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    Exploring themes of natural history (“River Stones”), family (“All Signs”), and the #metoo movement (“Long Roads”), while also addressing the nature of land ownership and Native American history (“Department of the West” “What the Land Will Tell You”) and relationship (“Let the River do the Running”).

    Co-produced by Danny Allen (Baby Buck Studio, High Diving Horses) and recorded at Tiny Telephone Studio in San Francisco. Allen also played guitars, ukulele and banjo on the album, and was joined by Mike Stevens (The Uptones, Sun Kil Moon) on drums and percussion, Kevin T. White (Chuck Prophet, Shelby Lynne) on bass. Longtime collaborator Kwame Copeland (Bay Station, Straw Coyotes), as well as Heather Davison (Loretta Lynch), Maurice Tani and Maryam Qudus contribute backing vocals. Mixed and engineered by Qudus (Tune-Yards, Kronos Quartet) and mastered by Piper Payne (Infrasonic Sound).

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lyrics

To get from San Francisco to Marin
You must cross a bridge or board a boat
Ferry ride to the other side of the Bay
Embarcadero to Sausalito
Houseboats bobbing, No Name bar
You could pull to the curb in your car
Come pick me up
Come meet me on the other side

But you weren't that kind, not ever
Instead you wrote me letters
With perfect handwriting
Handmade paper at the post office
Five blocks from horse hill
Turn a key, sit on a bench, cry to start my day
All I wanted you to say
Come meet me on the other side

Maple trees going from green to red
Time passing before our eyes
To get from then to now I don’t know how
We did it

To get from Marin to Oakland
You must cross a bridge or board a boat
Ferry ride to the other side
Larkspur, Jack London Square
Sailboats listing, Last Chance Saloon, I’ll wait for you there
Come pick me up
Come meet me on the other side
Come pick me up
I’ll meet you on the other side

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from The Department of the West, released December 6, 2019
words & music by Deborah Crooks (ASCAP)
Acoustic guitar, vocals: Deborah Crooks
Electric guitars: Danny Allen
Bass: Kevin T. White
Drums: Mike Stevens
Backing vocals: Maurice Tani

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Deborah Crooks Alameda, California

"Deborah Crooks makes the case for a return to the roots of rock"- Consequence of Sound
California-based songwriter Deborah Crooks' music draws on folk, rock, and the Blues. Her diverse, ever-evolving artistic path has included studying writing and poetics at The Naropa Institute, voice in India, co-founding the band Bay Station, and gigging throughout the Western US. ... more

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