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Soul In The City

by Mud Bay

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Sometimes you just need to find some SOUL IN THE CITY.
Buckle up for a spin with the men from MUD BAY as they race midnight to dawn searching for the heart of the city. SOUL IN THE CITY is the second hard-charging single from Best Laid Plans, the acclaimed new album from MUD BAY, scheduled for February 2022.

Opening with soundscape field recordings captured along the streets of East Vancouver, the band takes you on a soul-mining ride through the city. Big slabs R&B horns arranged by Jerry Cook (sax) and Norm Quinn (trumpet) with keyboards by Pete Sweetzir.

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Cars and trucks bustin’ off the freeway
Gunnin’ outta the sun like an air raid 
Runnin' hard, get the business done
Shake it, make it and take it and get gone 
Move on before the shadows are long
Hit it and git, and that’s it

Wake up in the morning hear the 5 o'clock train
Get back up on my feet again
Faces say it all down in the street
Can’t get a real word from anyone I meet
Goin’ through the motions, just ain’t no way 
For anybody to live these days 

Broadway East & Broadway West 
Pavements cold, it’s black and wet
This town ain’t found what it’s looking’ for yet  
I been listening I been lookin all round 
Can't find no soul in this city no more 

When love or money ain't taking you through the night
Gotta be some way to make it right 
Get what you need to ease your mind
Get what you need it’s right inside      
Everybody got something 
Everybody got something 

Going out tonight lookin’ for a jumpin' spot 
Stay out late till I find what I want  
Gotta hear a kick drum and a guitar strum 
Backline of cranking tube amplifiers
Some saxophone and a band on fire
Ain't goin home yet cause I ain’t tired 

Broadway East and Broadway West
Day breaks on one end, the other it sets
Cold at midnight lonely as it gets
I been listenin’, I been lookin’ all round
I been listenin’, I been lookin’ all round
I been listenin’, I been lookin’ all round
Gotta find some soul in this city tonight. 
Gotta be a little soul
Gotta find a little soul
Find some soul in the city
Find some soul in the city
Find some soul in the city

credits

released December 1, 2021
Mark Branscombe- guitar, lead vocal, field recordings
Randall Carpenter - guitar and background vocal
Murphy Farrell - drums, percussion and background vocal
Mud Bay Slim - harmonica and background vocal
Dennis Ingvaldson - bass and background vocal
with
Pete Sweetzir - organ and piano
Jerry Cook - saxophones
Norm Quinn - trumpet
Recorded at Afterlife Studios, Vancouver, Canada
Engineered and mixed by Erik P. H. Nielsen
Mastered by Brock McFarlane at CPS Mastering, Vancouver, Canada

Soul In The City composed by Mark Branscombe – SOCAN 2020
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Mud Bay Vancouver, British Columbia

Since 1978 Mud Bay has been electrifying audiences with their high-intensity brand of original Roots & Blues music, and truckload of character. " Mud Bay...Saturday night entertainment, any day of the week"
The five-piece band features four songwriters and three lead vocalists.
” Mud Bay's 6th album, Best Laid Plans releases in 2022. ... more

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