Gotta Keep The Devil... Way Down In The Hole!

This is #3 in a Trilogy of Tom Waits covers by Atlanta's own "Swami Gone Bananas"

The official title of this song is "Way Down in the Hole" by Tom Waits.

oh, and yeah...that IS local Atlanta legend
Tommy Dean (Mr."Gato Mahdi")
of "Thermos Greenwood" fame
on Bass and Lead Vocals.

Mike "The Swami" Shulman...Guitar
J.R. Hawkins...............Drums
Mike Eubanks...............Keyboard

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When you walk through the garden
You better watch your back
I beg your pardon
You better walk the straight and narrow track
When you walk with-a Jesus
He's gonna save your soul
But you gotta keep the devil
Way down in the hole !

He got the fire and the fury
at His command
You don't have to worry
If you hold on to Jesus' hand
We'll all be safe from Satan
When the thunder rolls
But-cha gotta keep the devil
Way down in the hole !

All the angels sing about Jesus' mighty sword
and they'll shield you with their wings
and keep you close to the Lord
Don't pay heed to temptation
for his hands are so cold...
You gotta help me keep the devil
Way down in the hole !

More about the Swami here:
http://www.swamified.com/

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[scottblanks]

Sounds good. I remember Swami doing Teenage Waste Land back when we used to see them at Mike N Angelos. Would love to see a video of that put up. Thanks for posting this.

[justpassnthru]

I had to bow my head and remove my hat when you mentioned M & A's. Those were the BEST ol' days! There could never be another place like that one.

"I'll sleep when I'm dead!"

[arcelsxxx]

some of my faveorite bands are out of atlanta. and im glad i stumbled on this. i was actually digging around in steve earle videos. keep it up guys

[justpassnthru]

So glad you found this video! Be sure and check out the other Atlanta bands... Thermos Greenwood and Swimming Pool Q's hidden amongst my other random stuff. I am going to check out Steve Earle's vids right now! :^)

[autinspare]

love your voice. Nice - as the man said, "tasteful" arrangement - two solos in a row at the start is padding it out a bit too soon- you should do the keyboard bit later. The crowd were a bunch of noisy buggers.

[justpassnthru]

Yeah, the noise level is one of the drawbacks of playing to a room full of half drunk people... but it beats playing to an empty room! ;^)

Thanks for stopping by and leaving your constructive criticism.

[TakeMeThroughTheSand]

Anyone know what venue this is?

[MegaBmj]

haha..this is versus of original russian-gipsy song "drove in troika with bells".

[jazzopedia]

Snag your own copy of this at iTunes. Just do a search for Gato Mahdi and you will pull it up..

[ThatScrubKid]

I'm here because of the wire

[IDF1987]

Amazing song

[klined]

Real music right here

[webstercat]

Blind Boys of Alabama also do a smoking cover of this song. They also do Jesus gonna be here soon.

Jesus is real, and his promised are true!

[lperigrin]

These guys were @ M & A's for 10 years...I love this band!

[webstercat]

League of Decency? Tommy you don't remember me but I live in Atlanta 80 to 93. I use to play drums over at Willies. At one time you didn't care for Waits. Billy Barton