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Barstow to Reno

from The Longwall by Brian Granse

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Barstow to Reno is a working class tale that follows the personal hardships of a character’s life amid the post-recession landscapes of rural California and Nevada. As Glide Magazine puts it, “Granse’s strength as a lyrical storyteller is on full display as he transforms his own experience of witnessing a family of four in the parking lot of a small hotel while traveling through the east side of the Sierras a few years after the 2008 recession.” Barstow to Reno captures an ages old, immortal theme that continues to shape the American landscape.

lyrics

It’s been two years running,
Counting my change.
Marking up the classifieds,
And typing my name.
The walls are plain here,
Each room the same.
But the water runs warm,
And the nights are safe.

I’m paying them late each week,
They cut me a break.
But they gotta draw the line,
There’s a living to make.
And I’m about 70 shy,
Of waking in the truck.
I’m digging around Reno,
For an honest buck.

I held my pride once,
My wife held a job.
Now we’re just sifting,
Through the desert rocks.
Now we’re just searching,
Two desert hawks.

In these brown hills,
The sun’s ablaze.
There’s nothing much going,
Hasn’t been for days.
There’s nothing much growing,
Just a handful of snakes.

credits

from The Longwall, track released September 16, 2022
Words and music by Brian Granse.
Chris Frank on Upright Bass
Gideon Freudman on Cello (parts written and arranged by Brian and performed by Gideon)
Russ Kleiner on Drums
All other instruments are Brian Granse (acoustic guitar, vocals, electric guitar swells, piano)
Mixed by Brian Granse
Mastered by Ryan Foster at Foster Mastering in Portland, Oregon

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Brian Granse Portland, Oregon

Brian Granse is a singer and songwriter in Portland, Oregon. He released his first EP,” 0.5,” in 2001, and then Earthrise (2004) and American Nobody (2006). After touring and piecing together construction jobs, Granse performed full-time from 2007- 2010. Granse now teaches beat production, audio engineering, and Social Studies at an alternative high school, producing Hip-Hop with Portland youth. ... more

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