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An aging artist looks back to her youth, when she was just trying to get a foothold in the industry. Now, on her decline, instead of hoping for a foothold on the way up, she's just desperately trying to maintain a toehold--to not fall off the cliff into the abyss of failure, poverty and despair. "Are you fighting for a foothold, after climbing up this far? Are you scratching for a toehold, staring skyward at the stars?"

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She's still dying for a toehold, before she finds herself too old
Dusty piles of the unsold, should've done like she was told

August of two thousand and three
That was the best month that she'd ever seen
Tour bus and flowers and white limousine

Now she's fumbling for a foothold, and she knows it's getting late
She's still trying for a toehold

September of two thousand and ten
The end of an era, it seemed to her then
November, the winter came early again

Now she's vying for a toehold, with no ambition at all
She's just fumbling for a foothold, only trying not to fall

Are you fighting for a foothold, after climbing up this far?
Are you scratching for a toehold, staring skyward at the stars?

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

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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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