Name: Bones Of The Boulevard ~ Single
Duration: P00H03M34S
Description: Written amid the resurgence of art and music in the BoulevARTS District of the Kenmore area in SW Akron, the song evokes the history, culture, dreams and hopes for the future.

Bones Of The Boulevard ~ Single

by Jim Ballard

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Written amid the resurgence of art and music in the BoulevARTS District of the Kenmore area in SW Akron, the song evokes the history, culture, dreams and hopes for the future.

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On the pavement where the sidewalk starts
In the doorways of a thousand hearts
The stories and the mem'ries still linger on
And something that you just can't put your finger on
Like a pulse in the veins of the bones of the boulevard

There are footsteps like ghosts in the wind
And the whispering like voices of your kin
Watching from the rooftops watching from the street
While the underground rises to the bottoms of your feet
Don't have to look too hard to find the bones of the boulevard

And its human hearts, dreams and hope
Mortar and brick and steel and rope
And its stone on stone on stone on the bones
Bones of the boulevard

If the threadbare shopworn walls could tell
All the stories and the lives that they know so well
People in the trolleys and the curbside crawl
Singers and the drummers in the music hall
Gonna roll it all on the bones of the boulevard
Of the boulevard...

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released January 31, 2019
Jim Ballard Guitar and Vocal
Wes McCraw Guitar
Joe Lang Drums
Bill Watson Bass
Tim Longfellow Keys
Norman Tischler Sax
Nate Vaill and Thomas Kinkaid backing vocals
Rap segment composed and performed by LDG
Recorded at Skylyne Studio, Just A Dream Studio and Studio 1008
All in Kenmore BoulevARTS District, Akron, Ohio
Mixed by Jim Ballard Skylyne Studio
ReMixed and Mastered by Nate Vail, Just A Dream Studio

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Jim Ballard Akron, Ohio

Jim Ballard
A native of NE Ohio, Jim Ballard has been, for many years a part of the recording/performing community. After touring and performing all over the country with artists from 10,000 Maniacs to Gordon Lightfoot,The Mekons to Pete Seeger, he moved into his studio, Skylyne. There, he has recorded and worked with artists from Michael Stanley to Don Dixon and Alex Bevan. ... more

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