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Midtempo, simmering, spoken-word story with an anthemic chorus. The true story of E.A. Stuart and his last ride. A love song to life and land.

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There was a story in the San Francisco Chronicle that someone remembered to save
And it was about a lady who lived in the good old days
When a century was born and a century had died
And about these good old days the old lady replied
Why they were just a lot of people doing the best they could
Just a lot of people doing the best they could
And then the lady said that they did it pretty up and walking good

What ever happened to those faces in the old photographs
I mean, the little boys
Boys hell they were men
Who stood knee deep in the Johnstown mud
In the time of that terrible flood
And they listened to the water that awful noise
Then they put away the dreams that belonged to little boys

And the sun is going down for Mister Bouie
As he's singing with his class of nineteen-two
Oh mother country I do love you
Oh mother country I do love you

I knew a man named E.A. Stuart spelled S-T-U-A-R-T
And he owned some of the finest horses I've ever seen
And he had one favorite a champion the old Campaigner
And he called her Sweetheart On Parade
And she was easily the finest horse that the good Lord ever made
But old E.A. Stuart he was going blind
And he said before I go I gotta drive her one more time
So people came from miles around and they stood around the ring
But no one said a word
No one said a thing
And they're opening the gates back there
And here they come E.A. Stuart in the wagon right behind
Sitting straight and proud and he's driving her stone blind
And would you look at her
Oh she never looked finer or went better than today
It's E.A. Stuart and the old Campaigner Sweetheart On Parade
And the people cheered
Why I even saw a grown man break right down and cry
And you know it was just a little while later that old E.A. Stuart died

And the sun is going down for Mister Bouie
As he's singing with his class of nineteen-two
Oh mother country I do love you
Oh mother country I do love you

credits

from Mother Country - FYC "Folk Album", released May 11, 2015
Dave Crossland – vocals, acoustic guitar
Peter Adams – all keyboards
Bob Hawkins – electric guitar
Kimon Kirk – electric and acoustic bass
Tom Polce – drums, percussion, backing vocals

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Dave Crossland Los Angeles, California

Dave Crossland and his hard-loved '49 Gibson J-45 are based in LA. No Depression gave Mother Country a “Los Angeles Best of 2014” and the Boston Herald gave his "Pearl" CD a top-10 album spot with Springsteen and Neko Case. Well-seasoned on the indie circuit, Crossland has supported / shared stages with Shawn Colvin, John Waite, Kenny Loggins, Lindsey Buckingham, Rosanne Cash, America, and more... ... more

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