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Sinner's Shrine

by Dean Owens

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1.
Arizona 03:31
There’s a desert saints have crossed But on the border there’s a line There’s a wish I left in the barrio Upon the sinner’s shrine Chorus Nobody, but you can save me now I’m just trying to find a way out I’m counting on you, don’t let me down Arizona You’re the heart of everything Everything that is There’s a wire around the heart Of everything that’s sacred Chorus Nobody, but you can save me now I’m just trying to find a way across I’ve got to get out of this place I’m in Arizona Outro It’s down to you to save me Down to you to save me You’re the heart of me You’re the heart of me
2.
Crossed the border and never looked back All my belongings tucked up in my pack Afraid of loving what I can’t let go Anna Lena, I left her behind But she will always be on my mind Through my veins the gypsy blood flows I follow in the footsteps of the hopeless ghosts Chorus There’s no town that feels like home There’s no town that feels like home This wilderness I wander alone My destination unknown A vagabond for beauty I may be I wander in the footsteps of the hopeless ghosts Chorus Home is the road I’m on Home is the road I follow in the footsteps of the hopeless ghosts Chorus
3.
My sweet Maria where are you now Does your hair still fall down your pretty face I had to leave I just couldn’t stay To see somebody else take my place Love’s been no better than you were to me Love is a light that’s still out of my reach It’s hard to let go of New Mexico I’d love to go back to New Mexico And see the sunflowers bloom once again Just you and I beneath the sky That’s as blue as your eyes in the rain. I long to come back and see you again Feel your beating heart next to mine But I’ll never go to New Mexico
4.
Compañera 03:30
My desert rose, my corazon Know me better than anyone Give me the strength to carry on When I fall behind While there’s still treasures left to find Words there for me to rhyme Till we’re just candles on the shrine Companera My desire, my confidante All that I could ever want I want to be with you when I can’t When life gets in the way Till there’s no treasure left to find You’ll be forever on my mind Till we’re just candles on the shrine Companera The page, the line, the couplet Till we’re just candles on the shrine Companera The grape, the wine, the goblet Forever on my mind Companera Till we’re just candles on the shrine Companera
5.
Instrumental
6.
The tired mistress By the ocean All the lost sisters We held and let go In the fading firelight By the glowing lake Black orchids Tremble and shake Chorus Through the night The dark horses run Through the night To never return The barbed wire’s still weeping The black orchids Mark the trail of their tears The black orchids Show them the way In the darkness of the heart In the darkness of the heart
7.
La Lomita 04:56
ACROSS THE RIVER ACROSS THE WIRE HOLY WATER HELL FIRE CHORUS WHERE THEY PRAY FOR RAIN DOWN BY THE RIO GRANDE THE SINNERS AND THE SAINTS SHADOWS ON THE TRAIL BORDER GHOSTS ALL LOST SOULS WHERE THEY PRAY FOR RAIN DOWN BY THE RIO GRANDE YOU CAN’T BUILD A WALL WHERE ALL LOST SOULS MAKE THEIR STAND YOU CAN’T BUILD A WALL
8.
On the grounds we cherish From the dead of night Is a heart that's heavy With another's light Upon her wings Where man does sing In the land of the hummingbird 3x She was a raven Now just withered flowers The bloom is gone My soul is aching For her song Upon her wings Rests everything In the land of the hummingbird 3x She was a raven
9.
We Need Us 03:42
This beauty that we see Should be here long after you and me Should be here for those who come Long after us Chorus There’s a song to be sung To be sung by everyone When it’s gone, it’s gone We all need us Me and you Time to listen, time to speak Time to find the peace we seek Time for us, time for us all Before our time is up Chorus
10.
Long before us there was a war never won Long before us there were songs never sung Long before us there were no words to write Long before us I would dream black and white Chorus I see the summer in your eyes I feel winter fade away I see a summer in your eyes I see summer in your eyes I long for your love beneath the cold hungry moon I long for your love when the first bluebells bloom I long for your love until the last leaf falls Fall on me, fall on me, let them fall Chorus For I see summer in your eyes I see skies of blue again I see summer in your eyes I see summer in your eyes Bridge Don’t look behind you Don’t look away, don’t look down Don’t look behind you Just look at me, so I can see the sun
11.
Maybe the sun won’t always shine And maybe the moon won’t always glow But if there’s one thing that’s guaranteed it’s I’ll always be here for you And there’s one thing on which I’ll always depend Chorus You shine like the road Shine like the road Shine like the road after the rain Maybe my heart won’t always beat And maybe the wind won’t blow through these streets But if there’s one thing that’s guaranteed it’s I’ll always be here for you And there’s one thing on which I’ll always depend Chorus Middle Hold me darling Lift me out the blue Hold me Hold me now Chorus

about

"deeply thoughtful and moving album of dirt caked desert noir..." **** Mojo
"more intoxicatng than the most treacherous of mezcals..." **** Rolling Stone (France)
"beguiling desert noir... as deep and wide as the Grand Canyon" 8/10 - Uncut Magazine
"a mystical musical adventure... a dreamy dramatic affair" **** Record Collector Magazine
"a glorious transatlantic collaboration with border rockers Calexico" **** Scotsman
" a magnificent release" - Rocking Magpie
" extraordinarily great..." - Blabber n Smoke
"adventurous, atmospheric, thoughtful and downright exceptional...." - FATEA

Long awaited, much anticipated release by Dean Owens, recorded at WaveLab Studios (Tucson AZ) with musicians from iconic desert noir/Latin rockers, Calexico.

Sinner’s Shrine is the latest stop on a lifetime’s journey - from the post industrial heartlands of Scotland to the untrammelled wide-open vistas of the American Southwest – as Dean surrenders to the intoxicating sounds of the US desert states, an area which has long captured his heart.

Themes of love and lust, sinners and saints, the displaced, the wanderers and the border ghosts run through the album (Owens’ 8th (official) solo release) like the desert sands.

Joey Burns (Calexico): “There’s something to be said for chance meetings of musicians when they travel, and the story behind Sinner’s Shrine goes deep into the heart of what happens when there is openness in both sides to share and connect. One of the standout moments for me working on this album was finding out how well Dean’s and my vocal blended. It reminded me that the world is small and that our link through music, regardless of our background, highlights the fact that we are all more closely related and that these bonds are still good medicine for these times”

Dean: “To see Sinner’s Shrine finally getting its release into the world is a very special moment for me. Working with the guys from Calexico on this record in Tucson was a magical time, a time before lockdown and the pandemic. We recorded it out in the land of the Sonoran Desert and it almost feels like it’s been buried in the sand for the past eighteen months or so. It’s time now to brush away that sand and share with everyone”.

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credits

released February 18, 2022

MUSICIANS
The Tucson Core:
Dean Owens singing, whistling, nylon string guitar, Nashville high
strung guitar
Joey Burns upright bass, electric guitar, bass guitar, accordion,
piano, vibes, backing vocals
John Convertino drums, percussion, thunder drum
Jacob Valenzuela all trumpets; backing vocals (track 6)
Sergio Mendoza piano, accordion, percussion (tracks 7, 8, 10);
backing vocals (track 6)

with
Tom Hagerman strings (tracks 4, 6, 9), accordion (track 2)
Paul Niehaus pedal steel (tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 11)
Naïm Amor electric guitar (tracks 7, 8, 9)
Antonio Pró guitarron (track 4)
Craig Schumacher Farfisa (track 11)
Thomas Collison organ (track 11)

Special guests:
Grant-Lee Phillips harmony vocal on The Hopeless Ghosts
Gaby Moreno duet vocal on Land Of The Hummingbird

STUDIO CREDITS
Recorded and mixed by Craig Schumacher at WaveLab Recording Studios, Tucson, Arizona.

Additional home recordings - Gaby’s vocals (New York), Grant-Lee’s vocals (Nashville), Naïm’s guitar (Tucson), Paul’s pedal steel (Nashville), Tom Hagerman’s strings and accordion (Denver), Thomas Collison’s organ (London). Additional bullet mic (Dean) recording by Garry Boyle at The Slate Room Studio, Scotland.

Mastered by JJ Golden at Golden Mastering, Ventura, CA

All tracks produced by Dean Owens, except La Lomita – produced by Joey Burns and Dean Owens.

All tracks licensed courtesy of Dean Owens
P & © 2022 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Dean Owens; licensed to CRS (EU), Eel Pie Records (UK, Ireland, rest of the world (except EU). All rights reserved.

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Dean Owens Edinburgh, UK

Award winning Scottish singer songwriter, one of UK’s finest troubadours, with fans including Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh and BBC's "Whispering" Bob Harris.

His latest album, Sinner's Shrine, was recorded with musicians from Calexico.

8 official solo albums (+ 3 unofficial ones, 1 collaboration, 1 Best of.. and 3 with The Felsons)

IRVINE WELSH: Dean's music is the pulse of all our lives
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