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Estelle

from Travelogue by Slim Dime

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Original Track "Estelle" is a classic folk song about share house living that tells the true, but sad story of Estelle, who owns only a few photos and a stained t-shirt as a result of her last few houses having burned down. From The Album, "Travelogue" - 13 songs, captured by an awesome collection of vintage microphones. The songs are new, original but sound as though they’ve always existed, somewhere on a mountaintop……

Slim Dime are Jen Land – vocals & tenor guitar & Chris Taylor – vocals & guitar & banjo.

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Estelle (and the burning houses)

The house was old
And falling down
Cockroaches crawled up out of the ground
She answered the ad
We needed her rent
It was my fault the money was spent

She was so thin
Ugly as sin
I know you shouldn’t judge - it’s only skin
She was using & I didn’t know
My flatmate did & asked her to go

Her last three houses burned right down
Up in flames burned to the ground
All she had left, all that she owned
Were four blurred photos & a stained t-shirt

I could’ve been sorry
I should’ve been sad
I was so young I didn’t care
She moved on
Went away
No-one was sorry that she didn’t stay

If I knew then
what I know now
You can’t go backwards anyhow
People come & People go
Some you don’t really get to know

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from Travelogue, released April 26, 2016
Recorded live by Matt Walker & Rowan Matthews at their Stovepipe Studios, Produced by Matt Walker & mastered at Deluxe Mastering by Adam Dempsey.

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Slim Dime Melbourne, Australia

“this is music for the literate Hillbilly” – CD Baby

Slim Dime are an acoustic duo featuring old-time mountain sounds, seamless harmonies and some mighty-fine pickin’.

They make music that sounds as though it’s always existed somewhere on a mountaintop.
Their material is both original songs and traditional songs made new. It’s music that makes you lean in and listen.
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