Josh Ritter
Josh Ritter (born in Moscow, Idaho on October 21, 1976) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and author who performs and records with The Royal City Band (as Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band). Ritter is known for his distinctive Americana style and narrative lyrics. In 2006 he was named one of the "100 Greatest Living Songwriters" by Paste magazine.
Born to two neuroscientists, Ritter bought his first guitar from the local K-MART after hearing the Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash classic Girl From The North Country. Read Full BioJosh Ritter (born in Moscow, Idaho on October 21, 1976) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and author who performs and records with The Royal City Band (as Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band). Ritter is known for his distinctive Americana style and narrative lyrics. In 2006 he was named one of the "100 Greatest Living Songwriters" by Paste magazine.
Born to two neuroscientists, Ritter bought his first guitar from the local K-MART after hearing the Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash classic Girl From The North Country. He started at Oberlin College with the intent to follow in his parents' scientist footsteps, but instead discovered songwriting, and the music of artists like Gillian Welch, Townes Van Zandt, and Leonard Cohen. He graduated and then moved east, favoring its close proximity to historic folk clubs such as "Club Passim" in Boston. On a shoestring budget he recorded his critically acclaimed breakthrough album Golden Age of Radio in 2002 at various tiny, one-room studios on the East Coast. He has continued to grow from there, further developing his sound on subsequent albums.
Josh has recorded several records and E.P.s. In chronological order, they are:
Josh Ritter (Self Titled) (2000)
Golden Age of Radio (2001)
Come and Find Me EP (2003)
Hello Starling (2003)
4 Songs Live E.P. (2005)
The Animal Years (2006)
Girl In The War E.P. (2006)
Good Man E.P. (2006)
In The Dark: Live At Vicar Street (2006)
The Historical Conquests Of Josh Ritter (2007)
Live at the Record Exchange EP (2008)
So Runs the World Away (2010)
To the Yet Unknowing World (2011)
Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band, Live at The Iveagh Gardens (April 2011)
The Beast In Its Tracks (2013)
Acoustic Live, Vol.1 (2015)
Sermon on the Rocks (2015)
Born to two neuroscientists, Ritter bought his first guitar from the local K-MART after hearing the Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash classic Girl From The North Country. Read Full BioJosh Ritter (born in Moscow, Idaho on October 21, 1976) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and author who performs and records with The Royal City Band (as Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band). Ritter is known for his distinctive Americana style and narrative lyrics. In 2006 he was named one of the "100 Greatest Living Songwriters" by Paste magazine.
Born to two neuroscientists, Ritter bought his first guitar from the local K-MART after hearing the Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash classic Girl From The North Country. He started at Oberlin College with the intent to follow in his parents' scientist footsteps, but instead discovered songwriting, and the music of artists like Gillian Welch, Townes Van Zandt, and Leonard Cohen. He graduated and then moved east, favoring its close proximity to historic folk clubs such as "Club Passim" in Boston. On a shoestring budget he recorded his critically acclaimed breakthrough album Golden Age of Radio in 2002 at various tiny, one-room studios on the East Coast. He has continued to grow from there, further developing his sound on subsequent albums.
Josh has recorded several records and E.P.s. In chronological order, they are:
Josh Ritter (Self Titled) (2000)
Golden Age of Radio (2001)
Come and Find Me EP (2003)
Hello Starling (2003)
4 Songs Live E.P. (2005)
The Animal Years (2006)
Girl In The War E.P. (2006)
Good Man E.P. (2006)
In The Dark: Live At Vicar Street (2006)
The Historical Conquests Of Josh Ritter (2007)
Live at the Record Exchange EP (2008)
So Runs the World Away (2010)
To the Yet Unknowing World (2011)
Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band, Live at The Iveagh Gardens (April 2011)
The Beast In Its Tracks (2013)
Acoustic Live, Vol.1 (2015)
Sermon on the Rocks (2015)
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Good Man
Josh Ritter Lyrics
These chords are old but we shake hands
'Cause I believe that they're the good guys
We can use all the help we can
So many minor chords outside
I fell in love with the sound
Oh I love to sing along with you
We got tunes we kicked around some
We got a bucket that the tunes go through
Babe we both had dry spells
Hard times in bad lands
I'm a good man for ya
I'm a good man
Last night there was a horse in the road
I was twisting in the hairpin
My hands held on my mind let go
And back to you my heart went skipping
I found the inside of the road
Thought about the first time that I met you
All those glances that we stole
Sometimes if you want them then you've got to
Babe we both had dry spells
Hard times in bad lands
I' a good man for ya
I' a good man
They shot a Western south of here
They had him cornered in a canyon
And even his horse had disappeared
They said it got run down by a bad, bad man
You're not a good shot but I'm worse
And there's so much where we ain't been yet
So swing up on this little horse
The only thing we'll hit is sunset
Babe we both had dry spells
Hard times in bad lands
I'm a good man for ya
I'm a good man
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: JOSH RITTER
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LYRICS: These chords are old but we shake hands,
Cause I believe that they're the good guys,
We can use all the help we can,
So many minor chords outside.
I fell in love with the sound,
Oh I love to sing along, with you,
We got tunes we kicked around, some,
We got a bucket that the tunes go through.
Babe we both had dry spells,
Hard times, in bad lands,
I'm a good man for ya,
I'm a good man.
Last night there was a horse in the road,
I was twisting in the hair-pin,
My hands held on, my mind let go,
And back to you my heart went skipping.
I found the inside of the road,
Thought about the first time that I met you,
All those glances that we stole, Sometimes,
if you want them then you've got to.
Babe we both had dry spells,
Hard times, in bad lands,
I'm a good man for ya,
I'm a good man.
They shot a Western south of here,
They had him cornered in a canyon,
And even his horse had disappeared,
They said it got run down by a bad, bad man.
You're not a good shot, but I'm worse,
And there's so much where we ain't been yet,
So swing up on this little horse,
The only thing we'll hit is sunset.
Babe we both had dry spells,
Hard times, in bad lands,
I'm a good man for ya,
I'm a good man.
Babe we both had..
Babe we both had, baby we both had,
Babe we both had, you and I both had,
Babe we both had, baby we both had.
Babe we both had dry spells,
Hard times, in bad lands,
I'm a good man for ya,
I'm a good man.
Sagar Sawantdesai
Anyone still here in 2020? Thank you House for this amazing song all those years ago
Kuba Zajec
Welcome in 2023. :)
3e7en 3tar
22' boi going 23' till infinity
Nothingtoit DM
Oct 1st 2022
Приколы Мира
2022😏👍🏽
Nardine
Ikr ..Gregory ♥️😭
David Lance
When I was in 11th grade, my dad brought home a Josh Ritter album for no real reason. He just saw it in the music store, and picked it up. He brought it home and listened to it on the stereo, and everyone in the house just came into the room and started listening too. No tv, no talking, just listening, song after song... why aren't there more artists who can make things like that happen?
Nardine
Hope all your family members & you
are all ok , happy & healthy ❤️
Robert Crouch
AND lets all be that DAD too !
Brian BigBoss
There are. You just haven't found them yet.