Man Walked On The Moon

by Abner Jay

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BACK IN PRINT !!! LP version featuring tip-on style cover and includes a 20 page booklet with photos and a loving tribute to Abner Jay written by Jack Teague.

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1.	I'm So Depressed 03:39
2.	The Royal Palm 04:19
3.	Old Black Joe 04:57
4.	I'm A Hard Working Man 02:24
5.	Man Walked On The Moon 02:51
6.	I Cried 04:02
7.	Sitting On Top Of The World 02:02
8.	My Middle Name Is The Blues 02:35
9.	Love Wheel 03:53	buy track
10.	Cocaine Blues / Too Poor To Live, Too Poor To Die 05:32

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Abner Jay is an extraordinary one-man-band with one of the deepest emotive voices ever recorded. “Man Walked On The Moon” features Abner material from two different periods. Side A opens with an early deep 1970’s version of his signature song “I’m So Depressed,” which has never before been reissued on LP. The hit is followed by four previously unreleased songs from the same period - “The Royal Palm” (a classic train song), “Old Black Joe,” “I’m A Hard Working Man,” and his paen to space travel, “Man Walked On The Moon.” All are sung and played by Abner with his standard one man band set up - electric banjo, drums played by his feet, and harmonica.

Side B of the LP features Abner’s emotionally charged last recordings. These were made two months before Abner passed away, and here we find him pensively playing acoustic guitar and singing. The songs are incredibly emotional and not for the faint of heart. These mournful tracks were previously released on a Mississippi 10” EP back in 2011 (“Last Ole Minstrel Man”) and is long out-of-print. This LP collects some of Abner’s greatest work from across his career, all rare or previously unreleased classics!

LP comes housed in an old school “tip on” jacket and includes a 20 page booklet with photos and a loving tribute to Abner Jay written by Jack Teague. All tracks fully licensed from Brandie Jay, Abner’s daughter.

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released December 15, 2019

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Abner Jay Fitzgerald, Georgia

"Abner Jay the most unusual talent in the world. A true Southerner
from South G.A. He was raised layin on his belly, drinkin water from
the ol Swaunee River. Jay claims the secret for his good health and
being the father of sixteen young’uns, and gonna git some more, layin
on his belly drinkin water from that ol Swaunee. Abner
is twenty five years older than you think." ... more

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