I spent last summer with a turtle girl
Going three-thirds crazy with the hesitation blues
She was 50-50, and I was certified
A bona fide Bodner with the hesitation blues
Singing how long are you gonna wait
How long are you gonna hesitate
I spent last fall doing not much at all
Impersonating patience with the hesitation blues
I wasted time fighting isolation
Courting dragamuffins with the hesitation blues
Singing how long, how long, o lordy how…
A poseful man in a red rocking chair
Soliloquizing on the hesitation blues
He pours himself another glass of silence and
Whips himself over the hesitation blues
Singing how long am I gonna wait
How long am I gonna hesitate
How long, how long, o lordy how…
credits
from The Best of Star Thistle,
released May 24, 2021
Star Thistle: vocals, lap slide, guitars, percussion
Slackeye Slim: bass
supported by 17 fans who also own “Hesitation Blues”
This album grows on me more and more with each listen. Bodner's approach to taking traditional music and reworking it and weaving it into his own personal narrative is amazing. On Into Grace, his own narrative is in the forefront. mad_wanderer
West Virginia country-folk singer-songwriter Trae Sheehan aims to find a balance between the traditional and the modern on his new LP. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 29, 2020