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Burn It Down
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A Folk/Blues artist from the US Pacific Northwest A Songwriter, Singer, Storyteller, Slide Guitarist & Sawplayer Earthy vocals, resophonic guitar bottleneckin’ and the rhythmic moans of harmonica combine while foot stompin’ pounds out a beat.
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Folk/Blues songwriter/singer/storyteller/fingerpicker/bottleneck slider/harmonica huffer/sawplayer/washboard scrubber/Gadget maker
Reggie Miles... Songwriter, Singer, Storyteller, Slide Guitarist and Sawplayer Turns trash into musical treasure, his own homemade Nobro resophonic guitars, constructed from repurposed junk culled from garage sales, swap meets, thrift stores... Earthy vocals, Delta style bottleneck slidin' and the rhythmic moans of harmonica combine, while foot stompin' abounds, to create an Acoustic Roots Blues sound as authentic as you'll hear north of the Mason Dixon Line. An aficionado of storytelling, tall tales are intricately woven effortlessly into the fabric of music and songs A Folk/Blues fingerpicker of whimsical found and self-penned songs A virtuoso in the musical folk art of bowed hand saw melodies. An award winning songwriter, recording and performance artist who has gained multinational media attention via recent compositions like, "Wall Street Bailout Blues". Featured in a half dozen documentary film and video projects, on the recordings of more than a dozen Northwest artists, in addition to 21 self produced recordings since 1995. What others are saying about Reggie Miles... "Channeled Bukka White, Furry Lewis, Robert Johnson, Ken Kesey, and Salvadore Dali." (Brian G) "Traditional bluesie - brilliant... A mixture of Bluesey, jazzy, juggy, eclectic stuff... Solid" (Rick Fielding) "Shel Silverstein meets Leonard Cohen" (Anon) "Country blues with a novelty twist....a down home gravely voice and a driving slide guitar." (Chris Lunn, Victory Music Review) "I've been to LA. I've been to New York. I've been to San Francisco, Chicago, Memphis, Kansas City and New Orleans and I have never heard anybody like you!" (Anon) "Tom Waits meets Screamin' Jay Hawkins. Great music!" (Chris) "Reggie Miles in my humble opinion is great! It just does not get any better than this. What a talent! Oh, and by the way, I love the sound of that 'resonator guitar' he uses!" (Ron Ryan, Ghost writer for The Dave Clark Five) "One part Sonny Terry, one part Tiny Tim, three parts Mister T" (Amos Jessup) "Extremely entertaining and downright fun! Wonderfully wacky... Reggie Miles has succeeded in capturing the vaudevillian essence of depression era blues. Amazingly eerie, bizarre, interpretations featuring Reggie playing a saw." (Diane Wells)
Song Info
Genre
Blues • Acoustic Blues
Charts
Peak #20
Peak in subgenre #3
Author
Reggie Miles
Rights
2022 Reggie Miles
Uploaded
April 14, 2021
Track Files
MP3
MP3 10.7 MB • 320 kbps • 4:40
Lossless
WAV 25.6 MB
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Beat
4/4
Vocals
Male
Story behind the song
This song is the story of our times. We, as a people, must confront our demons and do whatever we can to bring an end to the nightmare of inequality, hatred, injustice, lies... This song was sparked into existence by the same forces which sparked people all over the world to begin the process of change via protest.
Lyrics
Burn It Down 2020 Reggie Miles All rights reserved We heard his last words, I can't breathe A knee on his neck caused the world to grieve Everyone watched the latest blue snuff show White hate unchained via viral video And people cried out in every town Burn it down, burn it down They shouted from the streets No justice, no peace Burn it down, burn it down And people began to chant and march They stood united from morning till dark In cities and parks they made their stand Their truth was heard through this land Burn it down burn it down People cried out in every city and town Bury racial hatred six feet underground Burn it down burn it down Murdered in the street Right before our eyes Defund the police Is our battle cry break Segregation hate Endless oppression This is not our fate End all this aggression Burn it down burn it down People cried out in every city and town Bury racial hatred six feet underground Burn it down burn it down We're waging war against inequality In a desperate fight to be free After hundreds of years and an ocean of tears To build a better life for you and me Being terrorized Evry single day Injustice hate & lies Have got to end today Burn it down burn it down People cried out in every city and town Bury racial hatred six feet underground Burn it down burn it down Burn it down, burn it down
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