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Straight Time

by Bill Baird

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  • straight time cassette b/w rare random 'overtime' EP
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    the b-side contains songs that will probably be buried here. RIP. they are mostly good songs.

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1.
Bill 04:21
please allow me to introduce myself my name is bill please let me please re-introduce myself my name's still bill
2.
Bob 03:49
3.
Velvet Rut 04:25
patchouli stains on the wall tapestries just fall into a pile dial my friend Paul crumple up the velvet rut in style tuesday 2 o clock laptopcoffeeslop not an empty chair do these people ever work or does it feel like work to just be sitting there? hill country lifestyle land plant a seed a house grows in your hand ten houses in a row with HomeDespot doors from the $1.5 (mil)'s, this house is yours hairless hippie who hates hippies his throbbing dreadlock will take you with me hairless hippie "tight pant sissy," says oatmeal willie and wilford brimley and barton springs junky and campus flunky and south congress pompadour "organic free range bore" whole foods in workout gear a beer to wash down everything that's wrong a feel-good happy song i dig good vibes but i think i'll hit the gong hairless hippie who hates hippies his throbbing dreadlock will take you with me hairless hippie murky bong wash forgot to bathe me "tight pant sissy," says oatmeal willie and wilford brimley and barton springs junky and campus flunky and south congress pompadour "organic free range bore"
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Bleach 03:23
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End's End 02:35

credits

released December 1, 2017

all songs written and recorded by Bill except "Bleach" recorded by Bill and Michael Landon at Estuary (austin, tx)

Bill plays guitar, bass, drum machine, organ, autoharp, moog, percussion, singing etc. most of what yu hear. other folks tho:

Ben Brown played some guitar on "Bill"
Ben Salomon played some drums on "Bill"
John Kolar played some drums on "Bleach"
Dylan Riech played cello on "Bleach"
Taylor Tehan played tom drums on "Insomnia Insane"
Joey Reyes played cello on "Insomnia Insane"
Jordan Johns played drums on "I Can't Turn Around"
Jesse Woods played guitar and sang on "Velvet Rut"
Gum B played upright bass on "Velvet Rut"
Josh Greco played drums on "Velvet Rut"

mastered by ed woods
Sequenced by Arnold Hattingh
Cover foto by Nick Meek

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Bill Baird Baird, Texas

"In the sphere of psychedelic music, Bill Baird is without a doubt one of the top 2 or 3 songwriters in the world" - le Village Pop

"Psych-pop master craftsman" -- Spin Magazine

"A testament to the failure of the American educational system" - Roscoe Mitchell

"...modern psychedelia at its finest" - Exclaim

"One of the last of the living rock n roll geniuses" - Tiny Mix Tapes
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