ANCIENT HISTORY:
HOW THIS CD CAME INTO BEING

The Making-Of of this CD is also available at youtube

ONCE UPON A TIME...

    UTAH: In the late 19th century, Mormon settler Ben Jamieson, just like Ebenezer Bryce, after whom the famous Bryce Canyon was later named, had been sent by the Latter Day Saints Church to settle in outlying areas to build a "Kingdom of God" in the mountains of Utah. However, in contrast to what modern history books want us to believe, the famous description of what is now Bryce Canyon - "One hell of a place to lose a cow!" - , which has been ascribed to Ebenezer Bryce, was actually coined by Ben Jamieson.

    On August 8, 1888, Jamieson and his wife visited Ebenezer Bryce and for the first time in their lives saw the eroded sandstone cliffs of the canyon. Having joined their host in a chase for a few head of cattle below Sunset Point, the Jamiesons were told by Ebenezer that the Paiute Indians called the place Unka Timpe Wa Wince Pock Ich - which roughly translates as Red Rocks Standing Like Men in a Bowl Shaped Canyon. It was then that Ben Jamieson remarked somewhat breathlessly, "Sounds pretty accurate to me, but I'd rather call it One Hell of a Place to Lose a Cow." Whereupon Ebenezer chuckled and replied, "Man, you're telling me!"

...OR MAYBE TWICE
 
    In 1988 the great-great-great-grandson of Ben Jamieson, Ben Jamieson VI, aka Bernd Wahlbrinck, set out to retrace the history of his family. For no particular reason he had a photo taken of him at a tourist’s shop near Bryce Canyon, looking remarkably similar to his great-great-great-grandfather (see front cover photo). He then went down into the canyon, and miraculously it was just below Sunset Point where he lost all the demo tapes he had quite stupidly brought along. Not surprisingly, his day-long search for the priceless tapes turned out to be futile. According to several reliable witnesses, his piercing scream, "This sure is one hell of a place to lose my demos!" could be heard from miles away echoing through the canyon.

    Fortunately though, the demos were recovered in July 2000 when George Marvin, a retired music producer from London, inadvertently bumped into one of the canyon’s countless pinnacles, fell to the ground and suddenly "felt some plastic objects buried in the sand". Realizing at once what a treasure he was holding in his hands, Marvin did not even bother to get back to the Motel 6 he was staying at but immediately flew back to Europe, introduced himself to Jamieson and persuaded him to have him publish the most outstanding tracks.

AND HERE THEY ARE!!

10. INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

1. I ain't gonna work in this coalmine no more

I said, I ain't gonna work in this-here coalmine no more

I'm working all my fingers simply down to the bone

Here at this dark coal-face, always alone

There's coal dust in my lungs

And coal dust in my brain

"Why, that's all part of a revolution

Called Industrial", they claim.

2. My wife ain't gonna work in this coalmine no more

I said, my wife ain't gonna work in this-here coalmine no more

She's going down to the mine shaft all day

She's harnessed like a horse, so why should she expect more pay?!

There's coal dust in her lungs

And coal dust in her brain

"Why, that's all part of a revolution

Called Industrial", they claim.

3. My kids ain't gonna work in this coalmine no more

I said, my kids ain't gonna work in this-here coalmine no more

They're lowered into Hell before the sun begins to rise

Crawlin' out like rats they see the moon up in the sky.

There's coal dust in their lungs

And coal dust in their brain

"Why, that's all part of a revolution

Called Industrial", they claim.