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    Songwriter Pete Fields has been ramblin’ again, which means songs are not far behind.
    Since last November, Fields has been on a whiteknuckle ride that’s taken him from his former home of Las Cruces, New Mexico to his old former home of the Bay Area in California, finally settling in his future former home of New Orleans in the last month or so. Along the way he’s had to endure helping out his mom after his stepfather passed, to getting let go from his job and, well, COVID-19. Luckily for him and his band Slow Motion Cowboys, Fields is a songwriter whose craftsmanship is very much enriched with the space the highway and outdoors provide, giving him the opportunity to whittle his thoughts and perspectives into the shapes of songs.
    He’s already starting to think of the ways in which to write and record a new batch of songs now that he’s more settled in New Orleans, possibly a follow up to Slow Motion Cowboys’ most recent album Sun Burnt Feather. A true troubadour, Fields has always prioritized his songs and has constructed a life of patchwork jobs and travel that all balance on the fulcrum of his songs. It’s not an easy life necessarily, but it is rewarding and one that has allowed Slow Motion Cowboys to flourish resiliently like wildflowers in the desert.
    Slow Motion Cowboys are the sound of a calming mind as it travels from the claustrophobic ouroboros of the city to the rejuvenating freedom of the country’s expanse. These acoustic, character-driven tales of have been unhurriedly pieced together from Fields’ memory, one line at a time as the mile markers pass by. There is no rush to the rhythm, no strain to the melody, no pretense to the stories, only gentle space to let Fields’ wandering folk ruminations ripple over you like the wind around your hand as it hangs out the car window, driving down a desolate road. The songs are intimate, easy and you can take them in your backpocket as you skip from town to town, dream to dream.
    The group’s latest album Sun Burnt Feather, released at the end of 2019, is another tranquil respite of dusty folk, especially when everything has been turned up to 11 in this country. Songs like “Amnesia Blues” and “Sirens and Shorebirds” warm you like a fire as you shelter in place from a lovesick storm and “Tiger Mountain” is an ode Fields’ father and tracing how we manifest heaven. It’s perfect for a quiet decompression session on the porch after a taxing day and it’s the best Slow Motion Cowboys has sounded, a bar that can hopefully be cleared in the next release.
    “Sun Burnt Feather is the first album where I could do things exactly the way I wanted to. I always had other people involved because I was insecure or put out really rough stuff and hope the songs were good enough. But Sun Burnt Feather is exactly what I wanted to hear,” said Fields.
    Us too, as we look forward to what the next set of travels may bring for Slow Motion Cowboys and Pete Fields.

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You were born in the country
beautiful blonde and free
I was born in the city
I just hope he dont end up like me

tossing and turning
seeing ghosts by the door
but your arms aren't here
to save me anymore

to call me your favorite
in the darkness of the night
call me your favorite
now i sit and cry

the eyes of a raven
scanning the western planes
many went into the gun fight
with your words in their veins

as you sat wrapped in blankets
feather in your hair
you held me inside of you
and whispered in my ear

you are my favorite
under the original sky
you are my favorite
now i sit and pine

we chased the ghosts away
by haunting the old cemeteries
and making love at the bottom of the bay
if i could hold you again i'd put my hand in yours
and dance with you forever

you'd call me your favorite
under those city lights
call me your favorite
one last time
call me your favorite
and i'll call you mine
call me your favorite
now i sit and cry

one more drink
for the house that burnt down
one more drink
for those lips that told me lies
one more drink
for the girl who said "i love you"
one more drink
for those abalone eyes
one more drink
for the lighthouse on the corner
one more drink
for the ship wrecked on the shore
one more drink
for the girl, you know i love you
one more drink
and then one more

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from Sun Burnt Feather, released March 31, 2019

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