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Hippie Hair (for the First Time)

by Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers

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When everything shuts down, sometimes you just need to let it grow.

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Just like that it all shuts down
We vanish into screens
The bars go dark, the streets are clear
The days pass like a dream
While out there on the front lines
The news is only grim
And the least of all concerns is that
My hair could use a trim

But looking in the mirror I see a rising dome
A shaggy dude with waves and curls
Like I have never known
A few more months, salons are back
But I make up my mind
Though my mother wonders why
Think I’ll let my freak flag fly and grow...

Hippie hair for the first time
Hippie hair alright
When I sing hippie songs
For the first time I kinda look the part
I am letting it grow for my art

I was just a toddler at the dawning of the Dead
Far too young for dropping out
I’ve got no ’60s cred
Still I did meet Jerry and I played his Wolf guitar
Never like to join a crowd
But I’m feeling strangely proud I’ve got...

Hippie hair for the first time
Hippie hair alright
When I sing hippie songs
For the first time I kinda look the part
I am letting it grow for my art

In my mind I’m reeling through my teens again
From Daltrey to the Doobies
All the rockers had a mane
Is it much too late to strive to be Frampton Comes Alive with my…

Hippie hair for the first time
Hippie hair alright
When I sing hippie songs
For the first time I kinda look the part
I am letting it grow for my art

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released February 18, 2022
Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers vocals, acoustic guitar
Wendy Ramsay backing vocals, accordion
Josh Dekaney percussion kit
Jason Fridley backing vocals, bass

Recorded by JPR and Josh Dekaney (drums)
Mixed and mastered by Jeremy Johnston

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Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers Syracuse, New York

John Lennon Songwriting Contest grand prize winner and founding editor of Acoustic Guitar magazine.

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