Name: High Flying Bird
Duration: P00H03M36S
Description: Written by Billy Edd Wheeler

High Flying Bird

by The Mal Thursday Quintet

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Written by Billy Edd Wheeler

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There's a high flying bird way up in the sky,
And I wonder does he look down as he flies on by.
Oh, he's riding on the air so easy in the sky,
But Lord look at me here
I'm rooted like a tree here
I got the sit down, can't cry, oh Lord I'm gonna die blues.

Now the sun comes along
Oh Lord, it lights up the day
And when he gets tired he slides on over the way
Oh, it's East to the West he gets gone every day
But Lord, look at me here
Well I'm rooted like a tree here
Oh I got those sit down, can't cry, oh Lord I'm gonna die blues

Now I knew a man he had he lived in a mine
Now he never saw the sun but Lord he never stopped trying.
Then one day that man up and died,
I said my man up and died.
Oh yeah, my man up and died.
Well, he wanted to fly and the only way to fly was to die.

There's a high flying bird way up in the sky,
And I wonder does he look down as he flies on by
Riding on the air so easy in the sky.
But Lord, look at me
Well I'm rooted like a tree here
I got the sit down, can't cry, oh Lord, I'm gonna die blues.

Oh Lord, I'm gonna die blues
Oh Lord, I'm gonna die blues
Well, he wanted to fly and the only way to fly was to die.

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released November 15, 2020
Produced by Robert Sherwood for The Glimmer Quints Ltd.

Mal Thursday: Vocals, Harmonica
Bob Medley: Guitar, Bass, Organ, Drums, Tambourine
Dave Berkham: Fuzz Guitar

Recorded in Austin, Texas; Cummington, Mass.; and Portland, Oregon

Engineered by Robert Sherwood; Additional engineering by Matt Parmenter and Dave Berkham

Mastered by Pete Weiss at Jade Cow Audio Post Production Services, Somerville Mass.

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The Mal Thursday Quintet Austin, Texas

The Mal Thursday Quintet has been described as a "garage-rock juggernaut," with lead singer Mal Thursday "a funky, strutting bird."

Personnel:
Mal Thursday with
Dave Berkham
Ian Bixby
Chuck Ferreira
Bob Fountain
Tjarko Jeen
John Jenne
Keith Kinkle
Brian T. Marchese
Cam Mazza
Bob Medley
Augie Meyers
Frank Padellaro
Hunt Sales
Greg Saulmon
Steve Schecter
Thom Sullivan
Bobby Trimble ... more

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