those streetspaved with lead breathe the air thick with smoke as the clouds float over your head and if you see my face remember it ...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Dec 2008 01:17:00 GMT