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Marc Broussard — Home
Album: Carencro
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7.2

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Released: 2004
Length: 5:02
Plays (last 30 days): 2
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Rolling down the road,
Going nowhere,
Guitar packed in the trunk...
Somewhere around mile marker 112,
Papa started hummin' the funk...
I gotta jones in my bones before we know,
We were singing this melody...
Stop the car pulled out the guitar,
Halfway to New Orleans...

Said take me home...
Take me home...

Could feel the sun about to rise,
When I realized we had nothing to fear...
It's just me and my daddy and a kid named Cope,
Making music that nobody would hear...
And then the sun let up and it split the night,
Spillin' over our jubilee...
Ten thousand cars by the side of the road,
Groovin' far as the eye can see...

Said take me home...
Take me home...
Said take me home...
Said take me home...

This Greyhound is delta bound mama,
Baby boy done finally found,
Said this Greyhound is delta bound mama,
Baby boy done finally found his way home...
Said take me home...

Here we go,
Hot damn you should have felt the groove,
Like I was swimming in a sea of soul...
The sun was rising and the day was hot,
And we was all about to lose control...
My daddy turned his face up towards the sky,
And I knew that there was nothing to lose...
I felt the crowd breathe in and I closed my eyes,
And we disappeared into the groove...

Said take me home...
Said take me home...
Take me home...
Said take me home...

Straight from the water...
Straight from the water, children...
(repeat)
You don't know nothin' about this...

Take me home...
Said take me home...
(repeat)
Comments (211)add comment
By chance, I saw Marc live at Wolf Trap, in VA.   A buddy of mine won tickets from the local radio station to see Huey Lewis, and Marc was the opening act.  I think he played this song last, and I was "hey, I know this from RP!"

It's an awesome song, that was even more awesome live.
Posted 7 months ago by Queue    [ Reply ]
Love it!  Soulful and bluesy.

The name looked familiar so I checked out this years line up for the Big Blues Bender in Las Vegas.  Hot Damn, Marc will be one of the many artists appear during the 4 day festival.  Another new artist to make sure to see.

Can't wait!
Posted 8 months ago by LPCity    [ Reply ]
Whenever I fly home I listen to this on the iPod upon final descent and arrival
LOUD
& yes I said iPod.  Thing still works and has more than half my library on it
Posted 10 months ago by KPC1    [ Reply ]
I gotta jonesin' mouthbone?
Posted 10 months ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
oh...


thought this was robert  randolph and family
Posted 11 months ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]


The lyrics are Modern day Cajun at it's best!
Marc Brossard's reputation as a man who gives back to the community has been cut and laid down in ink.  
Well done Marc!
Well done RP! for finding and bringing this to us, your humble listeners.

Posted 1 year ago by cantdowoU    [ Reply ]
 xc.farmer.antoine486 wrote:


Ain't nobody white in Looziannah, even dem white boyz!!



🤣
Posted 1 year ago by bimmerfan739    [ Reply ]
A revelation. Thanks RP
Posted 1 year ago by mylokline    [ Reply ]
 KPC1 wrote:

This song just grabs you.................


The video for it is quite awesome too, go check it out: youtube.com/watch?v=FuWPseegaKw
Posted 1 year ago by maxvonevil    [ Reply ]
“I’m a man..” by Chicago
Posted 1 year ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
I’m a man…..
Posted 1 year ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
This song just grabs you.................
Posted 1 year ago by KPC1    [ Reply ]
Hey, I thought Tony Joe White was black for a long time too!
Posted 1 year ago by bimmerfan739    [ Reply ]
“I’m a man…”
Posted 1 year ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
 unclehud wrote:

From https://soultrain.com/2011/07/22/sound-check-marc-broussard-seasoned-to-perfection/

“I was at an after party for Citizen Cope in New York,” Broussard recalls, “and he hired this girl from Atlanta to do some of the catering. She made a gumbo with chicken and sausage and shrimp; now that’s pretty sacrilegious coming from where I’m from! You don’t do chicken, sausage and seafood in the same gumbo. It’s just not cool!”

No kidding; chicken doesn't belong in gumbo. 
And, the shrimp could've easily been replaced with crawfish! Love that Cajun cuisine, any way it's served, mostly! Am a bit antsy about relocating back down there! Great folks, great food and, clearly, some really good music! 

Posted 1 year ago by Signwrtr61    [ Reply ]
 Tizmself wrote:

Awesome. Check out the YouTube video.

I have! And, it's nearly as good as the tune itself! 

Posted 1 year ago by Signwrtr61    [ Reply ]
Great voice, Good song, but about 2 minutes too long... 
Somebody take him home already...!
Posted 1 year ago by RicoDrumz    [ Reply ]
 blackjackshellac wrote:

The 7 and 3 year-old approve.  As does the 52 year-old.



How do the 17 yo, 13 yo, and 62 yo feel about it now? 
Posted 1 year ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
First heard this when a regional healthcare system used the hook in a TV campaign.  Worked really well. 
Posted 1 year ago by roadie    [ Reply ]
Classic album.  Marc has a gift!
Posted 1 year ago by theirongiant    [ Reply ]
One of my favorites, thanks  to RP!
Posted 1 year ago by dfphillips1    [ Reply ]
Solid 9
Posted 1 year ago by rdloewen    [ Reply ]
I dig this song!  
How's the rest of the album?
Posted 2 years ago by bc    [ Reply ]
Boy...this is some serious "swamp pop"!
Posted 2 years ago by shhhh777    [ Reply ]
I always think this is Tom Jones when I hear it!
Posted 2 years ago by cab18    [ Reply ]
 maryte wrote:

Just saw him last Saturday night!  Great show - and he called us out for not standing up and doing what he called "ass dancing"!  Cracked me up (because that's exactly what we were doing)!


Gotta go +1 to 9 after reading your comment, love artists that want their audience to move with the groove, and dangit if this one just has it.  LLRP!!
Posted 2 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
 shayde wrote:

Pretty kickin for a louisiana white boy.



Ain't nobody white in Looziannah, even dem white boyz!!
Posted 2 years ago by xc.farmer.antoine486    [ Reply ]
gets my cajun blood warmin'. I like it.
Posted 2 years ago by mach-hog    [ Reply ]
IDK. Maybe it will grow on me. I'll listen a few more times, then decide.
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
made me wonder what Johnny Lang is up to these days!?
Posted 2 years ago by GoodKarm    [ Reply ]
 Alpine wrote:

This sucks



"You don't know nothin' about this..."
Posted 2 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
mmm hmmm
Posted 3 years ago by sneff    [ Reply ]
 ziggytrix wrote:

I thought the same thing, well, not that he borrowed it, but the "oh-oh-oh" is a dead ringer, innit? 


(the song we're referring to is available on YouTube, and is quite good)


Too close to call a coincidence... but thanks for turning me on to Gram Rabbit! Though it would appear that Marc Broussard's "Home" was released a few years before "Dirty Horse," somebody definitely 'borrowed' from somebody else.
Posted 3 years ago by robb104    [ Reply ]
"I'm a man, yes I am, and I can't help but love you so."
Posted 3 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
Posted 3 years ago by ginger    [ Reply ]
A bit over-wrought, sheesh. 
Posted 3 years ago by tinypriest    [ Reply ]
 Howa wrote:
Hard to believe that he was just 22 when this was released (assuming that he's the one singing). Great voice!
 

My thoughts exactly!  Guess his daddy taught him right.
Posted 3 years ago by Stephenater    [ Reply ]
At first I wasn't interested, but by the end I was boppin'. Good tune!
Posted 3 years ago by nevar23    [ Reply ]
 kingart wrote:

Alpine, scroll down the wall. You be very outnumbered. Gospel delta funk groove rock. 
 

Sometimes it's good to be outnumbered.
Posted 3 years ago by nicknt    [ Reply ]
After about the one hundredth play here on RP, this song really begins to grate on the nerves
Posted 3 years ago by rpdevotee    [ Reply ]
makes my ears tingle!
Posted 4 years ago by njhyland    [ Reply ]
 kingart wrote:

Alpine, scroll down the wall. You be very outnumbered. Gospel delta funk groove rock. 
 That's funny! I got a laugh out of "This sucks"

Posted 4 years ago by wzarco    [ Reply ]
Is the 'kid named Cope' Citizen Cope? Just curious...
c.
Posted 4 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
Absolutely love this song.  I can’t not dance to it.  I found the rest of the album to be horribly dull, but I’m glad Marc made this song. 
Posted 4 years ago by brian.gass77551    [ Reply ]
Awesome. Check out the YouTube video.
Posted 4 years ago by Tizmself    [ Reply ]
I would love to see him open for Cowboy Mouth.
Posted 4 years ago by SpencerAR    [ Reply ]
Just saw him last Saturday night!  Great show - and he called us out for not standing up and doing what he called "ass dancing"!  Cracked me up (because that's exactly what we were doing)!
Posted 4 years ago by maryte    [ Reply ]
Keen to see him next month at a nearby intimate venue!  {#Bananapiano}
Posted 4 years ago by maryte    [ Reply ]
 25demayo wrote:
Let's follow this up with Michael Franti and Spearhead's "Time to go Home"
 
Let's not. Please.
Posted 4 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of the softcore version of Zeal & Ardor. But a very good one!
Posted 5 years ago by pazifi5t    [ Reply ]
 Rollingthunder wrote:
This is a GREAT toon. 
 
I LOVE this...
Posted 5 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
This is a GREAT toon. 
Posted 5 years ago by Rollingthunder    [ Reply ]
Hard to believe that he was just 22 when this was released (assuming that he's the one singing). Great voice!
Posted 5 years ago by Howa    [ Reply ]
Rather hear the The Damned version
Posted 5 years ago by manfredfrance    [ Reply ]
So incredibly good!
Posted 5 years ago by dfphillips1    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:
did he borrow the hook from Gram Rabbit?
 
I thought the same thing, well, not that he borrowed it, but the "oh-oh-oh" is a dead ringer, innit? 


(the song we're referring to is available on YouTube, and is quite good)
Posted 5 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
 kingart wrote:

Alpine, scroll down the wall. You be very outnumbered. Gospel delta funk groove rock. 
 

Absolutely. Reminiscent of the Neville Bros. 
Posted 5 years ago by Isabeau    [ Reply ]
Nuff said.
Posted 5 years ago by bruceandjenna    [ Reply ]
Man, you guys are blowin me away! Harry Manx, Marc Broussard.....makin this disabled ole boy wanna get up and boogie! lol
Posted 5 years ago by Signwrtr61    [ Reply ]
 ger-man wrote:
In Deutschland völlig unbekannt - super Song, klasse gespielt. Amerika überrascht immer wieder mit cooler Musik.
 
Danke, aber glaube ich das Deutschland hat gut musik gemacht auch, besonders electronic
Posted 5 years ago by Triquel67    [ Reply ]
That little shot of Wade in the Water caught my attention. Not sure why the lyric is changed here though. shrug
Posted 5 years ago by rhlrstn    [ Reply ]
In Deutschland völlig unbekannt - super Song, klasse gespielt. Amerika überrascht immer wieder mit cooler Musik.
Posted 5 years ago by ger-man    [ Reply ]
Volume UP!!!
Posted 5 years ago by luiso    [ Reply ]
Played 2 times in a month is not nearly enough...
Posted 5 years ago by edan61    [ Reply ]
"I'm a man...and I can't help but love you so.."
Posted 6 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
"I'm a man"
Posted 6 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
Let's follow this up with Michael Franti and Spearhead's "Time to go Home"
Posted 7 years ago by 25demayo    [ Reply ]
 Alpine wrote:
This sucks

 
Alpine, scroll down the wall. You be very outnumbered. Gospel delta funk groove rock. 
Posted 7 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 SM, that's what I like to see, something positive. Well done, if I may say so.

SquatterMadras wrote:
We have RP on in the background in the office all day so very rarely rate or comment on songs, but I have to say that this one had everyone's foot tapping and went down well with everyone so just thought I'd give it a rating (9) and a mention :)

 


Posted 7 years ago by nomnol    [ Reply ]
This sucks
Posted 7 years ago by Alpine    [ Reply ]
We have RP on in the background in the office all day so very rarely rate or comment on songs, but I have to say that this one had everyone's foot tapping and went down well with everyone so just thought I'd give it a rating (9) and a mention :)
Posted 7 years ago by SquatterMadras    [ Reply ]
DAMN this is good!!!!
Posted 8 years ago by asilbuch    [ Reply ]
This kicks ass! 
Posted 8 years ago by FrankDebbieCote    [ Reply ]
Jeez - I expect to hear Joan Osborne chiming in. Fonky blues groove.
Posted 8 years ago by joetekubi    [ Reply ]
Had to log in to say OUTSTANDING. First listen. Righteous.
Posted 9 years ago by Segue    [ Reply ]
Love this groove
Posted 9 years ago by BBoyes    [ Reply ]
Mmmmmhmm,
Posted 9 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
its impossible to be still while listening to this....
Posted 9 years ago by jmkate    [ Reply ]
SOUL!
Posted 9 years ago by yofitofu    [ Reply ]
{#Motor}
Posted 10 years ago by ShamanManu    [ Reply ]
Dis stuff is gooood
Posted 10 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
After about the third note I reach for the volume and,...twist it WAY UP!  He just rocks in a funky Cajun way. 
Posted 10 years ago by Andy_B    [ Reply ]

Great voice, rockin' beat!

{#Dancingbanana_2}


Posted 10 years ago by ginniet    [ Reply ]
What a back beat, just a killer good song.
Posted 10 years ago by bluematrix    [ Reply ]

 thumbs up on all Kate Bush double thumbs up!

tompoll wrote:


Thanks for sharing. Welcome back! Music can be soooooooo powerful. Kate Bush kept me going for many years.

 


Posted 10 years ago by willmcnaught    [ Reply ]
 Businessgypsy wrote:
considerably clipped ...

I've often wondered if the lyric "boy named Cope" refers to Citizen Cope. Anybody?
 
From https://soultrain.com/2011/07/22/sound-check-marc-broussard-seasoned-to-perfection/

“I was at an after party for Citizen Cope in New York,” Broussard recalls, “and he hired this girl from Atlanta to do some of the catering. She made a gumbo with chicken and sausage and shrimp; now that’s pretty sacrilegious coming from where I’m from! You don’t do chicken, sausage and seafood in the same gumbo. It’s just not cool!”

No kidding; chicken doesn't belong in gumbo. 
Posted 11 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
{#Bananajam}Good groove.
Posted 11 years ago by musikluvr    [ Reply ]
burned out on this...
Posted 11 years ago by NeuroGeek    [ Reply ]
I'm grinning like a village idiot without a village!  (<---- stolen from below)  More whiplash guitar!  Love, love, love!
Posted 11 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
{#Clap}
Posted 11 years ago by shellbella    [ Reply ]
This is SOOOOO boring....

GO HOME ALREADY! 
Posted 11 years ago by ckcotton    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:
My story:  I was in a horrible funk - a bad depression. I hadn't danced, sung, or even laughed out loud for months. And one day, while my brother was out of town, I was using his computer, and listening to KINK.FM.  They played this song, and something inside me snapped.  I started to dance to it, and then I was grinning, and then laughing at myself. It was the best five minutes of my life, right then.

I love this song in ways I can't even express in words. Marc Broussard may have saved my life, and he didn't even know it.  I've heard other things by him, and he can still make me grin like a village idiot without a village. 

Lovelovelove his music.
 

Miss you so much Cynaera...

we be dancing...  love this song...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
The 7 and 3 year-old approve.  As does the 52 year-old.
Posted 11 years ago by blackjackshellac    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:

I bet you could sleep through a blitzkrieg.

 
You're missed. {#Heartkiss}
Posted 11 years ago by MsJudi    [ Reply ]
Mmm, mmm, mmmmm........{#Tongue}
Posted 11 years ago by asilbuch    [ Reply ]
dang,.. almost hard to focus. i was trying to write something (kickaszz beat)
Posted 12 years ago by midreaming    [ Reply ]
Chorus borrows from Stevie Winwood's composition ''I'm a Man''
Posted 12 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
Nice. Got my hips moving! Couldn't help it, I swear...
Posted 12 years ago by shakitten    [ Reply ]
 neuticle wrote:
snooze
 
I bet you could sleep through a blitzkrieg.

Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
snooze
Posted 13 years ago by neuticle    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:
My story:  I was in a horrible funk - a bad depression. I hadn't danced, sung, or even laughed out loud for months. And one day, while my brother was out of town, I was using his computer, and listening to KINK.FM.  They played this song, and something inside me snapped.  I started to dance to it, and then I was grinning, and then laughing at myself. It was the best five minutes of my life, right then.

I love this song in ways I can't even express in words. Marc Broussard may have saved my life, and he didn't even know it.  I've heard other things by him, and he can still make me grin like a village idiot without a village. 

Lovelovelove his music.
 
Thanks for sharing. Welcome back! Music can be soooooooo powerful. Kate Bush kept me going for many years.
Posted 13 years ago by tompoll    [ Reply ]
Just a good, swampy song!

Posted 13 years ago by PeeBee    [ Reply ]
Love this guy's voice... so full of soul and guts... boogie down...
Posted 13 years ago by audiophelia    [ Reply ]
He's playing here next week at a club downtown and I'm looking forward to being there.
Posted 13 years ago by jim1964    [ Reply ]
Could this really be 7 years old?

Saw him "accidentally," as an opening act.  When Bonnie Raitt came onstage, she said, "How can anyone follow that?",  and invited him to play with her band for the rest of the evening.

He's good, and I don't understand why he isn't more popular.
Posted 13 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
forgot about this song sweet!!
Posted 13 years ago by fast_eddie    [ Reply ]
My story:  I was in a horrible funk - a bad depression. I hadn't danced, sung, or even laughed out loud for months. And one day, while my brother was out of town, I was using his computer, and listening to KINK.FM.  They played this song, and something inside me snapped.  I started to dance to it, and then I was grinning, and then laughing at myself. It was the best five minutes of my life, right then.

I love this song in ways I can't even express in words. Marc Broussard may have saved my life, and he didn't even know it.  I've heard other things by him, and he can still make me grin like a village idiot without a village. 

Lovelovelove his music.
Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
Love it, so southern US.
Posted 13 years ago by lattalo    [ Reply ]
marc totallly delivers live, he's the real deal.
Posted 13 years ago by mellyp    [ Reply ]
did he borrow the hook from Gram Rabbit?
Posted 13 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Stompety-stomp-stomp! Feet, do yo' thang! Love the near subsonic background chorus too. This is growing on me.
Posted 13 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Love this song. If you haven't watched it, check out the version of Marc doing this acoustically at a radio show performance (via YouTube).
Posted 13 years ago by Danimal174    [ Reply ]
 SomeOldGuy wrote:
Love the song... such a shame to learn he plagiarized it...
 

proof please.
Posted 14 years ago by copymonkey    [ Reply ]
Love the song... such a shame to learn he plagiarized it...
Posted 14 years ago by SomeOldGuy    [ Reply ]
More Broussard please!!!! Yeah!
Posted 14 years ago by audiophelia    [ Reply ]
DoctorHooey wrote:
Wow! The cover art makes him look like a total douche

lattalo wrote:
I know he sounds Black, pretty good for a white boy!!!!!!!

On behalf of white guys from south Louisiana, WTF? "The cover art makes him look like a total douche"? "Pretty good for a white boy"? Hey, look honey - those white boys can read, write and even sing. It's almost like they're human!

Would you think it appropriate to say that Nelson Mandela is a pretty good international diplomat for a black boy? Probably not.

On a less insulting note, I've often wondered if the lyric "boy named Cope" refers to Citizen Cope. Anybody?


Posted 14 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
 WayUpNorth wrote:
What a voice!  Love this song! 
 
{#Clap}

Posted 14 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
Gotta continue to echo the sentiments of others here cause this guy has sure eaten his fair share of tarmac...dig that gravel
Posted 15 years ago by Sloggydog    [ Reply ]
 peter_james_bond wrote:

Whoa! What a set of pipes!
 

amen to that!  whoa!
Posted 15 years ago by freeone1    [ Reply ]
This young man cranks out serious Delta funk!  Seen him live a couple of times, and will again in October.  A worthwhile experience.

Posted 15 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]