BBQ Grapes

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about

This is a “non-fiction” song.

Elton Trusclair is an old friend and something of local celebrity in Minneapolis. He grew up in Louisiana in a place called mosquito bayou. The man told me that he used to ride a horse to high school. How cool is that?! Cooler than you, that’s how.

He lived with me and the guys one year in a broken down flophouse off of southeast Como. We called it, simply, “the rambler”. Elton is a nice guy and a mean cook, and sometimes he would treat us to homemade barbecue sauce. One time he threw some grapes in there. BBQ grapes! You’ve never been?

I wrote this song back then, but never got around to recording it with the Union Suits. Before leaving New York I got to record a bunch of songs with Ratpaw. This is the first one we’ve posted, but stay tuned. There will be more in the coming weeks.

And remember, “get in where you fit in!”

lyrics

Call up the creole cowboy
gotta ask him for a hand
cause none of these strangers standing around me
seem to understand.

Need someone to lift em' up
and slap em' across the face.
need some voodoo
poo ya baby!
BBQ Grapes

BBQ Grapes BBQ Grapes
Popeye's cooking with no spinach
his paycheck's late
No one else makes BBQ Grapes
In the summer let em' simmer in the kitchen
where my coozan sleeps

Pack up your ponies
I'm going to sleep
shut the front door too
spent all my money
smoked all the weed
I don't wanna sleep with you

I just need someone to wake me up
they could slap me cross my face
I need some of Trusclair's
don't care baby
BBQ Grapes

BBQ Grapes BBQ Grapes
Popeye's cooking with no spinach
his paycheck's late again
No one else makes BBQ Grapes
In the summer let em' simmer in the kitchen
where my coozan sleeps

credits

released February 26, 2021
Written by: Max Markin

Drums: Johann Swenson
Bass: Ross Kanter
Vocals / Rhythm Guitar: Max Markin
Lead Guitar: Tyler Riefke

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