Billy Wallace
The Road Spit Me Out
Uneasy; 2009
The formula by which any given singer-songwriter can dredge up the troubadour effect is a rather tried-and-true one. Listen to lots of Woody Guthrie and Bruce Springsteen, conjure up some sort of world-weary voice, and pen a litany of songs that bemoan one’s current (or just very recently past) station in life. There will always be a people wanting to live vicariously through someone else’s sad bastard, woe-is-me tales; and besides, if you’re anywhere near being a good storyteller, you’ll have a respectable fan base quite rapidly.
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