Dusk for Dawn
2012
Folk - Rock
Cazadero is a Western pop band from Northern California, mixing Nashville jubilee and Pacific Ocean swells. Waxing poetic on mortality, the working class, and the struggles of Western migration, their latest offering Old Friends (2013) will be released in the late Spring. Their debut LP Dusk for Dawn (2012) was conceived in nine weeks between sessions at Ocean Beach and Tiny Telephone studios in San Francisco. Hailing from New England, songwriter Joe Hayes was inspired after a series of trips to the tiny redwood community of Cazadero ("the hunting ground"), which rests a few miles between the Russian River and the coast.
Tracks
1.
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Plays:2
Lyrics
Cautious gamblers at the height of their return
tip their glasses with the sacrificial burn
They come in droves with prescriptions for pain
reciting scripture for the ones that remain
Say a prayer tonight
Say a prayer for the first time in your life
Say a prayer for the ones I never liked
Say a prayer for the last time in my life
Junked up rascals on the high road to dawn
filling the air with their sacrificial pawns
Falling heavy on the curb like a bag of leaves
the weight of days must be some kind of disease
Say a prayer tonight
Say a prayer for the first time in your life
Song Length
3:59
Genres
Country - Boogie, Rock - Roots/Rock n' Roll
Tempo / Feel
Medium Slow (91 - 110)
Lead Vocal
Male Vocal
Moods
Jovial, Gracious
Subject Matter
Pride, Gambling
Similar Artists
The Band, M. Ward
Language
English
Era
2000 and later
| Lyric Credits |
Joe Hayes |
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| Music Credits |
Joe Hayes & Cazadero |
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| Producer Credits |
Joe Hayes |
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| Publisher Credits |
Joe Hayes |
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| Performance Credits |
Joe Hayes & Cazadero |
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| Label Credits |
Fair Child Rises |
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2.
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Plays:3
Story Behind the SongTaken from a JRR Tolkien poem.
Lyrics
Roads / go ever ever on
Over rock / and under tree
By caves / where never sun has shone
By streams / that never find the sea
Over snow / by winter sown
And through the merry / flowers of June
Over grass / and over stone
And under / mountains of the moon
Eyes / that fire and sword have seen
And horror / in the halls of stone
Look at last / on meadows green
And the trees / and the hills / they have long known
Song Length
5:02
Genres
Country - Rock, Blues - Country
Tempo / Feel
Medium Fast (131 - 150)
Lead Vocal
Duet Male/Female
Moods
Cool, Tense
Subject Matter
General, Darkness
Similar Artists
My Morning Jacket, The Grateful Dead
Language
English
Era
2000 and later
| Lyric Credits |
JRR Tolkien |
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| Music Credits |
Cazadero |
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| Producer Credits |
Joe Hayes |
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| Publisher Credits |
Joe Hayes |
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| Performance Credits |
Joe Hayes & Cazadero |
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| Label Credits |
Fair Child Rises |
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3.
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Plays:19
Lyrics
I will turn you inside out
I will lose this bout
Your life is a still life
Your life is still
I will turn you inside out
I will lose this bout
Your life is a still life
Your life is still
Arrive at the place that you came from
Simple truths won't let you down
Holding fast, and going round
Nothing like a house without a town
And all that you got
is this hole in the ground
You got yourself a name
If they would only call you out
I will turn you inside out
Between the air of the slanted rain
And if there ever was any doubt
It dissipated over sunless plains
Song Length
3:40
Genres
Rock - Indie/Low-Fi, Folk - Alternative
Tempo / Feel
Medium Slow (91 - 110)
Lead Vocal
Duet Male/Female
Moods
Serene, Heartbreaking
Subject Matter
Loneliness, Existence
Similar Artists
The Lumineers, Kings Of Convenience
Language
English
Era
2000 and later
| Lyric Credits |
Joe Hayes |
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| Music Credits |
Joe Hayes & Cazadero |
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| Producer Credits |
Joe Hayes |
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| Publisher Credits |
Joe Hayes |
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| Performance Credits |
Joe Hayes & Cazadero |
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| Label Credits |
Fair Child Rises |
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4.
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Plays:9
Lyrics
Let's take the pass on the eastern side
Where the treeline clips it wide
Off the rails and in the ground
Sunk in, outside of town
Kicked a job or two around
For the price of wood in hand
Unplugged and eating sand
In Davenport with my old man
Maybe I'm lost for the first time
Won't get crossed before I get mine
No turning back on these Western times
Where you set up in my mind
It's a trade for a simpler life
Pages turn from day to night
You may got something to hid alright
But old news doesn't travel fast
If it ain't us, it's just the past
Maybe I'm lost for the first time
Won't get crossed before I get mine
Song Length
3:15
Genres
Country - Alternative, Rock - General
Tempo / Feel
Medium (111 - 130)
Lead Vocal
Male Vocal
Moods
Passive, Poignant
Subject Matter
Change, General
Similar Artists
Brad Paisley, Josh Ritter
Language
English
Era
2000 and later
| Lyric Credits |
Joe Hayes |
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| Music Credits |
Joe Hayes & Cazadero |
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| Producer Credits |
Joe Hayes |
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| Publisher Credits |
Joe Hayes |
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| Performance Credits |
Joe Hayes & Cazadero |
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| Label Credits |
Fair Child Rises |
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