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Eddard

from Move by Sundogs

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Eddard
by Jed Moffitt

On April 4, 2015, Walter Scott, a 50-year old black man, was fatally shot by a police officer in North Charleston, South Carolina. The officer had stopped Scott for a non-functioning brake light. We clearly have some ground to cover in America with respect to justice, equal opportunity, and just not being so darn trigger-happy. Eddard was written right after the killing of George Floyd. I am just one of many artists who let the gravity of that incident influence our work. The song is written in goofy metaphor, and references an incident in a video-game alliance where a member of the alliance, with the handle "Eddard", was preemptively booted from the alliance without cause, simply because we jumped to conclusions. The tune is a fun Rat-Pack flavored romp with a big-band Sinatra feel. A bit of an Ocean's Eleven vibe. Very fun tune about a hasty campfire shootout, with undertones of a sober subject matter.

lyrics

Eddard, stumbled into camp that night
By the fading firelight
Wounded in a knife fight

Blue steel flashes, bullets fly
In for a dime, in for a dollar
We never got to know

Busted brake lights
Danger to the common good
Shoot first, questions later
Segregated neighborhood

Judge declares a mistrial
Jury of his peers is hung

And it’s a fine line
It’s a fine fine line
It’s a fine line between the cops and the robbers
The law of the smoking gun

Eddard, riding shotgun to the sun
Cowboy angel on patrol
Flexing his immortal soul

Like a diamond in the sky
Mystery waits, there to define

And it’s a fine line
It’s a fine fine line
It’s a fine line between the cops and the robbers
The law of the smoking gun

It’s a fine line
It’s a fine fine line
It’s a fine line between hope and the carnage done
The law of the smoking gun
The law of the smoking gun
The law of the smoking gun

credits

from Move, released September 14, 2021
Jed Moffitt: songwriter, co-producer, vocals, keyboards
Stan Snow: producer, backing vocals, guitars, bass
Ben Smith: drums
Mia Boyle: backing vocals
Eva Acton Stokes: backing vocals
Eric Patterson: tenor sax and horn arrangements
Javier Gonzalez: trumpet
Don Gunn: drum session engineering, mastering, mixing AltMix version

Copyright 2021 Jed Moffitt, BMI, All rights reserved.

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The Sundogs are a Seattle based band formed by Stan Snow and Jed Moffitt. Their original music is Indie Rock, Prog, Jazz, Jam Band, Blues / Roots Rock, and is written to satisfy the music fan within.
Some people compare their musical styles to Tom Petty, Steely Dan, the Rolling Stones, Paul Simon, etc...with strong songwriting, musicianship, production, vintage guitar and keyboard solos. ... more

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