"All of the Women" is from Allison Russell's first ever solo project, Outside Child (produced by Dan Knobler). Stream/buy here: found.ee/AROut...
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"The Runner" is written by Allison Russell.
I had a day job when I lived out West. I was a front-line mental health worker for almost 7 years in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver (aka DTES, the poorest postal code, heart of the homelessness crisis and fentanyl/opioid crisis in Canada), from 19 until I was 26. I worked for two harm reduction initiatives- the PHS - a low threshold housing society, and Insite - the first ever safe injection site in North America. Most of our residents/participants were dual diagnosis- addiction, and mental illness. Most of the women in that community had histories and stories akin to mine. I was constantly afraid for the women working in the sex trade especially- I moved to Vancouver amidst the ongoing Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Epidemic which has yet to be addressed by law-enforcement. Law enforcement have committed some of the murders...It is more perilous to be a woman in every culture and society. Even more perilous to be an Indigenous woman, or a Black woman, or a Trans woman… Shirley was luminous and so kind to me as I got to know the parameters of my caregiving jobs, and the complex and close-knit community that I served and came to love and identify with deeply. She was indomitable, and I miss her.- A
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Lyrics:
She's been a fixture as long as I've lived here
On the corner most every night for the last six years
When she's not there
When she’s not there
When she’s not there
I worry about her
worry about her
I think of all of the women
All of the women
All of the women
Who disappear
Who disappear
We’ve made friendly acquaintance, sometimes we talk, she likes the way that I smile
and sing as I walk
I like her fabulous outfits, the proud way she moves, she says
"I used to be a dancer... some grace you don't lose
Some grace you don’t lose
I made some choices, some were made for me
For the way I survive - I make no apology
Everybody and somebody don't always meet up, I'm the salvation for those left without
For those left without, those living small lies, what I provide can’t be measured in nickels and dimes, in nickels and dimes”
I ask what about the bad dates, don’t you ever get scared?
“Well I’ve had my share honey, but it’s fear I can bear, it’s fear I can bear
Cause I'm stronger than eggshells, I'm tougher than luck, I’ve never been despised so much or hit so hard, or hit so hard
I couldn't get back up
I couldn't get back up
I couldn't get back up.”
She's been a fixture as long as I've lived here
On the corner most every night for the last six years
When she's not there
When she’s not there
When she’s not there
I worry about her
I worry about her
Think of all of the women
All of the women
All of the women
All of the women
All of the women
All of the women
Who disappear
Who disappear
Who disappear
Who disappear
AllisonRussell #AlloftheWomen #OutsideChild
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Lyric Video artwork by Niki Smith Frazier; edited by Frankie Cepero; graphics by Andy Hawkes
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The Community of Artists in alphabetical order:
Jason Burger- drums, percussion, apple cider vinegar bottle
Steve Dawson- pedal steel
Jamie Dick- drums, percussion
Dan Knobler- guitars, slide guitar, banjo, synths, mellotron
Drew Lindsay- Rhodes, Wurlitzer, Mellotron, pump organ, organ, piano
Alfreda McCrary- harmony vocals
Ann McCrary- harmony vocals
Deborah McCrary- harmony vocals
Regina McCrary- harmony vocals
Chris Merrill- bass
Ruth Moody- harmony vocals
JT Nero- acoustic guitar, vocals, co-writing
Joe Pisapia- acoustic and electric guitars
Erin Rae- harmony vocals
Allison Russell- songwriting, writing, lead vocals, harmony vocals on Montreal and Nightflyer, clarinet, banjo
Jake Sherman- organ on 4th Day Prayer
Yola (appears courtesy of Easy Eye Sound)- harmony vocals on The Runner
Produced by Dan Knobler
Engineered by Kevin Sokolnicki & Dan Knobler
Recorded at Sound Emporium, Studio A, in Nashville - September 18-21, 2019
Assistant engineer: Zaq Reynolds
Additional recording at Goosehead Palace
Organ on ""4th Day Prayer"" recorded by Jon Seale at Mason Jar Music
Mixed by Dan Knobler
Mastered by Kim Rosen, Knack Mastering
Outside Child, an album by Allison Russell
1. Montreal
2. Nightflyer
3. Persephone
4. 4th Day Prayer
5. The Runner
6. Hy-Brasil
7. The Hunters
8. All of the Women
9. Poison Arrow
10. Little Rebirth
11. Joyful Motherfuckers
6 сен 2024
