A digital download of the album now & your 12” vinyl copy of the album will ship early 2017.
**This will be a small run, limited pressing, and to get the vinyl presses rolling, I need to pre-sell a few of copies. Makes a great gift for a vinyl lover in your life!
Includes unlimited streaming of Blues For A Holy Ghost
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
ships out within 90 days
edition of 200
$20USDor more
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
A digital download of the album now, and then in early 2017 you’ll receive a 12” vinyl pressing of "Blues For A Holy Ghost" PLUS! a 12" vinyl copy of my album "Little John the Conqueror."
Includes unlimited streaming of Blues For A Holy Ghost
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
ships out within 90 days
$30USDor more
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
A digital download of this album now, and then in early 2017 you’ll receive: the 12” vinyl pressing of Blues, the 12” vinyl pressing of Little John the Conqueror, plus CD copies of my THREE other albums: Songs From Church Avenue from 2012, Sweet Talk for Pretty Daughters from 2012, and Ode to an American Urn from 2009
Includes unlimited streaming of Blues For A Holy Ghost
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
ships out within 90 days
$45USDor more
about
Hillbilly Pilgrim
Words & Music by John DeLore
lyrics
Hillbilly Pilgrim
Words & Music by John DeLore
Hillbilly Pilgrim, don’t get stuck on me.
I swore I’d never love again but when you’re next to me
The sun’s a little brighter, the wind is feelin' good.
Hillbilly Pilgrim, go back to the woods.
If I were you and if you were me.
We’d build a lighthouse out of ivory.
You’d paint it red and you’d cry for me
When the yellow roses bloom by the sea.
Your father’s eyes and your mother’s nose.
Your sister’s grave and your teenage prose.
You sing like an angel when your feelings show.
California bluegrass, sweet Texas rose.
A woman’s made of powder, an owl’s made of stone.
The wind chime goin’ crazy I’m tired to the bone.
But evening is the hour for your heavy feet.
Hillbilly Pilgrim skippin' down my street.
Yeah Hillbilly Pilgrim skippin' down my street.
The general is cryin' for his drummer boy,
But he’s far gone, far west of Illinois.
The army defeated the old world was done.
Hillbilly Pilgrim is laughin’ in the sun.
Yeah, Hillbilly Pilgrim is laughin' in the sun.
credits
from Blues For A Holy Ghost,
released August 8, 2016
Hillbilly Pilgrim
Words & Music by John DeLore
Mixed by Bryan Pugh
Mastered by Justin Shturtz
Recorded by John DeLore, including
*Guitars with Scott Metzger recorded in the White Dungeon
(33 Flatbush BKNY)
*Piano recorded on December 1st, somewhere in Harlem.
Drums - Jason Isaac
Piano - Aya Kato
Add’l Piano - Lou Strong
Guitar Solo #1 - Scott Metzger
Rhythm Guitar (right), Guitar Solo #2 - Steve Lewis
Bass, Rhythm Guitar (left), Acoustics, Additional Perc, Vox - RevJD
Vocals - Anna Ty Bergman, Grace McLean
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