I Had to Play the Guitar So I Could Be a Star '20

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A re-recorded/re-mixed version of "I Had to Play the Guitar So I Could Be a Star". The album version (from Identification, Please!) is good. This one's GREAT!

Thanks again to The Happy Pill Academy for guesting on this with their brilliant guitar work. This track could not exist without it!

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I used to stay up all night
I never went to bed
My father used to call me
A friggin' chowder-head

I had to play the guitar
So I could be a star
I had a great idea
Gave me bulimia

When I used to listen to my records
I would play them loud
And I would grab my guitar
Start strumming and imagine the crowd

I had to play the guitar
So I could be a star
I had a great idea
Gave me bulimia

I used to go to concerts
I'd drink and I'd smoke pot
Goddamn, man, am I grateful
That I never got caught

I had to play the guitar
So I could be a star
I had a great idea
Gave me bulimia

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released February 13, 2020
KID FITZY: Lead vocals, vocal effects, acoustic guitar, synthesizer organ, drum and rhythm programming, and all manner of auditory abuses
THE HAPPY PILL ACADEMY: Lead and rhythm electric guitars

Electric guitars recorded at The Medicine Cabinet
Acoustic guitar, vocals and other sounds recorded at The Kitchen
Produced, mixed and mastered by FITZDRAGON at The Kitchen

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FitzDragon London, UK

Indie folk/rock project from London, UK. Led by the American-born Kid Fitzy. Enjoy the music and feedback always welcomed.

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