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Tears on the Backroads

Rufus Holloway

Delta Blues

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This raw Delta Blues track unfolds over a classic 12-bar progression with soulful male vocals delivering emotive AAB verses, bending blue notes, and call-and-response phrasing that captures heartache and resilience. Gritty guitar riffs and bends lead into a haunting solo, backed by sparse harmonica, upright bass, and brushed drums for an intimate, unpolished live feel. Fading out on repetitive resilient cries, it evokes the dusty backroads of the Deep South with organic warmth and improvisational grit.

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Thank you for watching! Tears on my pillow Tears on my pillow My sweet love vanished Left my world so hollow Wandering these black roads Shadows chase my heels Shadows chase my heels Hunger in my belly Broken heart that never Shadows chase my heels Hunger in my belly Broken heart that never But dawn will break through I'll stand tall again Dawn will break through I'll stand tall again Blues may bend me low Won't break this man Won't break this man Fade away Fade away Fade away Fade away Fade away Fade away Fade away Fade away Fade away Fade away Fade away Fade away Fade away Fade away Fade away Fade away Fade away Fade away

Tears on the Backroads

Rufus Holloway

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