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I play this a lot with Hooteroll? in tribute to Merl and Jerry, who played it many times in their shows together at Keystone venues. This time I get to do my arrangement and enjoy the sounds of Phil Keaggy on guitar playing alongside my Mutron guitar parts, and my old friend Michael Webb, late of Poco, and Hank Williams Jr, on a piano part that Leon Russell would have loved! To make it even better, the incomparable Pete Sears (Jefferson Starship) plays bass over Joe Montague's perfectly greasy blues drumming.

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Well, there's one kind favor I'll ask of you
One kind favor I'll ask of you
Oh, there's one kind favor I'll ask of you
See that my grave is kept clean
 
There's two white horses in a line
Two white horses in a line
Two white horses in a line
Gonna take me to my burying ground
 
Well, my heart stopped beating, my hands are cold
Well, my heart stopped beating, and my hands are cold
Well, my heart stopped beating, and my hands are cold
I believe just what the Bible told
 
Did you ever hear a coffin sound?
Did you ever hear a coffin sound?
Did you ever hear a coffin sound?
Then you know another poor boy's in the ground
 
Dig my grave with a silver spade
Dig my grave with a silver spade
Dig my grave with a silver spade
Let me down the golden chain
 
Did you ever hear that church bell tone?
Did you ever hear that church bell tone?
Did you ever hear that church bell tone?
Then you know another poor boy's dead and gone


Well there’s one last favor I’ll ask of you
One last favor I'll ask of you
There’s one last favor I'll ask of you
See that my grave is kept clean
See that my grave is kept clean
Won’t you see that my grave is kept clean

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from Ever Trust a Prankster?, released October 31, 2023

Mike Lawson – Guitar, Vocals
Pete Sears – Bass

Phil Keaggy – Guitar
Joe Montague – Drums and Percussion
Michael Webb - Piano
 
 
Traditional, Arrangement by Mike Lawson
Copyright 2023 Psychotronic Music - BMI

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Mike Lawson & Friends Nashville, Tennessee

Mike Lawson has, over 30 years, recorded and/or performed together with Merl Saunders, Vince Welnick, Vassar Clements, Pete Sears, Gary Talley, John McEuen, Bob Welch, Dennis Robbins, Joe Louis Walker, Jorma Kaukonen, Phil Keaggy, Jack Casady, Scott Guberman, Dianne Davidson, Noah Wall, Tyra Juliette, Bill Vitt, Rob Wasserman, Michael Cleveland, Phil Madeira, and a host of other amazing friends. ... more

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