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Way down in that river hollow/a long time ago. Sky blue Chevy Impala/fender fins and a radio. Sterling Malt liquor/in paper bag with a shaker of salt/way down in the hollow/a long time ago. It was the summer of 1972/in the haze of a haloed moon/a boy and a man/a shotgun and/a gig and a bucket full of frogs. That man was my cousin/and that boy, he was me. Moon shone on the water/but in that hollow it was hard to see. With liquor on his breath/he shot’m and he gigged’m in. And I held to that flashlight/steady as a leaf in the wind. It was the summer of 1972/in the haze of a haloed moon/a boy and a man/a shotgun and/a gig and a bucket full of frogs. Funny how you remember those things you feared the most/shotguns, God and gigs/and big ole bullfrogs. And when you hardly swim/you fear about slippin’ in/getting’ bit on the leg by a copperhead or a water-moccasin. It was the summer of 1972/in the haze of a haloed moon/a boy and a man/a shotgun and/a gig and a bucket full of frogs. It was my time froggin’/was my last time with him. Way down in that hollow/you know, I’ll never forget. That man who was my cousin/and that boy who was me/him froggin’ with a shotgun/and me shakin’ like a leaf. It was the summer of 1972/in the haze of a haloed moon/a boy and a man/a shotgun and/a gig and a bucket full of frogs…a boy and a man/a shotgun and/a gig and a bucket full of frogs.

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“David Lynch meets Neil Young” says KJHK disc jockey Barry Lee, describing Forrest Whitlow’s music. “Forrest writes and sings from the heart and it comes through in his performances.” This mix of familiar and eclectic musical elements informs and drives the music of Forrest Whitlow. ... more

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