Thursday, February 29, 2024

Barroom Blues - The Pink Stones

Barroom Blues - The Pink Stones
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Introducing... The Pink Stones, 2021
Written by the Pink Stones

This is a catchy country-rock song that might have been found on a late Byrds album.  The Pink Stones, a sextet from Georgia, lean on twangy pedal steel and honky-tonk piano over the typical guitar, bass, and drums.  In the song, the narrator is just hanging around the bar, with nothing to do since his lady left him, ready to drink or fight, or anything that's not going home: "I've got nowhere to be now that you're not mine / Waiting on an empty bottle to show me a sign / I got the late night bar room blues / And I'm aiming to lose."  The melody bounces along, belying the deep loneliness of the lyrics. 

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