Sandra Ann

by Electric Elm

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Electric Elm is a collaboration between singer-songwriter Chris Bousquet (aka American Elm) and singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer Eric Lichter (Earl Slick, Mercury Rev). Bousquet and Lichter are longtime friends who grew up in adjacent Connecticut shoreline towns, Clinton and Madison. Both men share similar affinities and affections for folk, country, rock, folk-rock, country-rock, power pop, and more - great songs from anywhere, everywhere, and nowhere.

“Sandra Ann” is their second collaboration, after 2018’s “A Long Road to be Free,” which was released under the American Elm moniker mostly to sync up with algorithms. But it’s 2024, they are tired of algorithms and have decided to release this and all future collaborations as Electric Elm.

As Chris says, “I used to call this a ‘fake band,’ but it’s very much a real band and a real collaboration. One thing you learn as a songwriter is to get out of the way; the best songs happen when you can do that. So when I bring something to Eric, we both know to just listen for what the song wants, and kind of get out of the way of that too. If you can surrender to that, magic happens. In the end it’s as much Eric’s song as mine. And if we’re doing it right, also, neither of ours.”

lyrics

"Turbulant waters" Chicopee Falls
Facemate tower past MacArthur's Ball
but back on East Street it don't seem like much at all
learning to fly where you once learned to crawl

The Chicopee River is deep and wide
milk and honey on the other side
the Sisters of St. Joseph smile as you pass by
they say, "isn't it a great day to be alive?"

And outside St. George's cathedral
eyes meet, she smiles when she sees you
hold on to the light with all you can
go and set your sights on Sandra Ann
you gotta hang on to this life with both your hands
for one single summer night with Sandra Ann

Now follow that River on down to the Sound
you opened one oyster and look what you found!
soaring and soaring, but your feet still touch the ground
and when life's at its hardest your hope will abound

Outside St. George's cathedral
eyes meet, she smiles when she sees you
hold on to the light with all you can
go and set your sights on Sandra Ann
you gotta hang on to this life with both your hands
that's every single night with Sandra Ann

Outside St. George's cathedral
eyes meet, she smiles when she sees you
hold on to the light with all you can
go and set your sights on Sandra Ann
you gotta hang on to this life with both your hands
for twenty thousand nights with Sandra Ann

You gotta hold on to the light with all you can
You gotta hold on to the light with all you can
You gotta hold on to the light!
Hold on to the light!
Hold onto the light with all you can
Go and set your sights on Sandra Ann
Sandra Ann

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released January 8, 2024
For Sandra Ann . . . and for Richard

Hold on to the light with all you can.

Electric Elm is:
Chris Bousquet – lead vocals
Eric M. Lichter – vocals, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, bass, drums, piano, Mellotron

Written by Christopher Bousquet
© 2023 Christopher James Buskey Bousquet/BMI
(P) 2024 The Cedar Swamp Recording Company

Produced by Eric M. Lichter
Engineered by Guido Falivine
Mastered by Steve “King” Wytas
Recorded at Dirt Floor, Haddam, Conn.
Haddam, Connecticut shines and sways

Artwork: Shandy Lawson

Catering: Lavigne's Grocery

Driveway Visits, Dog Walks, Dinners, and Nine Minute Phone Calls: Lisa Bousquet, John J. Capece, Gary N. Bousquet, Frank Critelli, Dana Clifton

Chicopee, Massachusetts is the Kielbasa Capital of the World!

Clinton, Connecticut is the Bluefish Capital of the World!

Thank you: Richard and Sandy Buskey, Hank and Pat Bousquet, and the entire Buskey/Bousquet family, the Krygowski family, the Gustafsons, the Hofhers, the kids on Kelseytown, Guido Falivine, Shandy Lawson, The people of Clinton, Conn., Cody and Lucy, Ollie, the Sisters of St. Joseph, Don & Phil Everly, Chicopee Falls, Mass., a Carolina Wren and the promise of better things

"It's a beautiful day, you should be outside!" -Sandy Buskey

Contact: American_Elm@yahoo.com
www.facebook.com/americanelm
instagram.com/american_elm

CSR202401 THE CEDAR SWAMP RECORDING CO.

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American Elm New Haven, Connecticut

American Elm, aka Chris Bousquet, is singer-songwriter from Connecticut. He is the former leader of the internationally acclaimed High Lonesome Plains. He has performed with such luminaries as Roger McGuinn (The Byrds), Mercury Rev, Miracle Legion, John Sebastian, Asleep at the Wheel, Rhett Miller, Mark Mulcahy, The Turtles, Nathaniel Rateliff, Dry the River, J. Geils, and Susan Cowsill. ... more

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