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    Vibraphonist/percussionist Mike Dillon has spent the last three decades playing well over 200 shows a year with both his own band, as well as a sideman with artists including Rickie Lee Jones, Les Claypool and Ani DiFranco. So when the pandemic hit in early 2020 forcing Dillon off the road, he instinctively directed his perpetually restless creative energy to writing and recording. Residing in Kansas City after spending 15 years in New Orleans, Dillon and producer Chad Meise would track a trilogy of albums: 'Shoot The Moon,' 'Suitcase Man' and '1918.' Collaborating with his record label Royal Potato Family, they would release these records exclusively via Bandcamp just days after they were mixed and mastered. In 2021, those albums will now receive the full vinyl treatment, as well as complete digital release across all streaming outlets.

    The second recording in the series, 'Suitcase Man' is a nine-song cycle through which Dillon examine his life and choices made over the past 55 years. It's a distinct entry in his extensive discography, notable for its strikingly honest lyricism and minimalist arrangements that incorporate sparse vibraphone and percussion with a handful of background vocals by Tiff Lamson of Givers. Songs like "Empty Bones," "Turkish Rose" and "Matthew" represent Dillon at his most creatively daring, while confirming his ascent into the upper echelon of cult outsiders in the lineage of artists like Tom Waits, Harry Partch and Captain Beefheart.

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Produced by Mike Dillon
Recorded, Mixed & Mastered by Chad Meise
Recorded & Mixed on 2-Inch Analog Tape

Artwork by Peregrine Honig
Cover Design by Shaun Hammontree
Released by Royal Potato Family

lyrics

Unthread the needle
Untying the knot
Unsnarl the lie
Cause he always got caught

Not talking to you
Got nothing new
You see black and white
Til I feel
Black and blue
Cause I always got caught

Ring lost its stone
Dog dropped its bone
This bird has flown
Don’t pick up the phone 
I don’t wanna get caught

Don’t speak like a girl
Don’t call me daddy
Don’t offer your help 
It all ends up 
Badly
Cause we always got caught

The fence was a wall
The fairytale cracked
Foundation rotting
Not coming back
Cause you always got caught

Prince !
Find her slipper - wake her from sleep
This wolf in wolf’s clothing
Is an on the lamb 
Sheep
And she always gets caught

Your party is over
Im that lingering guest
A leftover lover 
Who left a hot mess

Cause they always got caught

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from Suitcase Man, released November 6, 2020
Mike Dillon - Vibraphone, Marimba, Bass Marimba, Vocals

Written by Mike Dillon & Peregrine Honig

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