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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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lyrics

Tiny Pink 
Tiny pink Asses
with our tiny pink
Tiny Pink Asses 
Momma told me i was king
I was the center of the universe
5 years old sitting in church
asking momma when god was gonna shut up 

with my 
Tiny Pink 
Tiny pink Asses
with my tiny pink
Tiny Pink Ass

Daddy Gave me my first god Complex
I would dress up like the evil priest
give all the kids their first communion
go running naked down the street
with our 

Tiny Pink 
Tiny pink Asses
with our tiny pink
Tiny Pink Asses 

We would play detective 
we would be John Waynes
Gun Smoking Marshall Dillon
Killing all the indians

with our
Tiny Pink 
Tiny pink Asses
with our tiny pink
Tiny Pink Asses 

We didn't kill but we took
what they taught us in their history books
Genocidal manifest destiny
I am them you are me
with our 

Tiny Pink 
Tiny pink Asses
with our tiny pink
Tiny Pink Asses 
 

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from Suitcase Man, released November 6, 2020
Mike Dillon - Vibraphone, Marimba, Vocals
GoGo Ray - Background Vocals

Written by Mike Dillon & Peregrine Honig

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