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Rue St. Jean

from Through Train Windows by Norine Braun

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    Producer: Adam Popowitz Mixing and Mastering: Rear Window Song and Sound Studios Norine Braun: Vocals/Acoustic Guitar/Rhythm Guitar Adam Popowitz: Lead Guitar/Bass: Elliot Polsky: Drums/Percussion: Alice Fraser: Keys and Harmony Vocals on Rue St. Jean and I’m Going Home Huggybear Leonard: Blues Harp Steve Hilliam: Tenor Sax

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The song was inspired by our stop in beautiful Quebec City on our Riding The Rails Across Canada tour last year. We were live guests on CKRL at Le Sacrilege bar and later that night enjoyed playing at Fou-Bar. The day we played Gord Downie had died and we honoured his passing singing Ahead By A Century with the all patrons, Alice was battling a bad cold, but the romance of the city was enchanting and the people so warm and welcoming. A night we will always remember and I was compelled to capture the experience in song. The verse melody came to Alice in a dream as we talked about writing a song called Rue St. Jean.

La chanson a été inspirée par notre arrêt dans la belle ville de Québec lors de notre tournée Riding The Rails Across Canada l’an dernier. Nous étions invités en direct à CKRL au bar La Sacrilège et plus tard, nous avons eu plaisir à jouer au Fou-Bar. Le jour où nous avons joué Gord Downie était mort et nous avons honoré sa mort en chantant Ahead By A Century avec tous les clients, Alice luttait contre un gros rhume, mais le romantisme de la ville était enchanteur et les gens si chaleureux et accueillants. Une nuit dont nous nous souviendrons toujours et j'ai été obligé de capturer l'expérience en chanson.

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RUE ST. JEAN
We will fly up to the sky tonight
Up the funiculaire where we’ll delight
In making music that will change our lives
A drink with Lily and we’ll be alright

Or maybe over at La Sacrilege
They’ll play our music on the radio
Our newfound friends make us feel at home
Our broken French endears the francophone

Walking on la Rue St. Jean
Celebrating all night long
Walking on la Rue St. Jean
A quaff of Caribou and we’ll feel strong

We strolled outside the old stone walls
Heard the laughter join the minstrel calls
We sang, cast in a golden light
Our treasured moments passed into the night

At the gateway to old Quebec
Plains of Abraham takes us back
Home fires burning alder black
Inspires the dawn

Marcher sur la Rue St. Jean…..

© Norine Braun and ALice Fraser

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from Through Train Windows, released December 7, 2018
Words and Music Norine Braun and Alice Fraser
Vocals: Norine Braun
Acoustic Guitar: Norine Braun
Lead Guitar: Adam Popowitz
Bass: Adam Popowitz
Drums: Elliot Polsky
Keys: Alice Fraser
Tenor Sax: Steve Hilliam

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