1971

The songs

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The third "Redbone" album contains their second hit: "The Witch Queen of New-Orleans". Another great song, maybe one of the best in the whole Rock History. But the album is much more then that. Wonderful guitar parts, swirling around, overwhelming, taking you far ("Emotions").
Listen, relisten and listen again…

These covers are those from the CD

Lyrics

Lyrics

Lyrics

Message from a Drum (lead vocal : Pat)
Niji Trance (lead vocal : Tony)
Sun Never Shines on the Lonely (lead : Lolly)
Maxsplivitz (instrumental)
Emotions (lead vocal : Lolly + instrumental)
Jerico (lead vocal : Lolly)
Witch Queen of New Orleans (lead vocal : Pat)
When You Got Trouble (lead vocal : Pat)
Perico (instrumental)
Fate (lead vocal : Lolly)
One Monkey (lead vocal : Lolly)

The Band Members:

Lolly Vegas: vocals, guitar, organ
Pat Vegas: vocals, bass, guitar, piano
Tony Bellamy: vocal, guitar, dobro
Pete DePoe: drums, percussion, backing vocals

Produced by Pat and Lolly Vegas
Strins and Woodwinds arranged and conducted
by Pete Robinson
Recordists : Willie Greer, John Fiore, Sy Mitchell,
Alex Kazanegras, Roy Segal, George Engfer
Cover design: Ed Lee, Dana Nordhausen
Back photo: Emerson-Loew

EPIC EPC 477945-2

Lyrics :

The Witch Queen
of New-Orleans

Marie
Marie
la
voodoo veau
she'll put a spell on you.
Marie
Marie
la
voodoo veau
she'll put a spell on you.
Marie
Marie
la
voodoo veau
she's the witch-queen oh
of New Orleans

of New Orleans.

I'm gonna tell you a story

strange as it now seems
of zombie voodoo gris gris
and the witch-queen of New Orleans.
She lived in a magic possessed
by the devils skew
from a shack near the swamp lands
made of mud be brick.
Marie stirred her witches brew.

Marie
Marie...

Dime or a nickel anyone could buy
voodoo of any kind
she had potions and lotions herb
and tanna leaves guaranteed to blow your mind
early one mornin' into mucky swamp
dew vanished Marie with hate in her eyes
tho' she'll never return all the cajuns knew
a witch-queen never dies.

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The sun never shines
on the lonely

Listen to the window of your former life
For the sound of the you that was before.
Deep behind the shadows of your conscious mind
You can see what you were that made it be

For the sun never shines upon the lonely
Cos they’re only passing time
Yes the sun never shines upon the lonely
Was their moment lost in time?

Did you ever wonder why the rich get rich
Was it luck or a payment that they earned?
Woven from the fabric of another day
Is the pain and the madness love or joy?

For the sun never shines upon the lonely
‘cos they’re victimes of themselves.
For the sun never shines upon the lonely
‘Cos their morning comes at night.

Realigne your senses with the universe
Be aware of the forces of beyond.
Look into your heartbeat and  re-aim the truth
Let the dawn of your yesterdays and go !

For the sun never shines upon the lonely
It’s just mostly wind and rain.
Yes the sun never shines upon the lonely
So they stumble, fall and cry.

For the sun never shines upon the lonely
‘Cos they’re only passing time.
Yes the sun never shines upon the lonely