Biography:
Mischief Brew was an anarchist folk-punk band. A wicked concoction by Erik Petersen – a musical feast falling somewhere between the categories of pirate punk, Celtic folk, gypsy swing, devilish jazz, American olde-tyme and country. It’s good music to stomp, kick, pogo, jitterbug, waltz, drink, twist and shout to – whether the performance is solo acoustic or with a backing band of accordion, drums, and mandolin.
Erik started making music at a young age
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Other songs:
- Coffee God And Cigarettes
- Lowly Carpenter
- A Liquor Never Brewed
- A Peasants Rebellion
- A Rebels Romance
- Aint It The Life
- All Our Comrades
- An Open Letter To The North American Continent
- Banks Of Marble
- Bury Me In Analog
- Buskers Wages
- Carried Away
- Departure Arrival
- Devil Of A Time
- Dirty Pennies
- Every Town Will Celebrate
- Fight Dirty
- Free Radical Radio Fever
- From The Rooftops
- Gratitude And Thanks
- Jobs In Steel Town
- Labor Day Massacre
- Liberty Unmasked
- Nevada City Serenade
- Nomads Revolt
- O Pennsyltucky
- Oh Sweet Misery
- Old Tyme Memry
- On The Sly
- Paris Warlike
- Punx Win
- Ramblers Ghost
- Roll Me Through The Gates Of Hell
- Save A City
- Slow Death Hymn
- Smash Potwatching
- Stuffs Weird
- The Ballad Of The Cloth
- The Barrel
- The Drunk Of Three Nights
- The Midnight Special
- The Reinvention Of The Printing Press
- Watching Scotty Die
- Weapons
- What Reason Have They To Dance
- When It Rains
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
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2000 was fired out from a cannon
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The neighbors shot up at the lamps
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On top of the cars with bottles in hand
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I’ll take life, don’t care if it’s fair
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Read too many tales with terrible endings
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Gods and machines that get in the way
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The songs we thought we’d have to bury
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We faced ‘em head on right away
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Every reason to cry, not one to worry
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Drive faster and further is my only change
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So tattoo our arms and raise our glasses
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Call out your names this New Years Eve
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And may the next time we kneel at a casket
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We say, “At least the story’s complete.”
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I am trying just to drive
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I am trying just to drive
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I want you there at the side
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I want you there at the side
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Still awake and still alive
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If it’s a highway
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I am trying just to drive
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I am trying just to drive
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If it’s a highway
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I want you there at the side
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I want you there at the side
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Still awake and still alive
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2000 was fired out from a cannon
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The neighbors shot up at the lamps
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We piled in the street and stood for our anthems
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On top of the cars with bottles in hand
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This year crept up, who could see it coming?
A D
No one saw the signs, if any were there
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The distant funeral marches drumming
F#m E D E
I’ll take life, don’t care if it’s fair
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Read too many tales with terrible endings
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Gods and machines that get in the way
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You thought we were home
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Turns out we were renting
F#m E D E
Until I am gone, I’m here to stay
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Taken away, our friends, our lovers
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By cancer, heroin, tragedy
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It’s not the wakes I’m worried over
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It’s knowing we have to go to sleep
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If it’s a highway
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I am trying just to drive
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I am trying just to drive
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Stay awake and stay alive
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If it’s a highway
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I want you there at the side
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I want you there at the side
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Still awake and still alive
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The songs we thought we’d have to bury
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We faced ‘em head on right away
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Every reason to cry, not one to worry
F#m E D E
Drive faster and further is my only change
A D
So tattoo our arms and raise our glasses
A D
Call out your names this New Years Eve
A D
And may the next time we kneel at a casket
F#m E D E
We say, “At least the story’s complete.”
[Chorus]
A E
If it’s a highway
D A
I am trying just to drive
D A
I am trying just to drive
E A E
Stay awake and stay alive
F#m A
If it’s a highway
D A
I want you there at the side
D A
I want you there at the side
E A
Still awake and still alive
A E
If it’s a highway
D A
I am trying just to drive
D A
I am trying just to drive
E A E
Stay awake and stay alive
F#m A
If it’s a highway
D A
I want you there at the side
D A
I want you there at the side
E A E D A
Still awake and still alive
[Outro]
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