Loser's
Blues
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by Graham Dodsworth
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There are autobiographical aspects
to this song but there is also a great deal of poetic license taken for
the usual reasons. Written in the mid 1980s in Albury, I've also often referred
to it as 'The Albury Crawl' because it describes the practise of locals
going out in the evening, especially on weekends, looking for 'the action',
where all their friends might be hanging out. Each of them would try a different
venue in an unco-ordinated fashion, before we all had mobile phones and
then after maybe one drink and 'no sign of said friends' head off to the
next venue or pub, missing most of their friends who were possibly rotating
from two other locations while attempting same juggling act. At around 10pm
when all the hotels closed, they would all generally happily find each other
when they wound up at Maudies Wine Bar, 'where I sang' (lucky me). 'All
roads lead to Maudies' I used to say.
After midnight when Maudies closed people would either head to one of the
two illegal gambling establishments nearby or 'Sweethearts Pizza, directly
across the road or Silvers Disco further down Dean Street. The song captures
this concept. |
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click
musical note or here to play recently recorded version
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youTube clip recorded on VHS video tape in 1984 at The Green
Lantern Cafe - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gML0xXzLryM
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This song is sometimes titled 'The Albury Crawl'. |
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One of these mp3s is from a recorded
version of the song found on
Graham Dodsworth's 'In
Our Time' CD release and the other recorded
for a live streaming event.
Graham Dodsworth - arrangement, vocal & guitar
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