Where We Came From

from The List by Sam Draisey

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    'Hailing from just outside Wolverhampton, 22 year old Sam Draisey lists amongst his influences, Jack Johnson, The Levellers and Cat Stevens, plus several others. Without knowing this, you can hear these influences in his songwriting. His new album, ‘The List’, is available to download on iTunes or from Amazon. On the track ‘Wisdom Teeth’’, you can for sure hear the Cat Stevens influence on the vocals. His voice is similar to Cat’s but a little softer and the vocal metering/approach/inflections are quite Cat-ish. Very stripped down musically – acoustic guitar accompanied by tablas/bongos and the voice, giving it a light, summery feel (esp. ‘The Small Hours’, with harmonica solo). An old head on very young shoulders, he writes about subjects and experiences that sprawl over decades, as if he’d lived already and was looking back on a fuller life than he must have had. His lyrics are quite deep and thoughtful . It’s hard to call it folk music, because it feels like a slightly more commercial/mainstream sound. Pleasant and well-balanced, I’d say it was inoffensive, road movie soundtracky. (If you ever fancy volunteering your music for any short films made locally, give us a shout!) Nice one, Sam. Keep coming up with material of this standard and you’ll be around for years to come. V Cat = ‘Where We Came From’.'

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Well the old will get older, the rich will get richer
and the young will get wiser, and then they'll forget
where they came from for a while
before you can remind them
you might think that they have forgotten
what happened a lifetime ago, when this state was rotten
right down to its bones, I hope we don't do the same again.

But we've been sold right down this river before so we know
surely this can't be the only way to go.

Well I've heard you all talking about the days
when the streets paved with gold were covered with waste
and the people with keys to the kingdom are like secret police
and to stand up for what was right and just
meant going on strike and biting the dust
while your fellow man is lining his pockets with your dreams

And I pray that those days will never return
hoping this isn't the only day we will learn.

So we'll stand up now and we will take heart
from the decade that almost blew this country apart
and we'll learn from the lessons, if you're ready to teach
so we can all earn in equal compare
just what we deserve, and breathe the free air
of a country that can't be that far out of reach

And then the old will get older, the rich will get richer
and the young will get wiser, and then they'll forget
where they came from for a while
before we can remind them

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from The List, released June 4, 2010

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Sam Draisey Wolverhampton, UK

Sam Draisey is a singer/songwriter from the West Midlands, England. His music has, in the classic singer/songwriter style, many influences and muses, with particular attention paid to the story telling qualities and political nature of his songs. His notable influences include Frank Turner, Damien Rice, Jack Johnson, Cat Stevens, Paul Simon and Johnny Cash. ... more

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