Johnny Mainstream (SockMonkeyRiot) - The Mayor's Daughter

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Johnny Mainstream is a five-piece “Americana” act out of Manchester, CT. Born in the Marist College dormitories of songwriter Matthew Maynes and bassist Dan Garaffa, Johnny Mainstream began writing honest folk songs inspired by Bob Dylan, Bright Eyes, and Kevin Devine, but infused with the punk rock ideals on which each was raised.

After graduation in 2007, Maynes and Garaffa returned to CT with the Johnny Mainstream brand intact. Through continual exposure at local venues like the Main
Pub and Grady Tavern in Manchester CT, Johnny Mainstream began to amass a small following from fans, as well as the attention of other local musicians. High school friend and Manchester native Laura Conover joined the duo to fill out the vocals (“the June Carter Cash to Maynes’ Johnny”). Fans-turned-members, Brendan Donnelly and local mainstay and “Flu” alum Michael James Anderson now round out the group on drums and lead guitar respectively.

In 2010 Johnny Mainstream attracted the attention of CT based Sling Slang Records and immediately began laying the groundwork for what would be their first
studio full-length and label release: “Shipwrecked!”

Shipwrecked! was released on February 5th 2011 to their friends and family in Manchester. Johnny Mainstream continues to support Shipwrecked! in clubs and bars around Connecticut.

lyrics

i got a picture in my bedroom drawer
and i take it out just once a year
to prove to you i was alive before
i've got a flask inside my pocket
and i'll drink it if i want to
i don't need a hand to make me feel secure

but it's all right, i'm not asking for no faith
just leave me alone, i'll try and do the same
yeah, it's all right, i just like the way you look at me
and god help me if i can't make that change

i've got this song i've sung like fifty times
but i keep slurring every other line
i say that's what keeps me honest when i write
i've got your number in my mobile phone
i don't call you up, i keep you close
for when i drink too much or sober up

but it's all right, i'm not asking for no faith
just leave me alone, i'll try and do the same
yeah, it's all right, i just like the way you keep me up
and god help me if i can't make that change

your lips are a tragedy
a genocide in a cacophony
of a sound that's not quite pure
played by a sad singer in an old hotel
at the piano bench of the ball room bar
it's the only tune he knows
now he awkwardly tries to hit the key
the scent of stale perfume and cheap whiskey
well the sound begins to blur
into a small mistake, it was a small mistake
just a small mistake, that turned a small mistake
into a large mistake, into a catastrophe

and it's all right, i'm not asking for no faith
just leave me alone, i'll try and do the same
yeah it's all right, i just hate the way you look at me
and sorry kid but that ain't ever gonna change

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from Summer 2012: Originals, released May 28, 2012

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