"Let's Eat The Poor" is a country folk singalong in the style of Gene Autry. Follow the bouncing red ball and join in on the chorus. It's a happy song offering a solution to poverty that should please many people!
This song is based on "A Modest Proposal", Johnathan Swift's unique, satirical solution to widespread hunger in Ireland in the 1600s and 1700s. Current attitudes would seem to make it relevant once again.
Now available for download on many sites including i-tunes
and cd baby.
It will included on Alan's new full-length cd, "Naked Demos", to be released very soon!
Sound Engineer: Vito Petrocitto
Mastered By: Mark Dann
Rhythm Guitar and Lead Vocal: alan ross haynes
Backup Musicians: Vito Petrocitto,
LuAnne Thompson, J. Martucci
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Bio
Alan Ross Haynes was born long, long ago on a far away planet, where he was raised by
terrestrial bipeds who played country music.
Alan Ross Haynes is a composer/author/ performer, recording artist, studio musician, and guitar/ vocal teacher who has written and recorded well over 100 songs.
He has performed with high level performers, including David Roth, Karen Taylor-Goode, Jana Stanfield, Dick Kniss (bass player for Peter, Paul, and Mary and John Denver), Fred Bogert (grammy-nominated producer), Steve Gillette (uncountable Grammy awards), Susan Kroupa-Riley; Greg Greenway, Richard Meckdeci, Penny Nichols, Sloan Wainwright, Melissa Holland, Scott Ainslie. Vito Petrocito, Mark Dann, and many others.
He has just completed his second full length CD, "Naked Demos". His first, "New
Roads" , can be heard on radio stations around the world.
"Naked Demos", to be sold through CD Baby, will be on sale by Sept. 2008!!. Songs from this CD are also to be included on current and future compilations by Roadshow Records.
He currently has songs on 3 compilation albums on the Roadshow Records label- and they are asking for more !
His music has been featured on broadcast radio shows from New York to Massachusetts to Oklahoma to England , the Netherlands, Australia, and New Zealand. He has even been heard in Belarus.
On internet radio, he is a featured artist on The Viking Radio Network in Ca. (part of the Radio Live 365 network., as well as appearing on such stations as:
WDYN.net, unheardofrecords.com, whole wheat radio, nessmp3 (Scotland), 4spotlight.com, musicgrams.com, songtiger.com, ruleradio.com, idolunderground.com, thebandhouselive.com, Maddhouz radio, radiorolodex.com, Kinda country (Australia), Radio Clandestino, Faith MP3, and others.
He has been rated in the top 20 on the country charts on Idol Underground Radio on two occasions in the last 2 years!
His first full length CD ("New Roads") and single releases are sold on CD Baby and are available digitally there and through I-Tunes and many others including :
Audio Lunchbox, Amazon.com, Yahoo Music, Emusic, MusicIsHere, Bitmunk, PassAlong, Tradebit, GreatIndieMusic, PayPlay, GroupieTunes, Nexhit, GreatIndie.com, e-tunes, Verizon Music, Liquid Digital Music, and others.
Alan appears in the Hudson Valley and New England area with the extremely talented and versatile musician and vocalist Melissa Holland (formerly of Holland, Thompson, and Tooch). Her witty and piercing lyrics, as well her expertise on flute and keyboards, make for a combination not to be missed in energetic, inspired performances.
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The lyrics:
A Modest Proposal, Revised (Let’s Eat The Poor)
Copyright 2004 Alan R. Haynes
Country Folk, With a Gene Autry flavor
Verse 1: The poor are such a nuisance, tell me what good are they?
Everything comes down to money, and they don't pay their way
Johnathan Swift proposed it, I'm just saying what he said before
Think of the money we can save if we eat the poor
Chorus:
Let's eat the poor, let's feed people people
It solves many problems, and it can't be done any cheaper
Let's eat the poor. The young ones taste the best!
Then let's say those magic words, "It will cost the taxpayers less"!
Verse 2: They didn't prepare themselves, so we'll prepare them now
You can prepare the poor just like you do a cow
Flanks are for roasts and steaks, ribs are good on the grill
Their livers are great with onions, but their hearts are much better still (To Chorus)
Bridge: It's their fault if they're poor, they should have worked harder
We can eat the young ones now, or save them for cannon fodder
(To Chorus)
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Notes:
Alan’s voice has been often compared to Chris Smithers, Chuck Pyle, and Rick Nelson. His style has been compared John Prine, Johnny Cash, Harry Chapin, and Bob Dylan.
Alan currently performs with Melissa Holland in the Hudson Valley area of New York. The duo recently (3/19/08) performed live on WBCR 97.7 FM Radio, Great Barington, Ma. They were the guests of Barbara and Graham Dean on their 2 hour "Common Sense Radio" show.
KW in Nashville
March 26, 2008
"Your songs have great atmosphere....that's the best I can say it!
It's real folk music. Good stuff."
MEWSFLASH !!!
Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:04:36 -0700
New PodCast Episode:
“The Viking Internet (aka Sven's World) Radio Live Stream Roll Out PodCast”
Featuring the music of:
· Mr. Completely - Run Away Little Girl
· Jude Johnstone - Long Way Back
· Aldo Rox - Thank You
· Laura Lambert - Thinking About You
· Alan Ross Haynes - Let's Eat the Poor
· ninecircus - Mating Time
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listen to alan ross haynes on:
cdbaby
apple i-tunes
e-tunes
audio lunchbox
GreatIndie.com
www.rhapsody.com
also: Napster, MusicNet, i-Tunes Europe
svensworldradio (Winner of Golden Viking Award as Best Country Folk Artist, 2007)
nessmp3 (Scotland)
wdyn.net (in rotation)
whole wheat radio
musicSubmit
musicishere.com
indieartist411.com
mp3musicgrams.com
songtiger.com
ruleradio.com
idolunderground.com
thebandhouselive.com
maddhouz radio
radiorolodex.com
Radio Clandestino
Payplay.fm
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