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Murray Coffey Sit down. Shut up and listen. If the Three Furies were male, played savage organ and and preyed on the corrupters they might capture the urgency of Eric Blowtorch and the Bodyguards. And this is the freaking B side. Favorite track: Mercy.
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Too Many Dues (E. Beaumont/J. Norwood Fisher) What does a brother have to do to reap respect already due, to stop the spiteful spew, to not be turning blue? How many cheeks must a mother turn before the right to live she can earn from lemmings loath to learn How many bodies must burn? Jacob Blake is looking at the lake, feeling the hundred-year ache, hoping the treatments take, chained and inanimate, reputation at stake When he fell it made the earth quake – grateful to be awake What does a brother have to do to reap respect already due, to stop the spiteful spew, to not be turning blue? How many cheeks must a mother turn before the right to live she can earn from lemmings loath to learn How many bodies must burn? Breonna Taylor was a healer, but the jailer just had to invade her, viciously assail her Every, every day here to the cross we nail her The great experiment is a failure What does a brother have to do to reap respect already due, to stop the spiteful spew, to not be turning blue? How many cheeks must a mother turn before the right to live she can earn from lemmings loath to learn How many bodies must burn? How innocent do we have to be for one stoneslinger to see hydrogen humanity in the American cemetery? What does a brother have to do to reap respect already due, to stop the spiteful spew, to not be turned into glue? How many cheeks must a mother turn before the right to live she can earn from lemmings loath to learn How many bodies must burn?
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Mercy (E. Beaumont ) Mercy, mercy, what a fine time Mercy ‘pon the bosses and divine crime Mercy, mercy to the broke man Mercy – collecting Sprite and Coke can Mercy! Mercy! Mercy, Mercy, Mercy – Cannonball Mercy won’t change investment plan at all Mercy, mercy in a cold blood age Mercy, mercy ‘midst the mad dog rage Mercy! Mercy! Mercy! Oh, mercy! Mercy, mercy to the human race Mercy in destabilizer stormtroop’s face Mercy, mercy when your blood boils over Mercy to the driver in the bulldozer Mercy! Mercy! Mercy! Oh, mercy! Sweet mercy! People, have mercy! Mercy, mercy to the young guns Mercy to the sons of Bat Mastersons Mercy, mercy on your enemies Mercy – stop the war and stop disease Mercy! Mercy! Mercy! Mercy! Mercy! Mercy! Mercy!

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Eric Blowtorch Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Singer/guitarist/songwriter Eric Blowtorch sings, plays, and writes reggae, ska, rocksteady, soul, rock 'n' roll, funk, Latin, disco, hip-hop, Anglo-Afropop, and jazz songs with rhythm, melody, passion, and original comic timing. E. B. plays solo, in small combos, and with a band, Eric Blowtorch and the Bodyguards. ... more

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