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Influential Farmers

from DANCE SCANDAL AT THE GYMNASIUM! by The Claudettes

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This was inspired by a half-listened-to NPR story. I picked out the sound bite "influential farmers" from a piece, and became amused by the notion of people in different lines of work being pegged as "influential," and what that would entail. Like setting trends among peers: "Influential cobblers don't wear boots. Influential coppers won't just shoot. So passé. Influential farmers don't wear hats. Influential bombers won't use a match. So very passé. Influential bankers work Sundays. Influential butlers ditch the trays." The music is '60s spy theme with rabid junkyard bass, piano that moves from bluesy to dreamy and a runaway, trippy bridge.

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Influential cobblers don't wear boots
Influential coppers won't just shoot

So passé

Influential farmers don't wear hats
Influential bombers won't use a match

So very passé
Read an essay sometime
It's not 1989 no more

(into bridge) ahh-ahhhhh

Influential bankers work Sundays
Influential butlers ditch the trays

Influential influential influential…….

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from DANCE SCANDAL AT THE GYMNASIUM!, released March 23, 2018
Piano - Johnny Iguana
Lead vocal - Berit Ulseth, Zach Verdoorn and Johnny Iguana
Bass and Bass VI - Zach Verdoorn
Drums - Matthew Torre
Percussion - Mark Neill

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The Claudettes Chicago, Illinois

The Claudettes fuse Windy City piano blues with the full-throttle energy of rockabilly and punk, jazz-age echoes of burlesque and vaudeville and the sultriness of '60s pop-soul to write a thrilling new chapter in American roots music. Johnny Iguana (ex-Junior Wells/Otis Rush/oh my god) works the piano alongside singer Berit Ulseth, bassist/singer Zach Verdoorn and drummer Matt Torre. ... more

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