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The song I wrote for ole Warren Spider Hastings, rest his (ass) soul. He was like a grandfather to myself and many others. Us local kids had the benefit of growing up and coming of age at Spiders parties. I recorded this entire track in my basement bedroom, the percussion is me stompin, an egg shaker, a tambourine and a deer bone hittin a pot.

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Way out yonder on the Shannick road,
out in the township of Marmora,
was a little farm called Spiderland
the favorite venue for a punk rock band.

The punk rockers came from all around,
they turned that forest to a camp ground,
they built an amphitheatre in the back 40,
the rest of it's all history.

It was that Spiderland, Punkfest,
heaviest show you could find,
that Spiderland, Punkfest,
a time for the beer and the wine,
a time to get drunk and get high

Old Spider grew, became an old man,
retired to the swamps of Marmora,
called all his friends who were in punk bands
said my 'parties are the loudest in the universe man'

the french punx came with lots of drugs
we had to fight some locals
we just passed joints to the friendly ones
come on over and lets share some.

At Dave's chip truck and the tattoo shop
you could hear the bands rock
a 3 day party under neath the stars,
away from the cities and away from the cars

anarchy alley was the back woods trail,
we tripped, stumbled and we fell,
take me back to the day when the living was right,
come on over big party tonight

the township tried to shut it down
the OPP patrolled
they said at a meeting in the nearest town
for too many years this has gone down.

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from Quesnel County Country Punk Conspiracy (2005), released May 19, 2016
Tune loosely based on Barney McCaffrey's 1977 recording Wilno Express. Wilno was where Spider moved his party too before he died, he and Barney were friends.

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Joey Only Outlaw Band Wells, British Columbia

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In 15 years of doing the 'Joey Only' folk act he's played more than 1500 shows in every province of Canada. He's played with top acts like Buffy St. Marie, 3 Doors Down, Gord Downie and regularly headlines festivals in western Canada. The Outlaw Band is based in BC's Cariboo Region and is best witnessed at the Artswells Festival. ... more

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