Name: Lathe & Drill Press
Duration: P00H02M38S
Description: Before there was the Bridgeport Lathe song there was the Lathe & Drill Press song. John Hovorka worked in a factory on both a Bridgeport lathe and on a drill press. This is where he got the idea for this song.

Lathe & Drill Press

from The 2x4's by The 2x4's

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Before there was the Bridgeport Lathe song there was the Lathe & Drill Press song. John Hovorka worked in a factory on both a Bridgeport lathe and on a drill press. This is where he got the idea for this song.

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Lathe and Drill Press

You know how. To cook food. For a nice Monsanto mood. It always tastes great of course. Your chemical kitchen food resource. Mix n make, mix n make. Shake n bake, shake n bake. Off the shelf, on the plate.
I'm in the mood for chemicals. Just like mother used to mix. Jam it up and jam it up I've got machines I've got to fix. Got to go out on the lawn, wave goodbye ‘til you are gone. Then go to work in the shop I guess. Got to operate
Lathe and Drill Press, Lathe and Drill Press, Lathe and Drill Press. Lathe and Drill Press!

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from The 2x4's, released April 21, 2018
Copyright 1978, John Hovorka

Tom Martel lead vocals, bass guitar
John Hovorka rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Steve Donnelly drums
Cubie guitar

Produced by Rolfe Anderson

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John Hovorka New York

John Hovorka played guitar and bass guitar in bands first in Geneva NY but mostly in Boston then in New York City. After he started writing songs he was the leader of The 2x4's (1978 - 1980), then Noise Pencil (1982), Turbines (1983 - 1987), Hovorka (1988 - 2002), John Hovorka And The Dawn Of Mechanized Farming (DOMF) (2003 - 2016), and also made solo albums. He is now in Massachusetts. ... more

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