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When I see myself in this old picture with Albert Collins in Amsterdam I wonder where did the time go. I know that I was there, but I'm quite sure that I didn't fully appreciate it. Marylin Mason, a long time friend from Eugene, called me at my Amsterdam apartment and said she was in town to see Albert perform. Marylin, as it turns out, is a friend of Albert Collins and is meeting him for dinner - would I like to join them? I'm a huge fan, of course, of Albert's stinging guitar style. He can kill you with one note - but to sit down with the man and have a leisurely one-hour dinner in a five-star restaurant in one of the most beautiful cities in the world... well, that's pretty close to as good as it gets.
- Big Monti
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lyrics
Trouble Boys
Trouble boys came in
They must have been out
Fighting and a raving
It wasn't long before they moved in to pick up
The girls we brought to the dance at the night spot
It wasn't tame
So I had to move fast to get my baby back
From the trouble boys
Twenty five guys from the east side of the city
Want a hell raising in the, the neighborhood
One of 'em walked up
And started dancing with my girl who was crying
'Cause I didn't stop him
All I could say to my baby was a honey
This man is bigger than the both of us
He's a trouble boy
And there's trouble boys all around me
No one likes gettin' sand kicked in the face
I don't want to stand face to face
With the trouble boys
Yeah the trouble boys
I thought to myself it's time to make a move
I breathed my last sigh and started to groove
With my baby who was still dancin' with the other guy
By the look in her eyes I was a martyr
She knew I was dead 'cause no one cuts in
On a trouble boy
Twenty five gorillas all around me
I was shakin' like a leaf on a, an autumn tree
Well the leader came up and he grabbed my hand
He shook it like a brother didn't break it like I thought he said
Good job buddy you're the only one who stood up to the trouble boys
credits
from
The Obvious Rock,
released April 28, 1994
Stan Becraft - bass
Cory Burden - drums
B. Murray, Geoff & Eddie Music Co BMI
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