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Hamtramck (the "bonus" song)

from Hell's Laughter and Heaven's Ache by John Ludi

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John Ludi goes country...yeehaaaaa! I recorded this one for Hell's Laughter but did not originally include it as it just didn't fit with the other songs. It's my Tom Waits song. It's about Hamtramck, an "inburb" of Detroit that I lived in for about 6 years before I left Detroit for Minneapolis. It was/is a squalid and poverty-ridden place that still maintains a weird kind of old world charm. Pretty much all the details are true, except the "Jesus is in the kitchen pouring rum in the stew" bit. I've never run into that particular entity in a church, ironically enough.

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from Hell's Laughter and Heaven's Ache, released January 1, 2001

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John Ludi Madison, Wisconsin

John Ludi is a musician/singer-songwriter with a wide array of influences and lyrical interests who was "Indie" before the term even existed. Working outside of the music industry by choice has given Ludi the ability to release songs of a level of lyrical depth that are anathema to the minds of the "suits". Ludi lives off-grid in a yurt in the woods of WI and will "fight the power" til he dies. ... more

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