Name: gulag
Duration: P00H10M35S
Description: was inspired by Renaissance, specifically, Mother Russia, in fact it is about the same person, Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsy

gulag

from once stood a band: the studio sessions by AVALON USA

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was inspired by Renaissance, specifically, Mother Russia, in fact it is about the same person, Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsy

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Gulag

Cast adrift from his home and land
Comes the writer words in hand
No one knows if he’ll stay or go
He’s just going where the current flows
He was guilty of no lies
He just wrote the tale of his eyes
What he saw was what was shown
And for this they made him leave his home

Red flag blood flows no one on their side allowed to know
No truth may show, in the echoes of silence, he knows

Now he comes to our shores
With his tale of death and war
Some desire not to hear what he says
Because it does not cheer them
But the words he says are true
Do your best they still haunt you
No amount of mirth will dull
The truth that’s shown to you

Red flag blood flows no one on their side allowed to know
No truth may show, in the echoes of silence, he knows

Now the time has come to open up your eyes and see
Now the time has come to hear the words
Hear the words he tells you
Listen to what he tells you
He won’t lead you astray

Red flag blood flows no one on their side allowed to know
No truth may show, in the echoes of silence, he knows

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from once stood a band: the studio sessions, released April 17, 2016
Joel Pirard, keys, backing vocals
Dan Bonadeo, vocals
Jeff Kalmar, guitars, bailalaika
John Curtin, Fretless bass
Bruce Henninger drums

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AVALON USA New Windsor, New York

AVALON USA
started in 1989, when Jeff Kalmar and Joel Pirard agreed to start a new band together."We scouted around searching for musicians of the caliber that had been the strength of our other band" Jeff stated. Bruce Henninger, was recruited , John Curtin had been sitting in from time to time and came aboard as bassist/lead guitarist, soon followed by Dan Bonadeo. Thus the birth of the band. ... more

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