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Del Mccoury and Friends Pay Tribute to the Struggles of Rural America

By admin ⋅ June 24, 2008 ⋅  Email This Post ⋅  Print This Post ⋅ Post a comment

Country music can speak to the real lived problems of people in America and around the globe. One example of this trend is Del Mccoury’s recent release. Amber Waves of Twang highlights:

Del McCoury has put out a compilation project that sings about the plight of rural America. The album enlists a stellar group of artists to tell this story. Moneyland, which is also the name of the title cut, invokes the spirit of FDR and his New Deal to tell this story. The first and last cut on the album are excerpts from a couple of FDR’s famous fireside chats, which makes this the first and likely last album review I will do which includes tracks by a dead president. Speaking of dead presidents, money is really the central subject on this project. Every song is really about either the lust for or lack of money, as the greedy are pushing the less fortunate to the margins, especially in rural America.

With the nation’s economic woes at the top of American minds for the foreseeable future, I wouldn’t be surprised to see more country music stars follow their lead. Our hearts go out to the heartland and those struggling economically.