Single I Voodoo Ramble feat Marcus Flynn – 4000 Years Old
Croatian blues/rock band Voodoo Ramble featuring Boris Zamba with special guest Marcus Flynn (The Guitar Legends/ 10cc/ Mike & The Mechanics/Fun Loving Criminals) release a new single ‘4000’ Years Old’
Led by the award winning Croatian rock-blues guitarist Boris Zamba, ‘4000 Years Old’ is the third single to be released from the band’s forthcoming 5th album called ‘In The Heart of The City’ on CD Baby.
Co-written by the band’s founder member, vocalist and guitarist Boris Zamba and lyricist broadcaster and author Pete Feenstra, the song is a veritable stomp which draws on the natural world (the olive tree) and the roots of love.
Boris immediately tapped into the lyrical meaning and dug deep for musical feel with his emotive singing, warm guitar tone and crunch.
As he explains: “The song was built on the feeling of joy, and the roots of love. And, in expressing that feeling the arrangement built a tension which I think needed a defining guitar solo to resolve the song.
I tried various permutations until Pete suggested Marcus Flynn.
As luck would have it, I was due to tour the South West of England and I managed to hook up with Marcus on my UK debut show, and I immediately knew he was the guy for the job.
He saw his part as a powerful slide break and I think he gave us both the perfect solo and extra layer of energy.”
The song’s original concept is explained by Feenstra: “Every day while writing songs, I stare out my office window and let my imagination run free, in the hope of inspiration.
The trigger was an olive tree that we planted a few years ago, which has grown though the rain and snow and has stared to flourish.
I then looked up the history of the tree and thought of an enduring love, which transcends time, in this case 4000 years.”
The single is helmed by long time producer Dragutin Smokrovic aka “The Fig”, with Boris playing guitar and bass, while the groove element is provided by drummer Damir Somen
The award winning Boris Zamba successfully represented Croatia at the 30th International blues challenge in Memphis and also at European Blues Challenge in Tuscany Italy.
He has since released 5 albums and a handful of singles featuring such guests as Mick Pini and Muddy Manninen (Wishbone Ash), while building an impressive profile in Europe, The US and Australia where he has enjoyed chart success.
Website: https://www.voodooramble.com/
Lyrics
4000 Years Old
v1
A green olive tree stands proud in my room,
You can hear it call when it starts to bloom,
Warm like a duvet, in a pot of dry soil,
Moans like a lover, brought slow to the boil.
Hook
Where love comes from ain’t no mystery,
It’s written in the page of history,
A love by degrees, is a tale to be told,
Wrote ‘em down in Greece, 4000 years old.
V2
A gift from the gods, a symbol of peace,
A harvest of stars, shine on silver leaves,
From Athens to Rome, it leans with the breeze,
Longs for the sun, and had to break free.
Hook
Where love comes from ain’t no mystery,
It’s written in the page of history
A love by degrees, is a tale to be told,
Wrote ‘em down in Greece, 4000 years old.
repeat
Where love comes from ain’t no mystery,
It’s written in the page of history,
A love by degrees, is a tale to be told,
Wrote ‘em down in Greece, 4000 years old.
© feenstra/zamba
