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Deep Black Ink

from Scribes by Jessica Webb and Erick Hovey

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The music for this song goes back to an idea I had when I was 14. It was two chords and a bass line and had been haunting my brain for years. I finally laid it down and freed up some space in my coconut.
In the barn loft I keep an old typewriter from the forties. One night at a session/party with Jessica Webb and Joe Hadar we discovered our mutual obsession with typewriters. I pulled up the groove I had recorded and we proceeded to track vocals. Joe read a piece he had written about this very subject while Jessica scribbled some notes. Then Jessica laid down vocals while Joe revised. We went back and forth like this and ended up with two typewriter songs. This is Jessica’s version.
Erick Hovey

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I remember the first time I touched a key, the sound it made intrigued me
It didn’t even matter if I spelled it wrong, I just couldn’t wait for the ding
Leading me to the next line you see, let my fingers sing for me

In deep black ink

A permanent thought that I couldn’t see, I couldn’t take it back already let it be
In deep black ink, in deep black ink
It comforts me to see my thoughts laid out so perfectly
In deep black ink, in deep black deep black ink
Turn the knob and press the key, grooves in the buttons it was made for me
I can close my eyes and let the writing consume me, consume me
Let my fingers play for me, let my fingers sing

In deep black ink, deep, deep, deep, black bold ink

Love my typewriter more than real speech, the truth comes out so effortlessly
Fingers are dancing across the keys, songs are flowing out of me
Pushing that deep black ink, in deep black ink
The first time I touched a key, the sound it made intrigued me
It didn’t even matter if I spelled it wrong
I just couldn’t wait for the ding

In deep black ink

It’s a permanent thought that I can see, I can’t take it back already let it be
Echoing in front of me
It comforts me, to see my thoughts laid out so perfectly

In deep black ink, in deep black ink

It comforts me to see my thoughts laid out so perfectly
I can let the writing consume me
In deep black ink
Let my fingers move me
The truth comes out so effortlessly

credits

from Scribes, released September 10, 2021
Written by Jessica Webb and Erick Hovey
Recorded by Erick Hovey at The Barn
Mastered by Tom Scheponik at The SoundLab
Vocal: Jessica Webb
Bass: Bill Hoft
Keys: Dave Hearn
Guitars: Erick Hovey

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Erick Hovey and Friends Fort Dodge, Iowa

Erick Hovey's music is peppered with seasonings of blues, roots rock, jazz, funk, old power trio rock, reggae, and newer folk fusion styles. His lyrical content has not only good humored nods towards classic blues and rock clichés’, but spans the afterlife, and existentialism as well. Sometimes it’s spooky, sometimes it’s raw, spiritual, and sensual. Think Mark Knopfler, JJ Cale, and Peter Green. ... more

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