ARTISTS, STORY and LYRICS
THE SUMMER REPLACEMENTS are a free-floating collective that serves as the house band for "No Name & A Bag O' Chips", NYC's longest-running comedy/variety show. Founding members Alex "The Assassin" de Suze (drums) and Carl "Babyfreak" Fortunato (keyboards) began as coverage for No Name's first house band when they took a summer hiatus, hence the name. As time went on, they became the permanent house band, and they were soon joined by bassist, Fernando "Dr. Sandman" Morales Gonzalez. Today, the regular rhythm section is rounded out by "King Of The Hill" Courtney Hill on guitar. This album marks the 1st time they've recorded as a band.
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ABOUT "DUST TO DUST" (Written by the songwriter, Eric Vetter)
"January 2018, I joined a writers' group. Members committed to trying to write one song per week for a year. A month in, dear Jeannine ended her life. Somehow, I didn't miss the week.
Maybe 5 months in, on deadline night, I hit the wall; the wall hit back. I came up dry in a week I'd been especially missing her. At 2 AM, exasperated, I raised the white flag. I put my book away, and began angrily yelling at Jeannine for making this so hard. (It takes more than death to get me to stop talking to you.)
As we talked, it occurred to me that a huge part of loving someone is forgiveness. It also occurred to me that I'd not forgiven her. So, I forgave her. We cried.
I picked my book up, and by 3 AM, I'd written and recorded the 1st version of "Dust to Dust"."
"Dust To Dust"
If your dreams have turned to dust
Take your leave now, if you must
Keep your faith, and keep your trust
I will love you, dust to dust
Forgive, forget, it's all the same
Keep walking to the light
Sometimes you've got to hope the day
Sometimes you hope the night
Sometimes a day can lose all hope
Sometimes ain't nothing left
Sometimes you figure leaving town
Would leave no one bereft
If your dreams have turned to dust
Take your leave now, if you must
Keep your faith, and keep your trust
I will love you, dust to dust
But since you choose to leave the room
I will not hold you down
Too easily some may presume
You chose to wear a frown
But broken lives are rarely earned
Some folks don't know the cost
I understand because I know
The pain of what you've lost
*musical break*
If your dreams have turned to dust
Take your leave now, if you must
Keep your faith, and keep your trust
I will love you, dust to dust
If your dreams have turned to dust
Take your leave now, if you must
Keep your faith, and keep your trust
I will love you
To Eric from Linda-Thank you for this amazing contribution and for teaching me that forgiveness is so important, and it's possible, even when someone we love so dearly does somethings so heartbreaking and painful.