'Grace and Madness'

by Joe Sztabnik

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Thunder 03:50
"He was sort of like a friend. He was sort of like a brother. But lots of times, he was plain mean to his mother. Hey Thunder... Mama tried to get away from all her pain. So she took a little ride on a subway train. But all she heard was thunder. So we all got together and sang real sweet, told a lot of stories. Most were incomplete. Who ever really knew the Thunder? And I never got a chance to say goodbye... so we just wonder."
3.
"What in the World can I do? My shoes are still untied. I trip into people's lives and out again, intimacy as random as a taxi cab. I'm a broken basket. Don't put your eggs in me..."
4.
Sold My Man 02:46
5.
"Do you believe in Grace and Madness... I dream in stereophonic sound..."
6.
Get Down 02:09
"Get down when you're feeling down..."
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"Lashes on my back stripped my flesh bare. Just kind of hanging there thinking this ain't fair. If there's a God, he don't give a damn cause he's walking 'cross miles of hot desert sand. If there's a God, he don't give a damn!"
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"You can talk for hours about the past. But it never brings back the future..."
9.
"You shouldn't treat your own blood that way..."
10.
"I'm tired of being the boy who never gets to play..."
11.
Pretty Girl 03:26
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Poison Heart 03:46
"I just want to walk right out of this world 'cause everybody's got a poison heart..."

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A collection of outcasts and orphaned songs by Joe Sztabnik and his musical collaborators... recorded in New York and Prague from 2009 to 2019. Produced by Joe Sztabnik and Ron Synovitz.

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released October 7, 2022

All songs written by Joe Sztabnik except "Fearless" (Puma Perl/Joe Sztabnik); "What In The World" (Puma Perl/Joe Sztabnik); ; "Grace and Madness" (Puma Perl/Joe Sztabnik); "Sold My Man" (Cynthia Ross/Joe Sztabnik); "Street Animal" (Dee Dee Ramone/Joe Sztabnik); "Child In Pain" (Dee Dee Ramone/Joe Sztabnik); Poison Heart (Dee Dee Ramone/Joe Sztabnik)

Published by Joetone Music, Inc.

'Grace and Madness' album title from the poem of the same name by Puma Perl.

Guitars and vocals on all songs by Joe Sztabnik; drums by Gary Barnett on tracks 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, & 11; bass guitar by Cynthia Ross on tracks 2, 7, 8, 9, & 11; bass by Joe Sztabnik on tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, & 6, bass by Ron Synovitz on track 10; keyboards by Giora Kukui on tracks 8,9, & 10.

Tracks 1-6 recorded and produced at The Bunker NYC by Joe Sztabnik

Tracks 7-11 revorded at Golden HIVE Studio, Prague (produced by Ron Synovitz, recorded and mixed by Amak Golden)

Track 12 recorded at Little Water Radio, New York (October 6, 2016)

All tracks mastered by Ron Synovitz at Golden HIVE Studio, Prague, except track 1, mastered by Paul Mahern at White Arc Studios, Bloomington, Indiana.

copyright 2020 Joetone Music, Inc.

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JOE SZTABNIK + NEW YORK JUNK New York, New York

Native New Yorker Joe Sztabnik played venues like CBGBs and Max's Kansas City in the early 1970s - opening for bands like The Heartbreakers, Suicide, and The Cramps.

He had long-lasting friendships with Johnny Thunders and Walter Lure, and wrote songs with Dee Dee Ramone.

In 2009, Joe formed New York Junk with bassist Cynthia Ross and drummer Gary Barnett to keep the gritty downtown sound alive.
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