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The Wagon I'm On

from To a Crisp by Brûlée

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I’ve never been able to resist late night jazz sounds like Miles’ muted trumpet, Bill Evans’ trio records, Charlie Haden’s Quartet West, or Oscar Moore’s guitar. So about 10 years ago, I wanted to try writing a torch song. The phrase “the wagon I’m on” is from a poem written by my friend Dawn Trook. I remember driving on I-40 in North Carolina and thinking about her poem when the line “that's when I jump right off that wagon into his Cadillac” came to me, and I knew a song was waiting to be written. The second verse was drafted during a dinner with friends. I asked them to name some things that women remember about a guy. I never would have thought of the cotton T-shirt line on my own.
Dawn’s original poem was personal and brave, so I had some guilt about appropriating her words for this entirely fictional exercise. My friend Dan generously interpreted the song as illustrating some larger truth about our universal path to self-insight and self-acceptance. I hope he’s right, but I have to confess that any deeper meaning is truly unintentional. Thanks to Aura for fully inhabiting the song’s boozy character and giving this song a second life. Thanks to Andrew for the soulful unaccompanied bass solo, which he introduced as a surprise during rehearsal right before the recording session.
— Louis

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from To a Crisp, released December 1, 2012
Words and music by Louis Matza.

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Brulee Washington, D.C.

Brûlée is a band that stubbornly defies genre. In a world that likes to put things in nice, neat cubby holes, this band is not so easily described.
Inventive song writing and exceptional musicianship combine in a musical blend spanning styles such as indie singer-songwriter, alternative, lounge, jazz, blues, and contemporary folk. You’ll hear other influences that you like too. Just listen! ... more

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