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The Beggar Heart

by Gregory Hoskins

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Beautiful Parade My inner masochist was jumping for joy At all the poison he had pumping in his boy He nearly wore me down, he nearly stole my crown. Ah, but that was yesterday,sometime in the night the Surgeon came I woke up with hollow bones And the truth I’ve always known, I was born above the law. Into the beautiful parade, it’s a beautiful parade Just relax and don’t forget to smile From the cradle to the grave, it’s a beautiful parade Be happy if you want to be. In the beginning was The Word and The Word was good. But then The Word was misunderstood That’s always how it goes, eyes open then closed. Father mother daughter son; every lamb, every lion All just angels without wings, we were meant for better things We were meant for a better life. Here in the beautiful parade… The Holy Ghost is on the move You’ve just got to learn to spot the clues In our science when it proves what the heart already knows.
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Bittersweet 03:55
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Stand 03:37
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41 04:25
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The Man I Am 05:20

about

A few notes on the making of this recording.

With the exception of "The Man I Am" — which began life in the basement and was built upon in the studio— the songs on The Beggar Heart were recorded with an ensemble of bass, guitar, drums and at times piano, during a 4 day recording in April, 2006. Additional guitar, percussion, strings, vocals etc. were added over the next number of months.

The second full studio recording with rhythm section George Koller on bass and Gary Craig on drums, a larger affair altogether than its' predecessor. There are some crowd favourites here, most notably a solid recording of "Beautiful Parade". Other stand-outs include "The Devil Deals in Lies", "Never A Stranger Kiss" with Serena Ryder, and one of my personal all-time favourites, "Bittersweet".

credits

released April 4, 2007

gary craig drums & percussion 
george koller bass & dilruba
gregory hoskins guitars, vox, programming, noises

with guests:
jonathan goldsmith: piano, rhodes and wurlitzer piano: tracks 1,2,5,6 paul reddick: harmonicas, vox: tracks 1,4 
serena ryder: vox: track 5 
lianne de lotbiniere: vox: track 2
sarah mcelcheran: trumpets: track 7 
kurt swinghammer: treated electric guitars, slide guitar: track 9 joe phillips: multitracked bowed double bass: track 3

Words and Music by gh.
Produced by Gregory Hoskins. Co-Produced by Gary Craig.
Bed sessions recorded at Canterbury Sound, Toronto, Canada.
Engineered by João Carvalho.

Additional engineering on all tracks by Gregory Hoskins at
João Carvalho Mastering.
Assisted at João Carvalho Mastering by Charles Carvalho and Brian Lowe.

Tracks 3,5,6,7, mixed by João Carvalho.
Tracks 1,2,4,8,9 mixed by João Carvalho and Gregory Hoskins.

Mastered by João Carvalho at João Carvalho Mastering, Toronto.

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