Longtime LRB band member, multi-award winning banjo picker and Virginia Country Music Hall of Famer, Sammy Shelor has put together a wealth of talent that includes: Brandon Rickman (lead vocals and rhythm guitar); Mike Hartgrove (fiddle); Barry Reed (bass and harmony vocals); and Randy Jones (mandolin and lead & harmony vocals) all performing the distinctive LRB sound fans love.
Lonesome River Band has four albums on the Rural Rhythm Records label including: STILL LEARNING (June 2011) that included two chart singles, “Record Time Machine” and “Jack Up the Jail”; NO TURNING BACK (the first CD on the Rural Rhythm label and their 12th career album) that included the hit single, “Them Blues”; and two live albums, THE ALL-STAR JAM LIVE AT GRAVES MOUNTAIN and the 2011 album, LIVE AT BEAN BLOSSOM, A BILL MONROE CELEBRATION that was produced by Sammy Shelor.
Lonesome River Band’s long career is obviously filled with a multitude of Awards and Recognitions including the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) honoring the group with numerous awards for Album of the Year and topping it off with an amazing four-time award wins for Shelor as IBMA Banjo Performer of the Year. The group has also received recognition by SPBGMA for numerous Bluegrass Band of Year wins, Vocal Group of the Year, Song of the Year and Shelor as Banjo Player of the Year.
2011 was a tremendous year for the band, with Sammy Shelor receiving the 2nd Annual Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Lonesome River Band receiving five 2011 IBMA nominations including Album of the Year for their participation on The All-Star Jam: Live At Graves Mountain on the Rural Rhythm label (released in 2010). They received two nods for Instrumental Recorded performance of the Year for “Pretty Little Girl,” on the album, Still Learning (Rural Rhythm), and also for band members Sammy Shelor, Brandon Rickman and Mike Hartgrove’s work on “Ground Speed,” by The Rural Rhythm All-Stars (Rural Rhythm). The band also received a Recorded Event of the Year nomination for the song, “Graves Mountain Memories,” recorded by the Rural Rhythm All-Stars (including Sammy Shelor and Mike Hartgrove) on The All-Star Jam: Live at Graves Mountain album; and band leader Sammy Shelor was nominated for Banjo Player of the Year, an award he received four consecutive years from 1995-1998,” International Bluegrass Association.
In 2010, Shelor was again nominated the IBMA Banjo Performer of the Year award. In 2009, LRB received nominations for the 2009 Instrumental Performance of the Year (Struttin to Ferrum); nomination for Gospel Performance of the Year (Darkness Wept); and Sammy Shelor’s nomination for Banjo Performer of the Year. LRB opened the 2009 IBMA Awards Show at the Ryman Auditorium with a tremendous and extremely well received performance. In 2008, they were chosen as an IBMA Showcase Artist and the band regularly performs at the popular IBMA Fan Fest at the yearly convention.
Perfume
Lonesome River Band Lyrics
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She didn't want for anything,
A loving husband a little cabin close to town,
Working hard out on the farm,
coming in to all her charm,
until the one day when the stranger came around.
It Starts to rain can't work no more,
run to the porch open the door.
So what was I supposed to do,
well I could tell he had been with you,
it maid me mad and I just couldn't stand the pain,
I can't believe what I have done,
I killed them both with daddies gun,
as there boddies laid in tangled in our bed,
he was the sheriff's only son,
to me she was the only one.
I smelled the perfume the powder and the lead.
Well my body starts to shake,
begin to think about my fate,
as I turned and start staggered towards the door,
I heard her take her final breath,
I knew my sentence would be dealth,
and so I threw that smoking gun onto the floor
now I sit in the jail
and now my lifes a living hell,
since that aweful dreadful crime I had to do,
all her love she vote to me
another man there will never be
and in the end I have to die for loving you.
I can't believe what I have done
I killed them both with daddies gun
and there boddies lay in tangled in our bed
he was the sheriff's only son
to me she was the only one
I smelled the perfume the powder
and the lead...
The lyrics for Lonesome River Band's "Perfume" tell a story of love, jealousy, and murder. The song is sung from the perspective of a man who marries the woman he loves, but their happiness is shattered when a stranger comes into their lives. The singer becomes increasingly jealous of his wife's interactions with this stranger, and one rainy day, he sees them together in their home. Enraged, the singer kills both his wife and the stranger with his father's gun.
The lyrics paint a vivid picture of the singer's descent into madness, from his initial happiness with his wife to his desperate decision to commit murder. The final lines of the song suggest that the singer has no remorse for his actions, as he speaks of "loving" his wife even as he faces execution for her murder.
Overall, the lyrics of "Perfume" are a powerful and haunting exploration of the darker aspects of love and jealousy. The song's storytelling style and emotional intensity make it a standout track in the Lonesome River Band's catalog.
Line by Line Meaning
We were married in the spring,
The singer and his wife got married during the spring season.
She didn't want for anything,
The wife of the singer was satisfied and content with her life.
A loving husband a little cabin close to town,
The singer was a caring husband and they lived in a small, cozy cabin near the town.
Working hard out on the farm,
The artist worked hard on the farm to provide for his family.
coming in to all her charm,
The artist came home to the charm and love of his wife.
until the one day when the stranger came around.
Their peaceful life was disrupted when a stranger arrived.
It Starts to rain can't work no more,
Due to the rain, the singer couldn't work anymore.
run to the porch open the door.
The artist rushed to the porch and opened the door due to the rain.
To there supprised I realized there little game,
To the artist's surprise, he realized that his wife was having an affair with the stranger.
So what was I supposed to do,
The artist was in a dilemma and confused about what to do next.
well I could tell he had been with you,
The singer could make out that the stranger had been intimate with his wife.
it maid me mad and I just couldn't stand the pain,
This realization made the artist angry and he couldn't bear the emotional pain.
I can't believe what I have done,
The singer was in disbelief about the actions he had taken.
I killed them both with daddies gun,
The singer used his father's gun to kill his wife and the stranger.
as there boddies laid in tangled in our bed,
After the murders, the bodies of the wife and the stranger were entangled in their bed.
he was the sheriff's only son,
The stranger who had an affair with the artist's wife was the only son of the sheriff.
to me she was the only one.
To the artist, his wife was the only one he loved and cared for.
I smelled the perfume the powder and the lead.
The singer could smell the perfume of his wife, the gunpowder, and the lead from the gun.
Well my body starts to shake,
The singer's body started shaking due to the realization of his actions.
begin to think about my fate,
The artist started thinking about the consequences he would face for his actions.
as I turned and start staggered towards the door,
The artist turned to stagger towards the door as he tried to escape his fate.
I heard her take her final breath,
As the artist was leaving, he heard his wife take her last breath.
I knew my sentence would be dealth,
The singer knew that he would receive the death penalty for his crimes.
and so I threw that smoking gun onto the floor
As a final act, the artist threw the smoking gun on the floor.
now I sit in the jail
The singer is now in jail waiting for his execution.
and now my lifes a living hell,
The singer's life has become a living hell after the events that happened.
since that aweful dreadful crime I had to do,
The singer was forced to commit a terrible crime that changed his life forever.
all her love she vote to me
The wife had given all her love to the artist.
another man there will never be
The artist believes that he will never love another woman again like he loved his wife.
and in the end I have to die for loving you.
Ultimately, the singer has to face the consequences of his actions and die for the love he had for his wife.
Contributed by Bella T. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
DJ S
on looking for yourself
Endless highways are calling after me
The world is a strange place when you’re only seventeen
Feeling like a loser who never gave love a chance
Trapped in my own prison just because I didn’t understand
(Chorus)
No matter where you run
No matter where you hide
The very thing you’re running from is buried deep inside
No matter who you ask
No matter who you tell
It’s a lonely road you’re walking on when you’re looking for yourself
Cars pass me by, I can’t get a ride
I guess it doesn’t matter there’s no map I’m going by
A game of the mind and partly circumstance
Refuse to pay the fiddler but I cry when I can’t dance
(Chorus)
No matter where you run
No matter where you hide
The very thing you’re running from is buried deep inside
No matter who you ask
No matter who you tell
It’s a lonely road you’re walking on when you’re looking for yourself
No matter where you run
No matter where you hide
The very thing you’re running from is buried deep inside
No matter who you ask
No matter who you tell
It’s a lonely road you’re walking on when you’re looking for yourself
It’s a lonely road you’re walking on when you’re looking for yourself
Ryu Katayama
on Like a Train Needs a Track
I think "been?" is "never" and "long(log?)" is "log."
Ryu Katayama
on Dime Store Rings
I think "been?" is "never" and "long(log?)" is "log."