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West Coast Town, 2017
Written by Chris Shiflett
I had no idea who Shiflett was when I heard this song. He's the guitarist for Foo Fighters, trying on an alt-country hat and channeling Merle Haggard's attitude. "Yeah, mom held it down on a county wage / Clothes on our backs and food on our plates." t's interesting that he applies the music's hardscrabble working-class image specifically to Santa Barbara; I know there are plenty of depressed and middle class areas in California, of course, but when blended with the roots country sound there's a danger of it sounding artificial to many listeners. But the South doesn't own growing up hard and working for a living, so good for Shiflett, I say.