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Luke Bell, 2016
Written by Luke Bell
I'd never heard of this artist, and upon hearing his music, I assumed he was active maybe around the 1950s. But it turns out he released music in the 2000s, and died tragically young at 32. This song is pure high spirited honky-tonk. It's a modern day hobo's song. There's a nod to Roger Miller's "King Of the Road" in one line ("I like the sidewalks / And the streets and the lights from the pawn shops / And the windows and the doors when they ain't locked"), and "Big Rock Candy Mountain" in another ("cigarette trees is what we need"). It's a paean to country life, trucking, pool halls, drinking too much, played with joy and delivered with a wink.
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