Bayou Bottle Man (BP Edition)

Story Behind The Song

The original version of this song was written in return for a favor from a co-worker up in Buffalo, NY. The Co-Worker was really talented and horribly under appreciated. He was known for collecting everyone's bottles and cans to sell for money. The rumor was he didn't need the money at all, it was just a habit of his. I had promised him if he'd work late and on a Saturday to meet a deadline, that I would write a song about him. He got it done and I wrote the song, originally titled "Basement Bottle Man". The funky groove came from riding with him to lunch in a late 1980's lumina with bad shocks driving around like we were the Blues Brothers or something. I've since then changed this song to "Bayou Bottle Man" since there are no basements down South, and in the aftermath of the BP Macondo Oil Spill, I thought I'd re-work it once more to attempt to bring some attention to the pain & suffering along the Gulf Coast of all the people who's way of life was so horribly impacted by this disaster.

Song Description

A song about how altered the lifestyle of the people along the Gulf Coast region affected by the BP Macondo Oil Spill, having to adapt and being frustrated with the whole situation, resorting to collecting bottles and cans to make ends meet.

Song Length 4:00 Genre Blues - Rock, Blues - Rural
Tempo Medium (111 - 130) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Worried, Troubled Subject Worry, Region
Similar Artists Buddy Guy, Stevie Ray Vaughan Language English
Era 2000 and later

Lyrics

I'm the bayou bottle man
collecting bottles and cans

tryin' to make up for the pay
the BP Oil Spill took away

Been livin' on the coast all my life
now I'm livin' in strife

I shrug, shiver, sigh and shake

Each time the feds head our way

'cause harder times are on the way

They shut down drilling yesterday

That's why I'm saving up them cans

And I'm The Bayou Bottle Man

- Break -

The Gulf Coast has been good to me

It's in the blood of my family

I'm getting tired of this agony

Tar Balls are almost all I see

We're getting airtime on C-Span

Talkin' bout the Bayou Bottle Man

- Break -

It's hardly ever been games or fun

But we pull together and git it done

They say they're gonna re-emburse me

for trading my life for this misery

That's why I savin' up them cans

And they call me The Bayou Bottle Man

Lyrics KIBODEAUX, THOMAS J Music KIBODEAUX, THOMAS J
Producer KIBODEAUX, THOMAS J Publisher 3rd Tom
Performance Tommy Kib Label 3rd Tom

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