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Mr. Madarakkis

from The Threefinger Opera by Jeff Elbel + Ping

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about

“Mr. Madarakkis” is a furious acoustic rocker recalling Jeff Elbel + Ping’s 2001 debut album No Outlet. Mr. Ping encounters 3FO’s villain. The song features grinding Hammond B-3 organ by Phil Madeira (Emmylou Harris, etc.) and Resurrection Band guitarist Glenn Kaiser’s feral solo.

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You can put me in ice, you can bury me down
You can turn up the heat with a sizzling sound
You can stretch my neck ‘til I’m tall as a tree
But don’t let Mr. Madarakkis put the screws to me

You can find where it hurts, and then give it a twist
You can sell me a smile, and deliver a fist
Here’s my guitar, you can have it for free
But don’t let Mr. Madarakkis put the screws to me

I can be the big man
I can stand the pain
I will take the medicine
Like fire in my veins
But it’s too close to the jugular
It’s too much of my life
And he seems a bit too willing
To put me to the knife

You can stripe my back and pour salt in the wound
You can burn my record if you don’t like the tune
You can slander my name, what good could it be
But don’t let Mr. Madarakkis put the screws to me

I have seen such devilry
Splinter masonry and stone
I can almost smell the powder
As it drills into my bones
If what I’ve lost is gone for good
It’s long gone either way
But I think about old Django
Who found another way

Don’t let Mr. Madarakkis put the screws to me
Don’t let Mr. Madarakkis get his hooks in me
Don’t let Mr. Madarakkis point that knife at me
Don’t let Mr. Madarakkis …

credits

from The Threefinger Opera, released May 5, 2022
Guitar solo on “Mr. Madarakkis” by Glenn Kaiser of GKB and Resurrection Band, recorded by Roger Heiss at Tone Zone, Chicago, IL. Glenn appears courtesy of Grrr Records. Hammond B3 organ on “Mr. Madarakkis” by Phil Madeira of the Red Dirt Boys. Organ fill on “Slowly but Surely” by Phil. Recorded by Phil in Nashville, TN. Phil appears courtesy of Mercyland Records.

John Blum: drums
John Bretzlaff: guitar
Mike Choby: electric piano, organ
Jeff Elbel: vocal, guitar
Maron Gaffron: vocal
Stacey Krejci: bass
Tom Sharpe: percussion
Chris Taylor: interior artwork

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