We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.
/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.
    Purchasable with gift card

      name your price

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

lyrics

Like a page ripped out of a novel
doesn’t make much sense standing all alone
A conductor of a choir
Is just a crazy man waving his hands standing on his own

What happens when pages form a story
War and Peace, Great Gatsby, Brave New World

And what happens when a leader guides a group
Voices lift spirits drift into the groove

People coming together
People dreaming about a better world that could be
People singing together
Making music to change the course of humanity
People coming together
We are stronger when we unite

A single polyester bristle
dipped in paint but it ain’t making much

Like a washed up piece of drift wood
covered in moss cutting across all beat up

What happens when bristles form a brush?
Claude Monet, Picasso, Vincent Van Gogh

What happens when a craftsman grabs some wood
A new guitar’s repertoire understood

People coming together
People dreaming about a better world that could be
People singing together
Making music to change the course of humanity
People coming together
We are stronger when we unite

People singing side by side
we are stronger when we unite

credits

from Welcome to the Brassroots District, released July 10, 1973
Written by Ari Seth Herstand

Vocals: Copper Jones, Ursa Major
Additional vocals: Peter Hollens, Andrew Leib, Brett Nolan
Guitars: Copper Jones
Bass: Andrew Perusi
Drums: Rob Humphreys
Piano: Will Herrington
Wurlitzer: Brett Nolan
Trumpet 1: Charlie Davis
Trumpet 2: Copper Jones
Trombone: George Bohanon
Saxophones: Gary Herbig
Percussion: Copper Jones
Additional Percussion: Rob Humphreys, Brett Nolan

Horn arrangements: Ari Herstand

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Brassroots District image

Brassroots District Los Angeles, California

As the outside world gets crazier, the inside groovehaus gets sweatier. Brassroots District is not a band. It's an idea. A musical collective. A respite from negativity. It's a space where freaks and businessmen, weirdos and stiffs come together for a night of unadulterated joy. To dance, sing, smoke, drink and make good, good love. ... more

contact / help

Contact Brassroots District

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Brassroots District, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featuring Riley Pinkerton (aka The Rat Queen) from the theatrical NYC rockers, Castle Rat.
listen now