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Jackie & The Apriles - It's Only True

from It's All About Me: A Tribute to Jackie by Jackie and The Treehorns

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"So one day I get the brilliant idea to start my own band. I had just left Blue Lou Boil & The Chesterfields and I decided that it was time to unleash my musical greatness as a solo artist. I figured, how hard could it be to form a band? As long as I was writing amazing but simple scores that any musician I knew could play, it was only a matter of time before gold records were hanging on my walls. Then I met the Aprile's. Man they sucked."
—Jackie

Despite the lack of any recognizable talent within the Aprile's, Jackie was admittedly stubborn when it came to trying to make the band work. After their break up, Jackie was noted as saying, "Forget about scripted music pieces. I had to use phrases like 'dreamy, lush soundscapes', or explain what I meant by saying a song needed an 'epic Led Zeppelin 3 type middle section.' All I would get is blank stares."

After much soul searching, Jackie decided to give the Aprile's another chance to perform with him on The Tribute because, "Let's face it, everyone in world loves second chances...and this was their shot at soft rock redemption. It's not like I made it hard for them either. 'It's Only True' has to be, hands down, the easiest piece of music I have ever written. Period."

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LYRICS

It's a cold night
Won't you warm it up, my love
It's an empty morning
Won't you fill it up, my love

I can never think of me
Without thinking of you
It's only true

It's a long road
Won't you keep me up, my love
It's a big world
Won't you shrink it up, my love

I can never think of me
Without thinking of you
It's only true

You will never be a slave
From today until the day
I'm gonna take this to my grave
You will never be alone
From today until the day
I'm gonna make this into a home

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from It's All About Me: A Tribute to Jackie, released November 9, 2010
Steven: Vocals, Guitars
Eric: Drums
Frank: Bass

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Rooted in the basic tenets of rock, Jackie and The Treehorns create music from just outside the nation’s capital in Alexandria, VA and just outside the mainstream. Formed in 2009 and fronted by Steven Rubin under the guise of an altered ego (Jackie) and his band (The Treehorns) the group fight to keep the flames of the rock and/or roll fire lit with inspired original inventiveness. ... more

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