So we have finally put up the solo album Fortune Favours The Brave that Jon released last year. The image above is a flyer from one of the launch tour shows. The recordings on the album are more on the folk side as to add contrast to the more fast paced full band recordings that we have uploaded a teaser for. There were a few mosh pits however on the solo album tour as keeping things chilled is not really Jon's style at a show.
The recently released full band album is not for donation as the band needs tour money but we have a teaser single for free download and you can get the CD at shows or pay for a download from The Shabeen's music page. The album is a great collection of well written songs with a lot of energy. Jon writes amazing thought provoking lyrics. The band is Jon Shaban on guitar & vocals, Ryan McArthur on Upright Bass and Thomas Glendinning on drums. The teaser we have for you is the opening song of the album.
All 12 songs on Folk Is Dead are really great but I want to close this post with the lyrics from track 11 titled Our Father's Sins. They are very relevant to being a South African (A particular white male South African's perspective yes... but still) and writing songs that are relevant is not a common thing with local musicians. So this sort of thing always impresses me when you learn to expect an attitude of disregard "Don't be a downer just be fun" bullshit.
Our Father's Sins by The Shabeen
I was born with blood on my hands to a home built on another man’s land
Tucked into bed at night by foreign hands I was too young to know my place
I was raised in an amusement park which was built to be efficient but the queues were long
The people stood in line all just to be a part
Of something that would not take place
You can ask for forgiveness
And you can say that it won’t happen again
But my forgiveness is useless
And your guilt is a waste of everyone’s time
If I’m not to blame and you’re not to blame
Who’s the one who’ll be responsible
Who’ll be accountable
We died for our father’s sins today
I’m willing to accept what fate decides
Having proven to myself that I have qualified
To deal with the good
To deal with the bad
And make the most of living in a foreign man’s land
You can ask for forgiveness
And you can say that it won’t happen again
But my forgiveness is useless
And your guilt is a waste of everyone’s time
If I’m not to blame and you’re not to blame
Who’s the one who’ll be responsible
Who’ll be accountable
It’s not ok just to say it’s ok
When it’s clearly dysfunctional
It’s irrational
We died for our father’s sins today
Our country
Needs us
Don’t give up
Please will you stop acting stupid
You can never say that it won’t happen again
But my forgiveness is useless
Your guilt is a waste of everyone’s time
If I’m not to blame and you’re not to blame
Who’s the one who’ll be responsible
Who’ll be accountable
It’s not ok just to say it’s ok
When it’s clearly dysfunctional
It’s irrational
We died for our father’s sins
We died for our father’s sins
We died for our father’s sins today
Post by: Shaun Richards
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