Videos: The Manna Tease's FIRST GIG - 8 April 2011

It was very dark at this show on Russell St, Berkeley. But I'll post these dark videos of a couple of the songs we sang, because it was our FIRST GIG! & the sound quality is in HD.

The classic novelty song Dead Puppies! in memory of the beloved house dog's recent passing:
It's a Snoopy Snoopy Poop Doggy Ratty Rat World. This song (with lyrics) previously discussed here. Our demo mp3 of this song & others for sale here.

Another from our corn whiskey set, the song "Corn Liquor" by Well Strung. See our useful How To Make Corn Liquor SONGBOOK for lyrics & chords.

And finally, Jesus Christ is a Big Fat Man & Bleck Ram. Please "like" The Manna Tease on facebooks here! If you missed us on Russell St, we'll play again soon!

Itwaslost GOOGLY SEARCH TERMS 2011

It's been a while since we've rounded up the search terms that led people to this blog. So without further ado, straight from our Statistical Department, is the top ten itwaslost-bound Google search terms:

1. curling jokes
2. firewhiskey recipe
3. michael jackson castration
4. purple flag
5. firewhiskey
6. itwaslost
7. famous non drivers
8. flag of the world
9. michael jackson castrat
10. black ram

In case you missed the significance, HOORAY! Michael Jackson's testicles are NO LONGER the top search idea leading people to this blog! (That and 'purple flag' were 1 & 2 for years.) That means, to give audiences what they want, we need to start producing more content about curling humor and Harry Potter recipes. Now, for fun, I went thru the long list and picked out the funniest search terms that led people here:

a hunks pennis
albino alligator for sale
ample mammaries
castracted the 14 tears old boy cause i love him so much
cloud fat woman shape
dirtiest panties
drinking corn whiskey
girls taking hookah pictures
great white marijuana sewer gator myth
grindelwald release a handkerchief
how to make corn likker
how to make corn liqueur
how to mix corn licquour
james welsch porn
man on manatee
rhymes with smurfs
shocking gelded men pics
song socks with sandals
the dirtiest panties ever
vapid innocuous euphemisms
very preggo
we found it .org
"dugong jokes"
"get a fucking job is all"
"giant tree trunk piece of ass"

Those are all culled from only the last month. This website has written about such a wide range of strange topics over the years, it's always surprising to see what people are out there looking for, and hopefully we helped them find it. M.M.M. suggested that "Man on Manatee" be the name of the next album for The Manna Tease. I love the concept of "corn liqueur." If we figure out how to make it, you'll read it here first. Also, I'm psyched that people are finding this website from searching for words that rhyme with 'smurf.' Good morning!

Song: Copper Kettle - The Manna Tease

Here's a homemade "studio" demo recording of The Manna Tease playing "Copper Kettle," the classic moonshining folk song.

If you desire to own that mp3, it's for sale for LESS THAN A DOLLAR here. Our epic corn liquor song book (including lyrics & chords to this version of Copper Kettle) is here: bit.ly/cornliquor. Please follow the Manna Tease on facebooks here.

We've sung this song on youtube before if you recall:

Ciao!

Song: Corn Whiskey

We're slowly working thru our corn liquor repertoire for the youtubes. HERE are original lyrics to a familiar tune:

Won't you please "like" our new band The Manna Tease on facebooks here.(we're working on some exciting new projects, which may start to emerge this year some time.)
Lyrics & chords to dozens of songs about corn liquor & corn whiskey can be found in our USEFUL How To Make Corn Liquor SONGBOOK. For your convenience, I'll reprint this one here:

Corn Whiskey (to the tune of “The Times They Are A-Changin’”)

G emin C G
The summer is ending, the harvest is nigh,
G D
The ears of the maize are eleven feet high,
G emin C G
(It’s taller, dear Oscar, than an elephant’s eye!)
G D
The rays of the sun unrelentin’...
D D/C G/B D/A
The better we live, then the better we die,
G C D G
Oh the corn mash is fermentin’.

Get you copper kettle & light up a fire,
We’ll pass a corn pipe while the smoke rises higher,
And watch the clear drops till the evening expires,
And sing while the jugs are a-fillin’.
Ten drunken old men is an angelic choir:
For the corn whiskey’s distillin’.

Her hair it is flax & her dress it is red
Her bosom is full as the jars in my shed,
Her bubbly bead has gone straight to my head:
Is she thinking what I think she’s thinkin’?
We’ll share us a jar & wake up in my bed,
For it’s corn whiskey we’re drinkin’.

Goddamn Alex Hamilton raisin’ the tax,
We’re ready with rifles for George’s attacks,
They’ll first take our hooch then the shirts off our backs.
Our mob is as high as white lightnin’.
My flesh it bleeds corn from the blade of your ax...
It’s for corn whiskey we’re fightin’.

Song: Corn Whiskey (The Brodys) - The Manna Tease

Another corn liquor song from The Manna Tease - a cover of Corn Whiskey by The Brodys:



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Corn Whiskey - The Brodys [43:14 on the mix]

And we’re drinking corn whiskey tonight...

G C G
We drink corn whiskey in the midday sun.
G D
We pass round the jar till the last swig is gone.
G C G
Be us winners or losers we share in the toast
G D C G
When we drink corn whiskey, we boast & we boast:
G D C G
When it comes to corn whiskey, I drink the most.

We drink corn whiskey when a moon she does rise,
We’re singing our tune with a tear in our eyes.
Till the fire burns down & the silence is thick.
Then we pass round the jar for our last little sip.
And we don’t give a damn when we’re totally pissed.

C D G

Yes, & we’ll all sit around the fire.

C D G

And we’ll all get higher & higher.

C D G emin

And we’ll brag about who’s the biggest damn liar.

C D C G

We’re drinking corn whiskey tonight, tonight.

G D C G

Yes, we’re drinking corn whiskey tonight.

When a morning dew covers the grass in the fields,
And the wee dance of smoke the fire does yield.
We’ll crawl from our slumbers with a squint in our eyes,
Cause we’re drinking corn whiskey in our paradise.
Yeah, we’re drinking corn whiskey till the day that we die.

Yes, & we’ll all sit around the fire, &c...

We raise up corn whiskey till all of our mates,
To the ones that we’ve hooked but somehow got away.
From the brogue next to you & the ones in our hearts,
We remember you fondly, of us you’re a part.
And we’ll save you a swallow from the bottom of the jar.

Yes, & we’ll all sit around the fire, &c...

Yes, & we’ll all sit around the fire, &c...

Song: Copper Kettle

Here's our version of "Copper Kettle," it's here! Recorded on the roof this sunny Berkeley Sunny afternoon:

Please "like" our new band The Manna Tease on the facebooks here. The chords & lyrics we use for this song (which differ from the Dylan & Baez versions) can be found in our How To Make Corn Liquor SONGBOOK.

C C/B amin amin/G
Get you copper kettle,
C C/B amin amin/G
Get you a copper coil
C C/B amin amin/G
Fill it with new made corn mash
F F/E dmin dmin/C
Never more you'll toil

amin amin/G E7

You'll just lay there by the juniper

amin amin/G E7

While fires burn bright

amin amin/G dmin

Watch them jugs a-filling

F Fmaj7 C/B amin amin/G

In the pale moonlight.

Build you a fire with hickory,
Hickory, ash and oak.
Don't use no green or rotten wood,
They'll get you by the smoke.

You'll just lay there by the juniper, &c...

My daddy he made whiskey,
My granddaddy he did too.
We ain't paid no whiskey tax
Since 1792.

You'll just lay there by the juniper, &c...

More verses from Rise Up Singing:

I’d rather have corn whiskey, than anything I know.
I’d rather be here on moonshine hill that down in the town below.

God bless you, copper kettle, may you never stop.
Just let us hear that whiskey goin’ “Drop, drop, drop.”

UPDATE: download the mp3 for the audio from this youtube video free here: http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_7219838

Department of Corn Liquor: "Old Corn Liquor"

That's someone named Bob Carlin playing the traditional banjo tune "Old Corn Liquor," which appears in the classic Joe & Odell Thompson version on my mix "How to Make Corn Liquor" at 3:31 in.

Speaking of which, I'm working on a How to Make Corn Liquor SONGBOOK, with chords & lyrics to all the songs in the mix & beyond the infinite- it's still a work-in-progress, & not quite ready to be formally unveiled, but here's a sneak peak at the ever-expanding Google Document, which can be used while it's still being tinkered. The handy-to-remember short link is http://bit.ly/CornLiquor (case sensitive.) I also need help with some things, like transcribing lyrics, like for instance the slightly gibberishy "Between Some Women & Corn Liquor" I posted a few days ago. I noticed Byron Walker also has another great boozey song on YouTube, called "Weed Never Did Me Like the Whiskey."

Department of Corn Liquor: "Between some women & corn whiskey"

Here's a good nonsensical red-nosed corn whiskey song that didn't even make my definitive corn whiskey mix. (If anyone out there has a recording, send it on, & it can be included in volume two.)

PS If you don't own a copy of that above-mentioned definitive corn whiskey mix, go here & download a free mp3 to practice before our next moonshine sing-a-long.

Ultimate Corn Whiskey Mix: "How to Make Corn Liquor" - Exclusive Special Mix Tape Was Lost

With pride & after much deliberation, this blog returns to the mix universe with a masterpiece, the most excellent corn liquor mix imaginable of all time. Even if you do not have access to good American moonshine, it should also be one of the finest mixes for bourbon drinking or for frustrating morning commutes.

(Listen to it by clicking on the play button right there....)

Please download the full mp3 free here.

PS: If you're not averse to the whiskey tax, I strongly recommend the Platte Valley Corn Whiskey from Weston, Missouri, pictured above. I don't know how widely it's available, but I found a jug for sale at Monument Liquors in Concord, California. Healthy amounts aided the creation of this mix.