Into the Great Beyond

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Into the Great Beyond
By Stan Snow

For this track I was going for lots of percussion and world music influences similar to Paul Simon’s Graceland album and Rhythm of the Saints. As I started writing the lyric and melody over the guitar riff I began thinking about the drug running and money laundering that exists in the Caribbean and South America. My wife and I have been to Antiqua and have seen the coast of Venezuela from the island of Curacao. We have not personally seen drug runners or money launderers, at least as far we know, so I was basing my lyrics on some of the movies and shows I’ve seen.

Ben Smith pulled out all of the stops on this one….drums, jembes, congas, tambourine, shakers, seed pods and goat’s toenails. Valerie came up with some really cool vocal parts. Eric Patterson played tenor sax. I played an Xotic Strat, a ’60 Les Paul, a Hammond B3 organ by Arturia, an accordion plugin by Sonokinetic, and a Fender Precision bass.

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Rolling out of a harbor at the edge of Antigua in the
heart of the morning light
Heading south to the islands where the diamonds and the glory
seemed to shine ………like a beacon in the night

Taken outside their comfort of home
Like brothers in arms on a mission to Rome
They were driving white powder and gold
And the dangerous lies that their families were told

Deep in the jungles survivalist minds
Find a way out to the north in their time
Carry their cargo and pack til their gone
Looking for fortune into the great beyond

Pulling into the compound they will move like a viper
In the eyes of a hawk
Turning over the cocaine and the suitcase the machine guns
Sit around and talk

There will be no more packets today
Take the hundreds and finally send them away
Tell your families they came from Cancun
Where the fishing is good if you know what to do

Deep in the jungles survivalist minds
Find a way out to the north in their time
Carry their cargo and pack ‘til their gone
Looking for fortune into the great beyond

Heading north over Curacao Bay
Venezuela is only a boat ride away
Like a phantom they’ll travel at dawn
No one knows where they’re headed until they move on

Deep in the jungles survivalist minds
Find a way out to the north in their time
Carry their cargo and pack ‘til their gone
Looking for fortune into the great beyond

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from Into the Great Beyond, released May 26, 2023
Stan Snow: songwriter, producer, vocals, guitars, keys, bass
Valerie Pinkston: backing vocals
Ben Smith: drums and percussion
Eric Patterson: horn arrangement, tenor sax
Don Gunn: drum session engineering

Copyright 2023 SAS West Music / Stan Snow BMI, All rights reserved.

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Stan Snow Seattle, Washington

Stan Snow is best known as the co-founder of SundogsMusic.com. He is a singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, producer, engineer and filmmaker. In recent years he has released 4 albums with the Sundogs, and has recorded with Alan White, Abe Laboriel Jr., Lyle Workman, Valerie Pinkston, Larry Goldings, Gregg Bissonette, Ben Smith, Keb'Mo' and many others. ... more

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