HARD-COUNTRY-ROCK STORYTELLING
(with nostalgia for, and satire of, an America….that was)
I’ve written a lot of slyly satirical stuff over the past eleven years, as my way of storytelling about where America has been, where it’s at, and where it may go next, all, by taking potshots at seemingly dumbass moves by our career politicos and government along with commentaries on the weird and whacky happenings within our society.
Yet, like a lot of others who’ve been around for a while (some of us perhaps for too long) that time has seemed like a world turning upside down with velocities of changes and events buffeting our country almost every day of the week, and twice on Sundays. So, it’s comforting to come across another form of storytelling, that is, our country music genre, which remains constant.
In this instance it’s about a very handsomely designed and independently produced album titled – The Fisherman – . A hard-country-rock storytelling production….with nostalgia for, and satire of, an America….that was.
The sheer raw emotional power of its lyrics, and its foot-stomping instrumentals, are hard to beat. A true –cri de coeur – for something we’ve lost, but, may yet find again, even if its forms and ways won’t resemble those we’ve known before, but still remaining….pure America.
Well, if anything I write had half that effect and power, I’d have been long gone and kicking back in Kokomo and Margaritaville by now. As it is all I can do is feel good knowing that…. despite things like Napster and I-Tunes….Nashville….is still around….and in a uniquely pure-art format.
For anyone who cares to check it out here’s the link for it:
CENTURION
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