Stan Becker "Sincerely, Tom Dooley" (rehearsal) - A Cowboy's Lament - Venice Beach

Based on True Events. Poverty Pimp Targeted Harassment - LYRICS below.
"A coy New Hampshire transplant, Mr. Becker's thought-provoking lyrics make excellent company for the hard-driving beat provided by Ms. Dayna Franklin, who is one of the most injurious drummer in town..."
L.A. Weekly

"Ferocious as an AK-47, loving as a prayer." -- Lance Loud, Exposure Magazine

"Arresting, heartfelt...a lyrical and literate set...should not be missed" -- Tomm Carroll, Copley Newspapers; Santa Monica Evening Outlook

"Touching...written and performed with vibrancy." -- Goldmine Magazine

"Passionate and fiercely original rock" --Santa Monica Bay News

"Thought provoking lyrics, hard driving...intense and intelligent" -- LA Weekly

"Smart, catchy...works like gangbusters." -- Tony Peyser, Santa Monica Mirror

"...Sweet and open and heartfelt and lovely. Pastoral lyrics..." --
Hank Rosenfeld, Santa Monica Sun.
(Hank is 'Henry Rosebuds,' on-air personality for KSAN, San Francisco, and WXRK in NYC)

"Incendiary and emotional rock."
Ruta Fox - Exposure Magazine

"Tuneful and intelligent rock...look for a light-hearted then intensely dramatic set...a rave recommendation."
Dave Zimmer - Bam Magazine

"...Becker has been tagged by the press for his writing and recordings as well as live solo appearances on both coasts, and a long series of crowded L.A. shows with The Mayflower Slaves garnering excellent reviews for their intense lyrics and Becker's vocals." -- Music Connection

"Becker takes on the oh-so-common malaise of contemporary life - dysfunctional relationships, shrinking civil rights, hostile takeovers - with savagery, wisdom and wit. The tall, dark and intense Becker hails from the spiritual space of New Hampshire where the state's motto jives with his own: 'Live Free Or Die.'" -- Hunter Drohojowska Philp: Author, Contemporary Art Critic - KCRW Art Talk

Work-shopping arrangements and lyrics with a friend's camera last April, 2018. Based on a true series of events. Here I'm mostly playing bass-lines and trying to read the lyrics; and allowing things to develop. This is a skeletal arrangement 'on the fly,' after programming the rhythm. My first step back into writing and playing after many moons.

tuk one inna leg ann one inna side
dug out the slugg ann ahm still alive
yur name on tha bullet that slammed rite cleer thru me
u get a slash inna circull, Sincerely Tom Dooley

tha judge iz a drunk an wuz bawtt pretty cheep
with horz and ceggarz an a nice place to sleep
now even the preecher is shining his sordd
drunk on good whiskey that he kant afforrd
well ime gonna send him rite bak to tha Lord

thay got me branded they got me branded

wat they dun to those women... ann I saw w who did it!
then its lies alabiez and tha paperz will spinnet
with a story and poster of tha outlaw thats me?
but it were no sin for them girls to run free

even Lord Jesus musta felt so alone
He hardly dun nothin butt still thay thru stonez
ann He stood there bleeding and sick inna sun
and He needed a frend but there werent no one!!

so who be the ritechuss and who the unroolely
when them son of a bitches try to shoot down urs trooley?
thay get a slash in a circle; Sincerely, Tom Dooley

yeh that horse duz fine wen i open her up on the range
spent so much time out there that people think ime strange
I think that there strange too

the posse comes; to them i ride
thay brung six i shot down five
The last one swore heed trak me down
i wuz in his room when he got back to town
Oh no he cryed it was all a joke
and thems the last dam wurds that bastturd spoke

Ur name on the bullit that slammed rite into me
u get a slash inna circull; Sincerely Tom Dooley

thay got me branded thay own the hole state
it’s crooked as hell they just push til you brayke
ann then dress it up with a frok anna noose
ann sum slik polytichian to keep things confuzed

thay crost sum line ann thay aint turnin round
from tha dam bounty hunters that run this hole town
heh
send me gangs of tuff hombres with bully boy tung
but thay all pee thay pants when thay dimm bell is rung

thay got meetings for meetings ann evrybody gets pade
justiuhfyinn excusez thay all got it made
cuz itz a small circull if yur kid needz a job
or u owe a favor to the man with the wadd
thay getta slash inna circul.....

so who be the ritechuss and who the unroolely
when them son of a bitches try to shoot down urs trooley?
thay get a slash inna circul Sincerely, Tom Dooley

yeh that horse duz fine wen i open her up on the range...

thay say there conchuss is clear and there eyez on tha Glory
But there’s a women in texas with a diffrint story

tuk one inna leg ann one inna side
dug out the slugg ann ahm still alive
yore name on tha bullet that slammed rite cleer thru me
u get a slash inna circle, Sincerely Tom Dooley -- 🐴

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