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First Thing Tomorrow Intro

by Pi JACOBS

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The True story behind the song "First Thing Tomorrow".

Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter and musician Pi Jacobs is amplifying the concert experience on Live From Memphis, an inventive new album and her first for the Blackbird Record Label that places eight original songs alongside the personal stories that shaped them. Recorded with a full band, the project offers a sincere and sometimes funny look at her formative years, her family relationships, and even a few lessons she’s learned along the way.

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First Thing Tomorrow Intro

In 2016, I was confident, cocky even, that Hilary Clinton would win the election. That spring, I had gone on tour in Europe, and everywhere I went, people wanted to know “what is up with… we’ll just call him ‘Voldemort’”. “It’s never going to happen”, I would say, until I started to get annoyed at the question. It pained me to have the Europeans think we were so gullible. When I got home, I did phone banking and hosted parties for Hilary, and I was thrilled that we were finally going to have our first woman president.
The night of the election, we hosted a party. Twenty-five of our closest friends parked themselves in front of our TV to watch the results. Now, I have never completely understood the electoral college, but some of my friends know ALL about it. It was one of these friends who first figured it out. I believe it was Iowa? that was called for VOLDEMORT? Suddenly I look down, and my politically astute friend was sitting with silent tears streaming down her face.
At this point, most of us were still partying, drinking wine, chatting, and not paying attention. Suddenly, another person, got up and ran outside slamming the door. Slowly, we all peeled off into recognition of defeat. Some crying, some raging, some running away to be alone with their wounds.
I was one of the last to give up the ghost, “there must be some mistake” I thought. I was terrified of the idea that one with so little respect for women was going to be our leader. What kind of message did it send, having a known “grabber” in the White House? Were we women suddenly going to be assaulted in the streets while society stood by doing nothing? When I finally came around, only my husband and one of my best friends remained.
My bestie had taken a position out in our yard, where she was calling her family on the east coast, where it was now about one am and colorfully cussing them out for being VOLDEMORT supporters. I made her a bed, we had one last drink, and stared at each other in bewilderment.
The next day we took a walk. This particular friend and I have always been able to cheer each other up, but not this day. We walked with stomachaches and pounding heads, each trying to be the “brave one” like little kids whistling in the dark.
That day started a bender for me. I didn’t care. VOLDEMORT was president, and there wasn’t a dang thing I could do about it. I refrained from naming him and started happy hour earlier and earlier. I watched the news like a person watching a car accident - and drank more.
In 2018 I started writing a new album. In a co-writing session, we wanted to write a funny song about some poor soul trying to drink away their president. The song came out great but was uncomfortably parallel to what was going on in my own life. The song made onto the record, and every time I sang it I would inwardly cringe.
Eventually, I had to take the advice we had written into the song. I began to do activism again, and it made me feel a little bit better. The more I spoke my mind, the less I needed to make my days resemble a Lost Weekends. It was a relief, and I am proud to have participated, in a small way, in getting rid of VOLDEMORT!

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released July 9, 2021
Pi Jacobs - Author, Engineer, Voice
Eric Corne - Mastering

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Pi Jacobs is amplifying the concert experience on Live From Memphis, an inventive new album that places eight original songs alongside the personal stories that shaped them. Recorded with a full band, live at DittyTV in Memphis, the project offers a sincere and sometimes funny look at her formative years, her family relationships, and even a few lessons she’s learned along the way. ... more

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