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Here is a quartet version of ‘Mendacity’ livestreamed from Riverhouse Barn, Walton on Thames, Surrey on November 19th 2020.
Kate Williams - piano and arranger
Chris Biscoe - alto sax
Conor Chaplin - bass
Jon Scott - drums
Recording (sound and visuals) engineered by Nigel Greenaway and Ed Butcher
Mendacity (Chips Bayen, Max Roach) was originally released on Max Roach's 1961 album "Percussion Bitter Sweet", sung by the great Abbey Lincoln.
Thanks to Emily Boulting and all at Riverhouse Barn (www.riverhousebarn.co.uk) for enabling this concert.
The entire performance is on Youtube – Way Out West Music of Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66zyGLLXK24&t=1869s
LYRICS
Mendacity, mendacity, it makes the world go round
A politician makes a speech and never hears the sound
The campaign trail winds on and on, in towns from coast to coast
The winner ain't the one who's straight, but he who lies the most.
Now voting rights in this fair land we know are not denied
But if I tried in certain states, from treetops I'd be tied
Mendacity, mendacity, it seems is everywhere
But try and tell the truth, and most folks scream "Not fair!"
Kate Williams - piano and arranger
Chris Biscoe - alto sax
Conor Chaplin - bass
Jon Scott - drums
Recording (sound and visuals) engineered by Nigel Greenaway and Ed Butcher
Mendacity (Chips Bayen, Max Roach) was originally released on Max Roach's 1961 album "Percussion Bitter Sweet", sung by the great Abbey Lincoln.
Thanks to Emily Boulting and all at Riverhouse Barn (www.riverhousebarn.co.uk) for enabling this concert.
The entire performance is on Youtube – Way Out West Music of Protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66zyGLLXK24&t=1869s
LYRICS
Mendacity, mendacity, it makes the world go round
A politician makes a speech and never hears the sound
The campaign trail winds on and on, in towns from coast to coast
The winner ain't the one who's straight, but he who lies the most.
Now voting rights in this fair land we know are not denied
But if I tried in certain states, from treetops I'd be tied
Mendacity, mendacity, it seems is everywhere
But try and tell the truth, and most folks scream "Not fair!"
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