The Castellows – Hurricane

Thirty miles off the Gulf Stream
I hear the south wind moan
The bridges gettin’ lower
The shrimp boats coming home
But the old man down in the Quarter
Slowly turns his head
Takes a sip from his whiskey bottle and
This is what he said

I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain
Underneath the Louisiana moon
I don’t mind the strain of a hurricane
It comes around every June
The high black water, the devil’s daughter
She’s hard and she’s cold and she’s mean
But nobody taught her it takes a lot of water
To wash away New Orleans

A man came down from Chicago
He’s gonna set that levee right
He said, “It needs to be at least three feet higher
Or it won’t make it through the night”
But the old man down in the Quarter
Said “Don’t you listen to that boy
The water’ll be down by the morning
And he’ll be back to Illinois”

And I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain
Underneath the Louisiana moon
I don’t mind the strain of a hurricane
It comes around every June
The high black water, the devil’s daughter
She’s hard and she’s cold and she’s mean
But nobody taught her it takes a lot of water
To wash away New Orleans

Thirty miles off the Gulf Stream
I hear the south wind moan
The bridges gettin’ lower
The shrimp boats coming home
But the old man down in the Quarter
Slowly turns his head
Takes a sip from his whiskey bottle and
This is what he said

I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain
Underneath the Louisiana moon
I don’t mind the strain of a hurricane
It comes around every June
The high black water, the devil’s daughter
She’s hard and she’s cold and she’s mean
But nobody taught her it takes a lot of water
To wash away New Orleans
And I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain
Underneath the Louisiana moon
I don’t mind the strain of a hurricane
It comes around every June
The high black water, the devil’s daughter
She’s hard and she’s cold and she’s mean
But nobody taught her it takes a lot of water
To wash away New Orleans
But nobody taught her it takes a lot of water
To wash away New Orleans
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Neo-Traditional Country music trio, The Castellows, are bringing a literal meaning to the phrase, “family tradition.” The band comprised of sisters Ellie (lead guitar), Powell (banjo) and Lily (vocals), hail from small rural Georgetown, Georgia, but now call Nashville home. The Castellows’ sound is traditional, yet modern. Authentic, yet harnessed. The common thread among the trio, other than their DNA, is their masterful three-part harmonies which blend together to create one singular, almost angelic, voice. The band began turning heads of music industry insiders in January 2023. When spring arrived, The Castellows had received interest from entities across the entire music industry, including those based in New York, Los Angeles, as well as Nashville. The band spent the summer of 2023 writing, recording, and touring, and it is now time for the three sisters from a cattle farm in Georgia to step on the modern country music stage, times three.

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