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A LONG LINE –A call to battle song. I recall writing this song after thinking about how every song by the then popular Mumford and Sons were all constructed as old British battlefield songs to rally the troops. I figured we needed our own troop rallying song—to get the dancers up and twirling at the Trading Post and Beartree Café. One favorite memory was closing with this song at the Snowy Range Music Festival at the Albany County Fairgrounds. Blind Dog Smokin’s Carl Gustafson had pulled together a string of amazing festivals in Laramie with world-class talent (e.g., Mavis Staples, Los Lobos, Neville Brothers, Bobby Rush). We were a grateful local replacement band because the Soul Survivors from New Orleans were stuck in a hurricane. After playing one of our best sets, we got to our closer. As we started up I looked over at the stage manager who was tapping his watch and pointing at the clock. We had 4 minutes to play a 5 minute song. Jascha set a tempo faster than a tagged bobcat released back into the wilds. Ending with seconds to spare, the stage manager smiled. That was a good day.

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from A Long Line & Hand Grenade (for Jesus​)​: TSS Revisited #7, released December 17, 2021
A LONG LINE
Kelli Trujillo—vocals; Mandy (Bohlender) Gifford—vocals; Jascha Herdt—Drums; Shaun Kelley—bass; J Shogren—vocals, guitar, mandolin, banjo, misc; Original recordings at Thunderground Sound Studio (Laramie, WY); Dan Tinker, engineer; Original mastering by Jim Wilson. New recordings and remixing by J Shogren at the Stump (Laramie, WY); Remastered by David Benyamin (Paris). Original is on Bird God Bless these Crooked Little Songs (2012), JAHA!#4

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