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The Ruse
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A Folk/Blues artist from the US Pacific Northwest A Songwriter, Singer, Storyteller, Slide Guitarist & Sawplayer Earthy vocals, resophonic guitar bottleneckin’ and the rhythmic moans of harmonica combine while foot stompin’ pounds out a beat.
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Folk/Blues songwriter/singer/storyteller/fingerpicker/bottleneck slider/harmonica huffer/sawplayer/washboard scrubber/Gadget maker
Reggie Miles... Songwriter, Singer, Storyteller, Slide Guitarist and Sawplayer Turns trash into musical treasure, his own homemade Nobro resophonic guitars, constructed from repurposed junk culled from garage sales, swap meets, thrift stores... Earthy vocals, Delta style bottleneck slidin' and the rhythmic moans of harmonica combine, while foot stompin' abounds, to create an Acoustic Roots Blues sound as authentic as you'll hear north of the Mason Dixon Line. An aficionado of storytelling, tall tales are intricately woven effortlessly into the fabric of music and songs A Folk/Blues fingerpicker of whimsical found and self-penned songs A virtuoso in the musical folk art of bowed hand saw melodies. An award winning songwriter, recording and performance artist who has gained multinational media attention via recent compositions like, "Wall Street Bailout Blues". Featured in a half dozen documentary film and video projects, on the recordings of more than a dozen Northwest artists, in addition to 21 self produced recordings since 1995. What others are saying about Reggie Miles... "Channeled Bukka White, Furry Lewis, Robert Johnson, Ken Kesey, and Salvadore Dali." (Brian G) "Traditional bluesie - brilliant... A mixture of Bluesey, jazzy, juggy, eclectic stuff... Solid" (Rick Fielding) "Shel Silverstein meets Leonard Cohen" (Anon) "Country blues with a novelty twist....a down home gravely voice and a driving slide guitar." (Chris Lunn, Victory Music Review) "I've been to LA. I've been to New York. I've been to San Francisco, Chicago, Memphis, Kansas City and New Orleans and I have never heard anybody like you!" (Anon) "Tom Waits meets Screamin' Jay Hawkins. Great music!" (Chris) "Reggie Miles in my humble opinion is great! It just does not get any better than this. What a talent! Oh, and by the way, I love the sound of that 'resonator guitar' he uses!" (Ron Ryan, Ghost writer for The Dave Clark Five) "One part Sonny Terry, one part Tiny Tim, three parts Mister T" (Amos Jessup) "Extremely entertaining and downright fun! Wonderfully wacky... Reggie Miles has succeeded in capturing the vaudevillian essence of depression era blues. Amazingly eerie, bizarre, interpretations featuring Reggie playing a saw." (Diane Wells)
Song Info
Genre
Blues • Acoustic Blues
Charts
Peak #54
Peak in subgenre #9
Author
Reggie Miles
Rights
2022 Reggie Miles
Uploaded
October 02, 2021
Track Files
MP3
MP3 4.3 MB • 99 kbps • 6:05
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Beat
4/4
Vocals
Male
Story behind the song
I don't think there's anyone who hasn't felt the pain of love lost
Lyrics
The Ruse 2021 Reggie Miles All rights reserved Gonna go with the flow Believe one more lie Even though I know You love another guy I will play the fool While my heart is breakin' I will play the fool And there's no mistakin' Your love it isn't real It don't matter how I feel It's all just a ruse And that's why I've got the Blues Can't think straight While in such pain I know that it's too late There's nothin' to gain And I will play the fool While my heart is breakin' I will play the fool And there's no mistakin' Your love it isn't real You don't care how I feel I fell for your ruse And now I've got the Blues And it's such a pity How love loses its way In every hood in every city It happens every day I was blinded by the hope That I was the only one But I was just a dope You tricked to have your fun And I played the fool While my heart was breakin' I played the fool And there's no mistakin' Your love was never real You never cared how I might feel Yes, I fell for your ruse And now I've got the Blues Your deception, hoax and guile Your dodge, your ploy, your sham Worked for a little while But now I'm wise to your scam I was blinded by the hope That I was your only one But I was just a dope You tricked to have your fun I played the fool As my heart was breakin' Yes, I played the fool And now there's no mistakin' Your love was just a cheat That left me sittin' on the street Singin' 'bout your ruse And how I got the Blues I'm singin' about your ruse And how I got the Blues Singin' about your ruse
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