Dollar Bill

by Blues Arcadia

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We all know Dollar Bill. That guy who lives to party every night. No commitments, no promises, no clue. If he goes hard enough, nothing can slow him down. He’s old enough to know better but his money works in every bar in every town, and if there’s a good time around he’s got to find it.
Just don’t ask him what to do about love.

Three-time Australian Blues Music Award winners and Australian Roots Music Award nominees, Blues Arcadia continue to forge their reputation as dirty-soul heroes by injecting fresh new energy into 21st century rhythm and blues.

Their last album Carnival Of Fools was critically acclaimed by The Australian Weekend Review, Rhythms Magazine and the Courier Mail with US magazine Blues Blast claiming that “with them, the future of blues is secure”.

Dollar Bill is the second single from their forthcoming sophomore studio album and is yet another stone-cold banger from your favourite purveyors of dirty soul.

lyrics

We want to get high, so high
Don’t wanna get low

Pay the money but don’t pay the rent
Pay the devil when he’s heaven sent
Take the time but the time is spent
So why you keep on asking
About love - what we gonna do now?
About love - what we gonna do now?
Yeah love - what you gonna do now?

We want to get high, so high
Don’t wanna get low

Keep on pushing in the present tense
Keep on pushing when you’re on the fence
Dollar Bill he don’t make no sense
So why you keep on asking

About love and what we gonna do now
About love, what we gonna do now
Yeah love - what we gonna do now

I’m asking... gonna keep on asking

We want to get high, so high
Don’t wanna get low
We want to get high, so high
Don’t wanna get low

credits

released August 5, 2022
Written by Chris Harvey/ Alan Boyle

Vocals - Alan Boyle
Guitar - Chris Harvey
Keys - Paula Girvan
Bass - Jeremy Klysz
Drums - Casper Hall

Baritone Saxophone - Alex Price
Tenor Saxophone - Cassie White
Trumpet - Clint Allen
Horn arrangements by Alex Price

Recorded and mixed by Jeff Lovejoy at Blackbox, Brisbane
Mastered by Matt Gray, Brisbane
Artwork by Ben Clark Design

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Blues Arcadia Brisbane, Australia

Three-time Australian Blues Music Award winners and Australian Roots Music Award nominees. Combining the legendary soul of Stax and Motown with the heat and power of the Chicago and Memphis blues, Blues Arcadia deliver an uninhibited old-fashioned soul stomp revival. ... more

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May 10

Lefty's Music Hall

Brisbane, QLD

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