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Mushroom Hunter's Blues

from Shake Off The Cold by The Hammer and The Hatchet

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We wrote this one after John woke up from a dream about Mushroom Hunting. We got this one captured and then invited the Head Washboard Lady in Charge herself, The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band's Breezy Peyton to add her sound to the song. She absolutely nailed it! Justin Hughey turned in another fantastic track on banjo and there it was. Mushroom Hunter's Blues!

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Mushroom Hunter’s Blues
I’ve got the walking, talking, stumbling stalking
Tripping over grape vine rolling down the hillside
Right through the briar patch scaring up the wildlife
Morel Mushroom Hunters Blues

Gotta get up in the morning go and stake your claim fetch your tater sack and your walking cane
Don’t forget today’s paper and a can of bug spray cause ticks are dicks.

I’ve got the walking, talking, stumbling stalking
Tripping over grape vine rolling down the hillside
Right through the briar patch scaring up the wildlife
Morel Mushroom Hunters Blues

Walking through the woods looking for the honey hole there’s a big dead elm beyond the wellcap stone. Begging Buddha, Jesus, Allah and to Mother Earth too to be the first one on the board.
All of a sudden stumble on a big flush oh my damn now what a rush I’ll take this one and that one thank you very much!
Gotta keep on moving.

I’ve got the walking, talking, stumbling stalking
Tripping over grape vine rolling down the hillside
Right through the briar patch scaring up the wildlife
Morel Mushroom Hunters Blues

Been hunting mushrooms nearly all my life cut them off at the base with my pappys knife
Roll them in cornmeal and fry them up nice. It’s tradition!

I’ve got the walking, talking, stumbling stalking
Tripping over grape vine rolling down the hillside
Right through the briar patch scaring up the wildlife
Morel Mushroom Hunters Blues

credits

from Shake Off The Cold, released July 2, 2022
Written by John Bowyer and Jayme Hood
John Bowyer Guitar, Vox
Jayme Hood Guitar, Vox
Breezy Peyton Washboard
Justin Hughey Banjo

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The Hammer and The Hatchet Bloomington, Indiana

John Bowyer and Jayme Hood are born and raised Hoosiers who make their home in South Central Indiana on the Brown/Monroe county line. Together, as The Hammer And The Hatchet, they have been on tour in support of Shake Off The Cold, their fourth album of original Midwestern music, available since July of 2022. ... more

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