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Before the Traffic Backs Up

from October Surprise by vonHummer

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This sounds like the '67 Eko guitar (the one in the cover picture.) Very pretty, chime-y. The set-up on the Eko at that time was a bass A string and two pairs of F# and B.

That's a nice delay reverb there. I think that's from the Roland Micro Cube, a recent purchase.

This one is a very close approximation to what one would have heard from me live in that period. Minus the flubs, of course.

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"Before the Traffic Backs Up"
(vonHummer)
Honeychild, let’s run wild, let’s go out and drive our cars before the traffic backs up, Honeychild, let’s run wild, let’s go out and drive our cars before the traffic backs up,
We gotta leave this world behind, We gotta leave this world behind, We gotta leave this world behind before the traffic backs up…
Honeychild, flash that smile, we’ll pass each other on the right before the traffic backs up, Honeychild, flash that smile, we’ll pass each other on the right before the traffic backs up,
We gotta leave this world behind, We gotta leave this world behind, We gotta leave this world behind before the traffic backs up…
There’s something bittersweet warm in the belly of my spill-proof travel cup…Oh say can you see in the rearview mirror, it’s the Joneses, they can’t keep up…
Honeychild, we’ve got style and gas and cash and time to burn before the traffic backs up, Honeychild, we’ve got style and gas and cash and time to burn before the traffic backs up,
We gotta leave this world behind, We gotta leave this world behind, We gotta leave this world behind before the traffic backs up…
Honeychild, I’m filled with disgust: everybody had the same idea as us! And now the traffic’s backed up...

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from October Surprise, track released October 16, 2004
vonHummer: vocals and guitar

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vonHummer Portland, Oregon

vonHummer is a Portland music/cable access legend whose career spanned from Fall of 2001 to Fall of 2011, during which he recorded a hundred or so songs for use in his absurdist show (and feature film) and played only a handful of concerts. Currently retired, his work shines on for the ages. Or will he someday return...? ... more

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