What Living Is For (Promo Clip 1)

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George Collins Band – What Living Is For (Promo Clip 1)

Promo clip for a single from the album, “New Ways of Getting Old.”

Written by George Edward Collins (BMI). Published by George Collins Music (BMI). Lyric video provided courtesy of George Collins Records.

Track produced by Sundown Sessions Studio. Lead vocals and Hand Claps recorded by Derek Saxenmeyer at ENEM Recordings. Organ: Lou Pomanti. Horns arranged by Lou Pomanti. Trumpet: Tony Carlucci. Sax: David Wiffen. Trombone: William Carn. Hand Claps: Max Munson, Alfred DeRose.

Lyric video produced by Marta Vorontsova. https://www.instagram.com/_imagikali_/

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Lyrics:

WHAT LIVING IS FOR

I’m gonna climb up, baby – up to Flatback Ridge
Gonna make some money – or just get rich
I’m gonna find a love – and close the door
Gonna find out what living is for

I’m gonna hold tight, baby, to what’s really mine
Gonna last forever – or just die trying
I’m gonna grab my fill – and take some more
Gonna find out what living is for

Too long on the straight and narrow
Too much time avoiding strife
Gonna break some bones – suck the marrow
Out of life – it’s my life

Too long on the straight and narrow
Too much time avoiding strife
Gonna break some bones – suck the marrow
Out of life – it’s my life

It’s my life
It’s my life
It’s my life

I’m gonna reach up, baby – touch the sky
Embrace the mystery – not ask why
I’m gonna spread my wings, face the sun and soar
Gonna find out what living’s –
Gonna find out what living’s –
Gonna find out what living is for

About:

In his first music career, it has been joked that Collins was in the Dave Matthews Band before Dave Matthews. Back then, he played lead guitar in Common Knowledge, a Charlottesville, Virginia-based, Earth, Wind & Fire-esque band featuring DMB founding members, drummer and backing vocalist Carter Beauford, and the late saxophonist LeRoi Moore. Eventually, Collins evolved into a singer-songwriter, and he put himself through graduate school performing three nights a week in local clubs.

In 2012, at the age of 50, now based in Prague, Czech Republic, Collins had his first child, and he made the fateful decision to bow out of his very lucrative 20-year career as an investment consultant and financial executive to nurture his creative world and be a dedicated full-time parent. He jokes that he now works in the “non-profit” sector as an indie musician, writer, and stay-at-home dad. He and his wife welcomed their second child in 2015, just weeks shy of his fifty-fourth birthday.

Fast forward to 2022, when Collins released his critically-acclaimed debut solo EP, “It’s Been a Long Time,” which has since earned an international fanbase. In 2024, Collins released his sophomore EP, “Songs for Grown-ups,” which bursts with gratitude, critical introspection, and more hooks than a tackle box. This was followed by “Acoustic Versions,” stripped down recordings of fan favorites from his catalog.

These days Collins is working harder than ever, performing consistently around Prague and Key West and readying his fourth release, a full-length 14-track album titled “New Ways of Getting Old.”

Contemplating his life’s journey and where he’s at now, he says: “People sometimes ask me, ‘Are you enjoying your hobby?’ Hobby? This ain’t no hobby – it’s my passion. I’m working longer hours than when I was a partner in my investment firm, but I feel this is what I am called to do and it’s an honor and a privilege to finally get to do it.”

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