Thunder without Rain
Produced by Glenn Buhr
Compiled, mixed and mastered by Jamie Sitar
Recorded in Winnipeg and Toronto in Summer/Fall, 2021
The Button Factory Band
• Peter Lutek, bassoon/saxophone
• Reg Schwager, guitars
• Glenn Buhr, vocals/piano
• Victor Bateman, bass/vocals
• Brandon Valdivia, drums
Margaret Sweatman, guest vocalist
Victoria Sparks, guest percussionist
Music: Glenn Buhr
Text: Sampled from The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot
Design by Bereket Hailemariam
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Wasteland
thunder without rain.
Our empty rooms; memory and desire.
Falling towers.
Red rock,
dry stone.
O city,
ivory and coloured glass.
Red sullen faces; agony in stony places.
Black clouds, endless plains.
Shantih,
shantih shantih.