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A country-swing number about the Angola Prison Rodeo and the conflict of momentary freedom and maximum-security incarceration. Pedal-steel guitar by Ed Brooks (Resonant Mastering).

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Lord, we give thanks for the folks on the outside
picture us free of the Angola wire
Lots of good cowboys here in the lockdown
Johnny Brooks is set in the cold hard ground
And he’s finally free

A six-second ride to ride far away
six seconds to ride, ride all the way
victory ain’t freedom, not where we’ve stood
but it’s as close as I come ‘til I come home for good
as close as I come for a moment we’re free
‘til I come home for good

prison walls rise ‘tween cowboys and the sky
rodeo shirts striped black and white
There’s bareback and the bust-out and the mean longhorn studs
day’s end they’re covered in the bayou mud
It feels something like freedom

We’re innocent or we did the crime
Baton Rouge don’t care they’re bankin’ dollars and dimes
every cell they fill they collect on a bill
Freedom Rides are different this side of the line
my heart sings my soul shines

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from New Frontier​/​Ancient Slab, released November 5, 2021
Ed Brooks: pedal-steel guitar
M.X. Turner: guitar, bass, harmonica, vocals

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M.X. Turner New Orleans, Louisiana

M.X. Turner has been playing and releasing records since the 1980s. Loud, passionate and wide-ranging, Turner's albums take on the system and mend the heart. Turner has played with The Service, Bad Manners, The Devil's Advocates, Diet Tribes, The Spunk Lads, RebelMart and South Sound Tug & Barge. New Frontier/Ancient Slab is his first solo album in a quarter-century. ... more

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