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JACK HENDERSON reveals “Don't Drink The Water”, the final track to be released ahead of his upcoming album: Where’s The Revolution.
They say the devil is in the detail, and Henderson’s latest offering presents a satanic-inspired majesty that dares to dance with the darkside.
Inspired by the original outlaw bluesman Robert Johnson (who allegedly made a pact with beelzebub himself in a bid for his prodigious musical abilities), “Don’t Drink The Water” is a case study of Faustian pacts and a cautionary tale of those willing to do anything in the pursuit of success.
As Henderson states:
“Almost a hundred years ago Robert Johnson famously sold his soul to the Devil in exchange for the gift of becoming a great blues player. Historically, transactions with the Devil, particularly those of a more venal nature, are actually more prevalent than is commonly thought. Indeed, a number of lesser advertised Faustian pacts have even been made within living memory. Perhaps most notably, one reportedly took place on the corner of 5th Avenue and 57th Street in New York City around 2016 and a few are also alleged to have taken place more recently somewhere in the Chiltern Hills near the Chequers estate in England. The deals themselves are shrouded in secrecy, but leaked documents have recently come to light that reveal the stipulations and conditions imposed on those who willingly bargained away their own souls.”
Led by Henderson’s smoky vocal, “Don’t Drink The Water” concocts an unholy brew of ragged blues, New Orleans piano stomp and feedback-pierced guitars, that tempts an all-too-alluring foretaste of his fast-approaching album this Autumn.
“Don’t Drink The Water” immediately follows previous tracks, “Nobody Gets Hurt” and lead single “Hey Batman”, as foretastes of Where’s The Revolution (out 2nd October 2020 on Fretsore Records). Self-recorded outside Henderson’s hometown of Glasgow, the ten track release sees the UK singer-songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist on inspired creative form to deliver a solo album in its truest sense. Of making the record, Henderson says:
“If necessity is the mother of invention then Where’s The Revolution is largely the result of that confluence of necessity and invention. Sometimes limitations can be liberating and for this album I wanted to explore what would happen if I recorded, produced and more or less played everything myself whilst embracing those limitations, both physical and financial, head on. There was no overarching manifesto and I wanted to let the songs dictate their own course and allow the imposed imperfections to constitute the very soul of the record.”
lyrics
DON'T DRINK THE WATER
Spin me a riddle as quick as you can
Write my name, on the back of your hand
Take these lambs straight to the slaughter
There’s blood in the river
So don’t drink the water
Here is a lie and here is the proof
Perfect deceptions always rhyme with the truth
Turn a blind eye as they butcher the horses
Under a sign that says
Don’t drink the water
No, don’t drink the water
No, don’t drink the water
Build your own temple
Build your own shrine
Break your own bread and drink your own wine
Crown your own son
Debase your own daughter
You might be king
But don’t drink the water
credits
released September 4, 2020
Produced, written and recorded by Jack Henderson
Jack Henderson is a Scottish singer-songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist.
Performing and
recording across N. America, Europe, Australia, including multiple tours with Americana band Over The Rhine, rootsy Canadian outfit Cowboy Junkies. Shared stages with Buddy Miller, Sarah Mclachlan and Ron Sexsmith, and recently performed on stage with Patti Smith at Kelvingrove Park in Glasgow....more
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