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The Wetlands

by Steve Urban

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Steve Urban's original tune about the legendary NYC nightclub, "The Wetlands Preserve." Grand Prize Winner of the Relix JamOff - December 2013

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On the corner of Hudson
By the Holland Tunnel
Don't look for it
It's not there anymore
Lobby for Laight Street luxury lofts
With the best view on the West Side
Thirteen, Thirteen, Thirteen Years
That day in '89 he opened her valentined doors

A flower child
And a film student
Held basement meetings
On Tuesday
To actively pursue a conversation
To speak for the silent ones
All the fish in the ocean, the animals and the trees
They don't need our pollution, garbage and gasoline

Thirteen years at the Wetlands Preserve
Thirteen years at the Wetlands Preserve
Thirteen years the songs still in our ears
Taking last call serving our last beer in here

This one's for Dave,
Larry and Pete
And all the memories forgotten tomorrow
All the hearts that were broken
That September morn
When the lease was up on our song
Now it's free to roam the subways, the sidewalks and the streets
Every alley way in the city that never sleeps

Thirteen years at the Wetlands Preserve
Thirteen years at the Wetlands Preserve
Thirteen years the songs still in our ears
Taking last call serving our last beer in here

There was a band that rode a hot dog with fires and soda
That reminded me what happened inside
Where can I sign the petition to remember?
Was it thrown with the bus on the Wasteside?
I saw that 60's Volkswagon today
She was on the Great Lakes in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
On the Great Lakes in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
On the Great Lakes in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

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released December 1, 2013
Steve Urban: Vocals, Guitars, Banjo, Harmonica & Co-Producer
Greg Koerner: Bass
Pete Murawski: Drums
Lance Bembry: Keys
Ryan Collins: Electric Guitar / Co-Producer
Sean Gill: Executive Producer, Mixing, Mastering, Engineer

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Steve Urban New York, New York

Steve Urban is a Songwriter, Vocalist & Multi-Instrumentalist, (Guitar, Banjo, Harmonica, Mandolin & Ukulele) who performs a blend of Art Rock, Country, Folk, Blues & Funk he calls, "Paint Rock." In 2013, Urban sent Shapiro, his original song about the NYC nightclub titled "The Wetlands." Shapiro responded by saying, “Everyone needs to hear this,” leaking the track on Relix.com and Jambands.com. ... more

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