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I'm A Stranger In My Own Land
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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 #50
Peak in subgenre #8
Author
Reggie Miles
Rights
2022 Reggie Miles
Uploaded
July 04, 2022
Track Files
MP3
MP3 9.0 MB • 320 kbps • 3:55
Meta Data
Beat
4/4
Vocals
Male
Story behind the song
The sad state of our nation and how it's affected all of us
Lyrics
I'm A Stranger In My Own Land 2016 Reggie Miles All rights reserved Vigilante justice Hate groups arisin Voting rights gutted It's not surprisin I was born in America But I'm a stranger in my own land Legislators bought and sold Obstructionism Corporations as people Coat hangers for women I was born in America But I'm a stranger in my own land Every time I read another headline in the news Things keeps getting worse, I start to singin these Blues Cuttin benefits to the poor Subsidizin the rich Minority rule And wars for profits I was born in America But I'm a stranger in my own land Children massacred The middleclass is dyin AG Gag and frackin, no It's no denyin I was born in America But I'm a stranger in my own land History's a lie Religion's a control system Money is a hoax And debt is a fiction Media's manipulation Government's a corporation Somebody wake me up From this nightmare situation I was born in America But I'm a stranger in my own land Yes, I was born in America But I'm a stranger in my own land
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