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"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.
Sound Engineer: Vito Petrocitto
Mastered By: Mark Dann
Rhythm Guitar and Lead Vocal: alan ross haynes
Backup Musicians: Vito Petrocitto,
LuAnne Thompson, J. Martucci, M. Holland
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Bio
Alan Ross Haynes is a redneck leftist who eats deep fried chicken gizzards with hot sauce. He also loves raw oysters. Rumors that he is a cannibal are unfounded.
He writes, performs, and records Country Folk, Rockabilly, Bluegrass, Folk Rock, and New Thought Christian music. He has written over 150 songs; has 3 full- length, mastered, professional CDs; 3 singles; and over 100 demos. He is a composer, performer, recording artist, studio musician, and guitar/ vocal teacher. He performs on guitar, vocals, harmonica, and bass, and is adding banjo to his repertoire.
His musical heroes include John Prine; Johnny Cash; Peter, Paul, and Mary; Harry Chapin; Randy Newman; Gordon Lightfoot; Rick Nelson; Cat Stevens; and a host of others (including Bullwinkle Moose).
His music has been played on several NPR stations, and was featured on the nationally syndicated show “Car Talk” with his song “Disaster on Wheels.” He has had songs included on 3 compilations produced by the Road Show Records label.
He has been featured on innumerable internet radio stations. 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.
Alan is a member of emPower Music and Arts and The Folk Alliance. He is a former member of the Nashville Songwriters Association International. 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 Mekdeci, Penny Nichols, Sloan Wainwright, Scott Ainslie, Vito Petrocito, and many others.
Alan wrote his first song at the age of 15, a blues song about excessive tv viewing. A folk rock spiritual followed.
He’s been writing ever since, including a nationally nominated journalism essay in high school; an internationally published botany/pathology treatise on parasitic vines; and numerous published songs.
Alan began playing the trumpet at age 10, the guitar at age 11; added baritone and tuba, and started singing in church choirs as a young teenager. He took private lessons and performed in state competitions. He began taking music conducting classes and music theory classes in junior high and high school , where he also sang in the concert choir and a madrigal group. He formed a folk group at Leto High School that performed in central Florida and on local television programs. He performed with his brother Charlie and in folk rock groups in the 1970s and 1980s. He performed from 2000-2006 with the Clearwater Unity Band; in NY 2006-2007 with Holland, Haynes, Thompson, and Tooch; in 2007 -2008 as the duo, Holland and Haynes; and in 2009 as the director of the Unity Church of Charlotte, NC.
He is now living in Matthews, NC.
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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.
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."
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