9th Ward Pickin' Parlor

"Well I told him I too had been traveling around<br/> Living in my van from town to town<br/> Playing for tips and whatever records I could move<br/> ...

9th Ward Pickin' Parlor
Provided By:The Daily Vault

9th Ward Pickin' Parlor
Shawn Mullins
Vanguard Records, 2006
REVIEW BY: Jason Warburg
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: 02/14/2006
"Well I told him I too had been travelingaround
Living in my van from town to town
Playing for tips and whatever records I could move
I said I don't reckon I'll be making it big
It's hard to get rich off a tour playing coffeehouse gigs
He said yeah, but isn't it a blessing to be able to do what youwant to do?"
"Twin Rocks, Oregon" by Shawn Mullins (Soul'sCore, 1998)
It's a familiar story: Gifted, pluckyindependent-minded artist self-releases subtle, superbly craftedCDs in relative obscurity; gifted artist pushes towards a moremainstream sound; gifted artist is nabbed and swallowed whole bythe music industry machine; gifted artist wanders in the wildernessof semi-fame for several years before finding his/her way back tothe reasons he/she was making music in the first place.
But hey, if the cliché fits, you might as wellwear it, and it fits Shawn Mullins like a custom-tailored suit.

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