The Sunny Jim Cave (2001-2), by The Sunny Jim Cave

The Sunny Jim Cave (2001-2)

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1.	1's, 4's and 6's 02:45		buy track
2.	Stranger Things Have Happened 03:23		buy track
3.	Joshua's Song 03:50		buy track
4.	Meet Me Where It All Begins 02:08		buy track
5.	New Zealand 03:04	lyrics	buy track
You who come before We who’re out here waiting What are we waiting for? All your hesitating Voodoo on the man (You put your) hoodoo on the lady Shakin’ out your fan Shake it, shake it, baby Shake all the rugs Get a new dog Take all the drugs Get on the hog Flick all the fleas From out of your hair Get on your knees In your underwear Give your best yell if you see land New Zealand Fly up in the sky Like you’re a Marc Chagall Batter up your pretty eyes You’re Ms. Lauren Bacall How can I even explain to you How much they mean at all All these faces fresh From faded history’s pages Shake all the rugs Get a new dog Take all the drugs Get on the hog Flick all the fleas From out of your hair Get on your knees In your underwear Give your best yell if you see land New Zealand New Zealand On the north or south island On the west or east cape I will call it all my land I will never escape Put on your fancy boots Get on your passenger ships Get on back to your roots Get on back to your tips Try to make something good Try to make something stay You’re carrying more pieces of wood Than Jesus on a holiday Shake all the rugs Get a new dog Take all the drugs Get on the hog Flick all the fleas From out of your hair Get on your knees In your underwear Give your best yell if you see land New Zealand
6.	Right On Woman 02:03		buy track
7.	Travelin' Companion 01:51		buy track
8.	Give It Up 02:42		buy track
9.	Lit by Lightning 05:28		buy track
10.	The Sunny Jim Cave - The Legend of The Sunny Jim Cave (a.k.a. History of the Knables, Part 1--2002) 03:07	info	buy track

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Sunny and I started recorded these songs together with a three-song session at Sacramento City College's music studio, where our dad has taught music for a long time. It was early September of 2001. My future wife and I were out in Sacramento as a new couple and we got stuck out there when our flight back to NYC on the morning of the 11th got cancelled. So we drove across the country to get back. I wrote "Travelin' Companion" along the way. I think I had already written "Right On Woman" shortly before. I wrote the other songs through 2002. "Lit by Lightning" is one of those songs where I know what all the weird lines refer to very specifically, but I don't want to wreck your interpretation, so I won't. "The Legend of The Sunny Jim Cave" is about our parents. "New Zealand", "Travelin' Companion", and "Give It Up" became standards for my band The Randy Bandits, starting in 2002-3. This is Sunny in his first two years of college and me in my first two years of being out of grad school, becoming a grown-up. It's a time we can't repeat. Luckily, we recorded some of it.

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released November 24, 2018

Jim Knable- Guitar and Vocal
Sunny Knable- Drums (on "1's, 4's, and 6's", "Give It Up", and "Stranger Things Have Happened"), every other instrument on every other track and backing vocals (duet vocals on "The Legend of The Sunny Jim Cave")
Sam Phelps- Bass (on "1's, 4's, and 6's", "Give It Up", and "Stranger Things Have Happened")
Robert Knable- Piano (on "1's, 4's, and 6's", "Give It Up")
All songs by Jim Knable, Copyright 2002
"The Legend of The Sunny Jim Cave" by Jim Knable and Sunny Knable, copyright 2002
"Sunny Jim Cave" Cover Photo Credit: Jarek Tuszyński

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Jim Knable and The Randy Bandits New York

Jim Knable plays with and without various incarnations of The Randy Bandits, formed in 2002, but if he plays with a band, it always ends up being The Randy Bandits, despite the occasionally misleading billing. Studio albums: BLUE REUNION (2020), GOLDEN ARROW (2009), REDBEARD (2006), GREEN MAN (2007-18) form the core of Jim Knable's songwriting output, but the crust is also worth exploring. ... more

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