Name: Don't Drag My Tempo
Duration: P00H02M48S
Description: Brazilian rhythms abound in this fun little humourous song. All Ehresman will say about it is that it chronicles the kinds of things a musician can experience onstage over the years, playing with other people. "Having your tempo dragged is no fun at all!.......after a while, you start looking around for your Death Ray Gun."

Don't Drag My Tempo

from Cassandra, Cursed by Walter Ehresman

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Brazilian rhythms abound in this fun little humourous song. All Ehresman will say about it is that it chronicles the kinds of things a musician can experience onstage over the years, playing with other people. "Having your tempo dragged is no fun at all!.......after a while, you start looking around for your Death Ray Gun."

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Don't Drag My Tempo
(c. 2023 Walter Ehresman)

You drink too much--you play too slow;
Dig in your heels--you play too slow.
Don't drag my tempo!

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from Cassandra, Cursed, released October 17, 2023
Walter Ehresman: vocals & vocoder vocals; keyboards & key percussion; vocoder; 4-string acoustic/electric fretless bass; shakers; tamborims; chimes; AirFx; drum machine programming; sequencing.

Produced & engineered by Walter Ehresman at Snipe Bog Studios, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

p. 2023 Walter Ehresman. All rights reserved. Snipe Bog Records

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Walter Ehresman San Miguel De Allende, Mexico

Called "the quintessential Austin DIY artist" by famed local disc jockey Charlie Martin , Walter Ehresman was an eccentric presence in the Austin music scene from the '80s until his 2015 move to Mexico. A prolific songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and recording artist...and a restless musical spirit, always looking for something new, expressed with fearlessly honest, socially-conscious lyrics. ... more

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