Marc Miner - Bible & Rifle (official video)

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music written by Mike Eggard, Marc Miner
lyrics written by Marc Miner
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video: Stefan Wasner
video assistant: Julia Hulle

lead-vocals, a-guitar: Marc Miner
drums: Martin L.A. Dickinson
bass: Marcus McMill
e-guitar: Mike Eggard

guest musician:
organ: Andy O'Neill
background-vocals: B.B. Cole, Lorae, Dominik Kostal

Special thanks to the location: Burg Plankenstein, Austria
https://www.burgplankenstein.at

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LYRICS:
At a hooker’s house full of sins and crimes
A vagabond preacher telling sacred lies
Bout the good ol’ times we’ve all given up
But no one really listens, no one gives a fuck

He’s got a bible in his wounded hand
Spitting furious sermons ‘bout a promised land
Totin’ a rifle round his big right shoulder
While his shiny barrel still smolders

Preacher man got…
High on his Bible
High on his rifle
High on a god-led survival
High on findin’ another rival
High on his Bible and rifle
High on a god-led survival
High on findin’ another rival
High on his Bible and rifle

Came the former jester, a small bold dreamer
Pushed back against the vagabond preacher
All hookers, pimps and johns pricked their ears
Took his words and bullets and shoved them in his rear

They shot the bible in his wounded hand
Laughing out his sermons ‘bout a promised land
They took the rifle from his big right shoulder
Quenched his barrel to stop its smolder

Preacher man got…
High on his Bible
High on his rifle
High on a god-led survival
High on findin’ another rival
High on his Bible and rifle
High on a god-led survival
High on findin’ another rival
High on his Bible and rifle

Preacher man got…
High on his Bible
High on his rifle
High on a god-led survival
High on findin’ another rival
High on his Bible and rifle
High on a god-led survival
High on findin’ another rival
High on his Bible and rifle


PRESS NOTE:
With his second album "Last Heroes" country-rock artist Marc Miner promises not only a deeper, melancholic journey into the world of (anti-)heroes, but also a variety of stories that impressively combine social criticism and subtle humor.

Miner surprises his fans with more mature, thoughtful lyrics and a heavier soundscape. "Last Heroes" presents itself a bit more melancholic while still featuring powerful guitar riffs and catchy melodies that will make the hearts of country rock and southern rock fans beat faster.

In "Bible & Rifle," Miner subtly picks up on the Ukraine war by telling a story inspired by David and Goliath.

Marc Miner - Bio
When you think of alternative-outlaw-country-rock and Americana music you probably think of USA, maybe Canada. So, Marc Miner is the European outpost. While Nashville is considered the “city of music” in the USA, Marc settled down in the European version of it: Vienna, Austria! As if that weren’t enough Marc is also an international breed: His father from USA met Marc’s mother from Germany in Poland. That’s also where Marc was born, before the family had to leave the country. They moved to Vienna, where Marc grew up and where he started his first bands ranging from rock n roll, rock to even punk and grunge – which at that time was the “teenage sound of revolution”.

By the age of 16 the rebelling Marc Miner decided to leave home. He traveled through Europe, got a job on board of a container ship and arrived in the USA in 2000. Impressed by the life-style of the South, the prairie, the Appalachian and Rocky Mountains and the melodies he heard there he decided to stay.

Unfortunately, life ain’t a free-ride so beside his music jobs he also started to gamble, which finally got him to jail. Marc was accused of illegal gambling, forging and other “trivial offenses” as he calls it. With some help from his father’s influential friends the US authorities finally amnesty Marc, but he had to leave this wonderful country.

Back in Europe, he finally settled in Vienna. Here he does what he does best: Music in the good old tradition of Americana Music, Country Rock and Outlaw Country, but with more modern influences like Hellbound Glory, Sturgill Simpson, Cody Jinks, Blackberry Smoke or Whiskey Myers. He released several singles and his first studio album “Smile When You’re Wasted” in October 2020, which was praised by the press and the public and earned him several awards. In 2022, Miner released his first original short film soundtrack “The Path Of His Spirits (OST)”, which also won awards in the US and Slovakia. His critically acclaimed 2023 album "Last Heroes" has a more rockier sound and for sure won't be his last.

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