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Back Road

by Jaimi Faulkner

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Goetz Postrock Metal Melody
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Goetz Postrock Metal Melody This artist has been recommended to me by Mr Morgan Finlay in one of his live shows. Jami proved to be an excellent craftsman on the guitar, his live musicianship and expertise exceeding that of many others who are more famous. Alas, it's not about comparison! But Jaimi so fluently combines accurate guitar picking with percussive stomping and looping that the common blues aficionado will find more than one reason to get a grip on this album. Great great work Jaimi! Favorite track: All My Hope Is Gone.
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Inge Vanderplaetsen Australian Artist andEuropean resident Jaimi Faulkner is an incredible guitarist and live performer. Once sgned by V2 Records. With this cd he has chosen to become independent and go back to his roots, which is Blues, Folk and Rock & Roll.
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1.
Like You Did Back Then Lyrics & Music - Jaimi Faulkner Cracks are forming in the ice now honey Water beading down my windowsill I make my way through the darkness running Fast as I can till I get my fill But the air is cold It’ll sting your skin Kick the breath right out of you And it won’t be long Until the warm north wind be blowing in our faces Oh so close, I can feel you now Wanna hold my breath don’t wanna breath you out Would you pull me close, will you know how To love me like you did Like you did back then Like you did back then I never knew just how to let go I built my walls no-one could get in There were truths that went unspoken Superficial like a salesman's grin But I did my time And that’s over with And I don’t take for granted When when the ice it thawed You saw right through And placed your bets on me Oh so close, I can feel you now Wanna hold my breath don’t wanna breath you out Would you pull me close, would you know how To love me like you did Like you did back then Like you did back then
2.
Big Lies 03:24
Big Lies Lyrics & Music - Jaimi Faulkner When you’re promised real big things And you give all that you’ve got When you trust yourself with all your might but your trust don’t get backed up Oh and you push and pull and pull some more maybe wear it out on your sleeve Another year rolls by You ain’t gained a thing Backed a failed machine On the limelight streets Big lies I feel broken but I’ll get back on my feet again Great heights I ain’t jumping, no no Big lies I feel broken but I’ll Get back on my feet again Then you find yourself And truth be told You knew back then Trust with a grain of salt gotta trust your gut cause your gut’s got brains And it knows your heart Like it knows the game But you still got heart and you still got love You know you’re living now, among the lucky ones So go pick your time Find what’s dear to you You invest in love And she’ll find you too. Big lies I feel broken but I’ll get back on my feet again Great heights I ain’t jumping, no no Big lies I feel broken but I’ll Get back on my feet again
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Back Road 03:47
Back Road Lyrics & Music - Jaimi Faulkner Talk is cheap If you want it I ain’t buying a word you’re selling Cause I been round here too long To see the truth in the light of day And every time that you come ‘round here I get uneasy And the hate that you’re spilling round here It’s only gonna fall on deaf ears. We’re slipping down this back road Trying to stand strong Heading toward this black hole Got me crying No No No Down this back road Trying to stand strong Toying with the devil How could we be so very wrong With your fear you gain power Together we stand, yet divided we gonna fall Putting up fences instead of building bridges But now that writing is on the wall And every time that you come ‘round here I get uneasy And that hate that you’re spilling round here I can hardly hold back my tears We’re slipping down this back road Trying to stand strong Heading toward this black hole Got me crying No No No Down this back road Trying to stand strong Toying with the devil How could we be so very wrong
4.
Carousel 03:26
Carousel Lyrics & Music - Jaimi Faulkner Carousel Spin me around I’m happy here with my head in the clouds My imagination Don’t fail me now I ain’t ever coming down I can’t cope with this day to day monotony Worked to the bone Just so you can buy a seconds peace Every little stumble Sets you back another day It’s time for a change of direction So give me one more spin Carousel Spin me round I’m happy here my head in the clouds My imagination Don’t fail me now I ain’t ever coming down Maybe it’s just this time of year A little luck wouldn’t go a stray Jumping through these hurdles If i see one more bill to pay It’s time for a change of direction I’ll get to them one day
5.
Overstay My Welcome Lyrics & Music - Jaimi Faulkner Picked up my belongings I left here in the Fall Bunch of hard back books, some CD’s and a key You still got that picture And its hanging on the wall From the time you took up painting in the spring I sat down at the table Where we’d chat and joke and drink Spark another joint and play guitar Yeah sometimes it got real heated You never really valued what I did Then you’d blow up and make me feel real small Did i overstay my welcome? Honey its time I said goodbye Pushed you to the limits Honey, was I out of line? You always felt like home With that laughter and that smile Guess you wont be seeing me round here for a while I ain’t never felt a kinship As strong as I did You were someone I could spill my thoughts out to Later in the evening When we’d had a few you’d air the scars that I had laid on you I guess that age ain’t got no bearing On how wise we become I for one was always late to grow And when I catch my own reflection I still see that same old kid Who never learned to own the seeds he’d sown Did i overstay my welcome? Honey its time I said goodbye Pushed you to the limits Honey, was I out of line? You always felt like home With that laughter and that smile Guess you wont be seeing me round here for a while If by chance you hear this And you read between these lines I hope that you gonna find it in your heart And I pray that you’ll reach out again When life have settled down But if that chance has gone And I’ve left it too long Wont you hear me when I tell you I was wrong I know I overstayed my welcome Honey its time I said goodbye Pushed you to the limits Oh and I was out of line I overstayed my welcome Honey its time we said goodbye Pushed you to the limits Honey I was out of line You always felt like home With that laughter and that smile Guess you wont be seeing me round here for a while
6.
Pockets of Gold Lyrics & Music - Jaimi Faulkner Everybody’s digging yeah we’re all out for something Gonna fill up all our pockets with gold We’re all optimistic We’re all in it to win it Come and get it it’s your pockets of gold I don’t need religion Theres just one thing to believe in come and get it it’s your pockets with gold When I'm done receiving I roll over and I sleep I ain’t parting with my pockets of gold, no no no Then we will have it all Then we will have it all When will we have it all? We ain’t got nothing... Then we will have it all Then we will have it all When will we have it all? We ain’t got nothing at all. Lets all fuck the system Like a greedy politician Come and get it, it’s your pocket of gold Run circles round the question ’til we wear out your defences Little people you gonna do as your told Lets not tax the rich Cause we’ll make it big A we’ll be sitting on our mountain of gold Those lefties just don’t get it With their political correctness Say what you want when you got pocket of gold Then we will have it all Then we will have it all When will we have it all? We ain’t got nothing... Then we will have it all Then we will have it all When will we have it all? We ain’t got nothing at all.
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9929 Miles 04:12
9929 Miles Lyrics & Music - Jaimi Faulkner When the basil on your windowsills given up the ghost And the skyline looks eery in this light People in metal boxes skimming over tv towers Are they flying home for Christmas? Are they starting a new life? I been there before Seems like many moons ago That I once took a chance on love But that ended up so cold, with a refrigerator note Saying I’m always gonna love you but I’m leaving you tonight It’s all that I can do to hold myself together I know its gonna take a little while When your broke down and your freezing That lover you’ve been seeing Is slowly putting in between you 9929 miles I find solace in my solitude, solace in my songs After a while they just stink of desperation The poetry is gone, I find shelter from the storm Find myself tired and worn out, heaped up on the floor I need a little sunlight These winter months are long And the darkness keeps leading me astray Yeah my housemates leaving me cups of coffee by the door saying If you make it through December it’s all gonna be ok I take a walk down to down town Kreuzberg But I can't stand the people and their smiles When the very thing thats keeping, keeping me from laughing is the thought of a mere 9929 miles Sure ‘nough the Winter thaws right through and so do these old blues Just like life nothing lasts forever So I pick up off the floor and start thinking maybe there is more To this ol’ life than I’d given credit to. I guess I came to grips with all my mess ups and my slips I’m in Kreuzberg again playing me a song It’s just another night where I am underneath these lights Least down here, I can do no wrong I’m in another place and I wouldn’t wish it different but sometime I stop dead for a while What if I’d made the journey to see what waited for me at the other end of those 9929 miles.
8.
Fire Up Your Cylinders Lyrics & Music - Jaimi Faulkner You knew more about most things Than you ever lead to believe Like how to be strong, or when to move on You never failed to intrigue And I could just sit with you for hours And hear all that you had to say Your voice had a depth that rose from your chest When you talked about lands far away So fire up your cylinders Raise all your guns Now ain’t the time to be cutting or running They’ll be waiting outside With their cannons drawn They’ll show you no mercy ’Til you are no more So lets give them all that we got until the dawn You taught me dreams had a purpose To chase and to catch every one Sure there’ll be times, when life brings you wine Or times you’ll be down in the dirt So fire up your cylinders Raise all your guns Now ain’t the time to be cutting or running They’ll be waiting outside With their cannons drawn They’ll show you no mercy ’Til you are no more So lets give them all that we got until the dawn
9.
All My Hope Is Gone Lyrics & Music - Jaimi Faulkner Lord it’s wrong to prey on the needy How I hope that I am never one That loses touch with the souls that surround me I got my feet in the dirt I get my heat from the sun And I know there’s a heartless among us how it pains me to hear of the despair Men in high places gonna talk of peace through violence Fuelling enemies with weapons As they strip each other bare And I hope that peace will find us Even if I'm the only one And I try, I try, to look towards the sky But I fear that today, all my hope it is gone Tell me Jesus where can I find the answers? Up on the hillsides or in the valleys below? None of our leaders take heed of the warnings Together we gonna gather and rise up as one Life is more sacred than the dollar Fighting for freedom we’ll pay a cost Oh and I try, I try to look towards the sky but i fear that today all my hope it is gone
10.
I CANT HOLD ON Lyrics & Music - Jaimi Faulkner Like a dark night deep in winter Like a cold hard driving rain Like the weight that’s lifted in ya When the good Lord calls your name Like the deep and muddy water On the Mississippi plain Like the tree that's torn right from it’s roots In cat. 5 hurricane When you think you found the answers And your stars seems to align But buried beneath your wisdom Is just your foolish pride I can’t hold on Holding on to the trust that I once know I can’t hold on Holding on to the trust that I once know Now you you’ve got a problem That pumps right through your veins You made the choice to disconnect From all that is humane Like the man who gives whole hearted Should never stand to gain So why does it feel like we’re draggin’ at the chain When your scraping at the bottom Feel the need to pawn yourself But you can’t seem to find a value You can’t justify your wealth I can’t hold on Holding on to the trust that I once know I can’t hold on Holding on to the trust that I once know Like a winner you’re a natural Yet you never really tried You told me once, you told me twice You’re just in it for the ride Who am I to cast aspersions on all you’ve said and done Yet you protect your second with your smoking gun When you base all your existence And to everything else your blind On some abstract saint who roams the earth gives all meaning to your life I can’t hold on Holding on to the trust that I once know I can’t hold on Holding on to the trust that I once know When you think you found the answers And your stars seems to align But buried beneath your wisdom Is just your foolish pride I can’t hold on Holding on to the trust that I once know I can’t hold on Holding on to the trust that I once know
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Tell Me Where Does All The Time Go? Lyrics & Music - Jaimi Faulkner Tell me where did all the time go honey? I still can’t make my rent I’m bursting at the seams Oh this worn out dream No it don’t make no sense Tell me where did all the time go honey I’m out here on my own Couldn’t make a break if I wanted to No, its all I’ve ever known Raised up on Whitley, Mr lang and Dylan’s prose Small hands on six strings Strumming hard and bending every note I’ve played in Memphis town I’ve been highway bound Ever since I left the nest Heard the preacher preach Love and happiness Nothing else ever made no sense Tell me where did all the time go honey? I still can’t make my rent I’m bursting at the seams Oh this worn out dream No it don’t make no sense Tell me where did all the time go honey I’m out here on my own Couldn’t make a break if I wanted to No, its all I’ve ever known Long hauls and pit stops, Bleary eyed, long distance calls Bright lights, big city Someone tell Jimmy that he weren’t half wrong Ain’t no-one wanna leave, when you just hit town And the nights gone to your head Morning rolls on by Pack your leaving trunk We’re rollin’ out again Tell me where did all the time go honey? I still can’t make my rent I’m bursting at the seams Oh this worn out dream No it don’t make no sense Tell me where did all the time go honey? I still can’t make my rent I’m bursting at the seams Oh this worn out dream No it don’t make no sense Tell me where did all the time go honey I’m out here on my own Couldn’t make a break if I wanted to No, its all I’ve ever known

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JAIMI FAULKNER - BACK ROAD

By the time that he relocated to Europe from his native Melbourne in 2010, Jaimi Faulkner had already racked up an impressive list of credits as a powerful, soulful singer, exceptional guitarist and songwriter of great potential. His debut album “Last Light” (2004) garnered rave reviews in Australia and received considerable airplay there. Faulkner devoted the next years to extensive live performance, both as a solo artist and as support with touring acts such as Chris Whitley and Chris Isaak, as well as being nominated to represent Australia at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis. His next full length album “Kiss and Ride” (2009) underlined his growing abilities as a songwriter, producer and arranger and brought Jaimi to the attention of European audiences for the first time. The chemistry was right and after a couple of successful tours in Germany and the Netherlands he made the decision to move to Berlin and explore what life there had to offer.

Fast forward to 2017: Jaimi Faulkner releases “Back Road”, his fourth European album and the first to be completely self produced and engineered. Following the more pop-oriented “Up All Night” (2015), it marks a return to the rootsy rock’n’roll and Americana that characterized his earlier work and for the first time does proper justice to his long-time backing band, featuring Leon Den Engelsen on piano and Hammond organ, Judith Renkema on bass and Luuk Adams on drums.

In November 2016, Jaimi and the band moved into an old farmhouse near Bremen with their equipment plus Jaimi’s portable studio, set up their gear and started work on the new album. All songs were recorded live, before adding a few overdubs, and the entire production came together within two weeks. Its tight, live feel reflects both the relaxed studio environment and the band’s command of the material. Later, backing vocals were recorded in the Netherlands and during an Australian tour. Though the focus is firmly on the songs, Faulkner’s superb guitar playing really comes into its own on “Back Road”, providing the perfect foil to his vocals as well as delivering a string of great solos. And speaking of vocals, Jaimi Faulkner has a voice to die for, an effortlessly warm, throaty tenor which packs a real emotional punch while never seeming contrived. It lends his self penned songs the rare quality of total conviction and puts him right up there with today’s finest singers.

Which brings us to the songs. Ranging from autobiographical reflections to world-weary observations on the current political environment, the 11 all new compositions on “Back Road” run the gamut from catchy acoustic ballads to straight up rockers, framed by Faulkner’s guitar and Engelsen’s keyboards and underpinned by the punchy rhythm section of Renkema and Adams. These performances underline the fact that Jaimi and his band have been working and playing together for years and they exude that easy assurance born of total familiarity, running together like a well oiled machine. From the evocative atmosphere of 9929 Miles to the dark gospel tinged blues of All My Hope Is Gone, the catchy country pop of Like You Did Back Then to the classic rock’n’roll of I Can’t Hold On or the duelling guitars of the title track, the songs on Back Road show Jaimi Faulkner coming to grips with maturity and pulling all the elements together to realize his potential as a writer, singer, musician and arranger. They represent his most coherent and convincing work to date.

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released August 25, 2017

Engineer: Jaimi Faulkner
Additional Engineering: David Manton & Alex Schroer
Producer: Jaimi Faulkner
Co-Producer: Leon den Engelsen
Mixed by: David Manton
Mastering: Adam Dempsey at Deluxe Mastering
Artwork & Graphic Design: Nikki Daniels
Music & Lyrics: Jaimi Faulkner

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