Shakin' Hands With The Holy Ghost

Album: The Whippoorwill (2012)
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Songfacts®:

  • Written by lead singer Charlie Starr, this song describes a divine experience that comes from a combination of a special lady and some good moonshine. "That is one of our songs that harkens back to the wilder days when we were younger," he told us. "There was lots of temptation around, of the female persuasion and the narcotic persuasion. But that's a party song. There are some specifics but I can't really tell you because that's a secret [Laughs]. You can't give away everything, right?"

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