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Dear Sadie

from A Murder of Songs by Grant Peeples

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Sadie is my great niece, and the sole remaining carrier of the
Peeples name as it descends from her great-great grandfather, (my
grandfather), Andrew Jackson Peeples. The song’s words actually
began as a letter to Sadie. My plan was to have a friend deliver it
to her after I was gone. But the words started to develop a melody
and song structure in my head shortly after the salutation, (which
ultimately became the song title.) It seems to me that this might be the most complete song I have ever written.

lyrics

Dear Sadie by Grant Peeples

Dear Sadie: I want to tell you ‘bout the family
Tallahassee and Mississippi, that’s the dirt that you come from
Your ancestors, they were rugged, hardy and strong-willed
They stole a continent from another people
And some are plundering it still
Dear Sadie: I fear there’s no one else to tell you:
That there are traitors in your bloodlines
Who took-up arms against our nation
They attacked the Constitution
And had their asses handed to them
Dear Sadie: this is the past we can’t forget
Aside from bird mess on some monument
Being white’s still fraught with privilege
I pray your eyes are never blinded to this truth
I hope your heart’s put to its fullest use
And that you grow-up to love others
As one would love one’s only brother, dear Sadie
There’s just two kinds of people in the world, little girl
But both of them are in you, the two are right there beside you
And you’ll become which of the two you choose to be you
Which is part of what I’d hoped to have the chance to teach you
That, and how to sharpen-up a word, sing a ringing Dylan verse
Read some Mary Oliver, play an E chord on guitar
I’d hoped to try, but I’m afraid we’ll miss that ride
Dear Sadie: I know now you’ll never know me
But one day you can ask your daddy
You can ask him what I stood for
And let him tell you what I stood for, dear Sadie

credits

from A Murder of Songs, released February 21, 2023
The first tracking was live, just me and a guitar, at the now-closed Hideaway Studio in St. Pete,with John Kelly as the engineer. That session moved to Gatorbone Studio in Keystone FL, where the engineer, Lon Williamson, played baritone guitar, bass, and the guitar intro. Lis Williamson added background vocals and rhythm guitar. Michael Lagasse, who has played with me since I first got started in this music thing, added
electric guitar, and Doug Stock put down the pedal steel. The track
was mixed by Danny Goddard and Kris Kolp at Log Cabin Studio
in Tallahassee.

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Grant Peeples Tallahassee, Florida

A self-described “tree-hugger that watches NASCAR, and Buddhist with a gun below the seat,” Grant Peeples is known for his axe-sharp socio-political tunes, raucous humor and heart-gigging ballads.
He is the recipient of the Focus Foundation Award for Creative Excellence, which cited the “humor, compassion and wisdom of his songs,” and their "unflinching social insight and cultural acuity." ... more

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