Thunder Cartel - Midnight Engine Boogie (Live)

CROWD / LIVE INTRO: (Crowd roaring — glasses clinking — tube amp hum — feedback squeal) “You ready tonight?!” (Huge crowd scream) “ONE! TWO! ONE TWO THREE FOUR!” INTRO: (Explosive boogie piano riff) (Heavy shuffle drums slam in) (Dirty harmonica screaming through overdriven amp) [Piano rolling hard] [Audience clapping on the beat] “KEEP THAT ENGINE RUNNIN’!” VERSE 1: Got fire in my shoes Burnin’ through these blues Train rollin’ down the line Tonight we ride all night VERSE 2: Whiskey runnin’ hot This place shakes nonstop Heartbeat like a drum Baby, here I come CHORUS: Shake it loose tonight Shake it till the morning light Roll that rhythm nice and slow Boogie never lets you go CHORUS B: Shake it hard — shake it fast Make this crazy night last Everybody lose control Boogie stole another soul (Audience chanting) “HEY! HEY! HEY!” EXTENDED LIVE JAM #1: (Long instrumental section) [PIANO SOLO pounding left-hand boogie bass wild barrelhouse runs reckless glissandos slightly rushing live tempo] “Ohhh, play it now!” (Huge applause) (HARMONICA SOLO) [dirty Chicago blues tone screaming bends raw microphone distortion DRUM BREAKDOWN heavy shuffle groove rolling tom fills crashing cymbals] (Crowd clapping gets louder and messier like a real concert) “KEEP THAT ENGINE RUNNIN’!” VERSE 3: Black smoke in the air Wild people everywhere Moonlight burnin’ chrome Tonight we shake this home VERSE 4: Sweat drippin’ from the wall Hear that crazy crowd call Hands up to the sky We rock until we die (Singer laughs breathlessly) “Yeahhhhh!” CHORUS 2: Shake it loose tonight Shake it till the morning light Roll that rhythm nice and slow Boogie never lets you go CHORUS 2B: Shake it wild — shake it free Like a storm out on the sea Everybody lose control Boogie stole another soul (Massive crowd singalong) BRIDGE: (Band drops into darker half-time groove) Ohhh — hear that engine cry Ohhh — sparks begin to fly Piano rattles like a chain Drums fall down like heavy rain (Harmonica howlin’ through the heat Everybody stompin’ with the beat) (Audience stomping audible through floor mics) MASSIVE LIVE SOLO SECTION: (Main centerpiece — very long) [PIANO FEATURE savage boogie woogie attack pounding triplet runs piano strings rattling raw live imperfections] (Crowd screaming after every fast lick) “GO! GO! GO!” [HARMONICA FEATURE] [screaming upper-register bends breath noise in microphone vintage amp overload] “BLOW IT!” [DRUM FEATURE] [gigantic tom fills explosive cymbal crashes groove doubles in intensity] (Audience clap-along) [BOOM-CLAP BOOM-CLAP BOOM-CLAP] FINAL CHORUS: (Band faster and louder now) Shake it loose tonight Shake it till the morning light Roll that rhythm nice and slow Boogie never lets you go FINAL CHORUS B: Shake it hard — make it scream Run it like a midnight dream Everybody lose control Boogie stole another soul INSTRUMENTAL OUTRO: (Extended ending jam — several minutes) [Piano and harmonica trading riffs] [drummer pushing harder every round screaming crowd noise whistles and shouting amp hum and mic overload] (Singer yelling over the chaos): “KEEP THAT ENGINE RUNNIN’!” “ONE MORE TIME!” “YEAHHHH!” (Band suddenly cuts out) […brief silence…] (Crowd ERUPTS) (Final gigantic piano smash chord)