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The C​.​C. Motel Heights

from Hotel Augusta by James Eleganz

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Are you ready to embark on a surreal road trip aboard a Chevrolet? Jonas drives you on the winding coastal road between San Francisco and Los Angeles. But watch out for wild and sea creatures!
James Eleganz has written a country ballad imbued with magical realism. He pushes the American myth to biblical absurdity. In search of a hypothetical motel, his character, Jonas, finds himself in the belly of a whale.
The C.C. Motel Heights smells good on summer nights and travels.

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I’m driving my car
to the C.C. Motel Heights
My baby is waiting there for me
I’m driving my car
through the flashing neon lights
Sunset is still like “Model Shop”

Nineteen sixty five
The building year of my Chevelle
Coming from South-Ontario
Nineteen sixty five
I’ve found a new place to dwell
Searching for the roots of my own

C.C. C.C. C.C. oh! C.
C.C. C.C. C.C. oh! C.

Tennesse Whiskey
Old-Time friend for the ride
The bottle never let me down
Tennesse Whiskey
George Dickel by my side
Bringing me back to your arms

Too late to avoid a boar
The red Chevy bangs the beast
and rolls on down the ocean cliff
Too late to avoid a boar
Ain’t got time to call the priest
Jonah is back inside the whale


C.C. C.C. C.C. oh! C.
C.C. C.C. C.C. you’ll never see me

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from Hotel Augusta, released October 7, 2022
James Eleganz: Vocals
Mika Bajinsky, Larry Mullins, Yoyo Röhm: Backing Vocals
Larry Mullins: Drums, Percussion, Omnichord, Mellotron
Bertrand Burgalat: Electric Bass Guitar
Geoffrey Burton: Electric Guitars, Acoustic Guitar
Gaëtan Grandjean: Acoustic guitar
Ingo Krauss: The Boar

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James Eleganz Dinard, France

What’s left of the Berlin of David Bowie and Iggy Pop? With this question in mind, James Eleganz imagined his second collaboration, with Larry Mullins alias Toby Dammit (Iggy Pop, Swans, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds) as artistic director. Together, they created James Eleganz’s new album “Hotel Augusta”. It establishes James Eleganz as an artist to be reckoned with for many years to come. ... more

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