Name: Sunny South
Duration: P00H05M22S
Description: I wrote this on a plane headed to meet the Donna The Buffalo bus for a gig. My dad was a pipe organ builder and was on the road all the time maintaining organs. I realized that, like my dad, I chose a life that took me away from home. As much as I loved the band and the music, I wanted to be at home.

Sunny South

from One More by Joe Thrift

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I wrote this on a plane headed to meet the Donna The Buffalo bus for a gig. My dad was a pipe organ builder and was on the road all the time maintaining organs. I realized that, like my dad, I chose a life that took me away from home. As much as I loved the band and the music, I wanted to be at home.

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I was born in the sunny south
There was no silver spoon in my mouth
The highway sang dad heeded the call
He was just taking care of us all

We can try to change our life
But destiny calls in the middle of the night
Leaving home makes us feel so sad
We realize the love that we have

(chorus)
That was then and this is now
I'm the same as him somehow
There's a lesson to be learned
We're the same the world has turned

In the end there's no love lost
We pay the price whatever the cost
Don't lay by, take hold of your life
The good and bad all fade into white

(chorus)

Now I'm out here on the road
I miss my gal and our humble abode
I can't believe how things turned out
I'd rather be at home in the south

(chorus)

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from One More, released August 2, 2022
Joe Thrift.....guitar, vocals
Mark Olitsky...banjo
Mark Schatz...bass

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Joe Thrift Elkin, North Carolina

Born in NC, I started playing fiddle when I was 24. Living in Surry Co. I visited Tommy Jarrell often. Formed The Red Hots in 1983, danced with Greengrass Cloggers, played keyboard in Donna The Buffalo, formed fiddle band Man Alive, jimmyjohnnyjoe. Went to Newark School of Violin Making. Taught violin making at Surry Community College and currently teach making at Foothills Art Center in Elkin, NC ... more

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