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A Miners’ Town, is the eerie opening track that sets the tone for the entire record. Powerful, greedy, gun-slinging oil men come to town and take what they want without regard for the inhabitants, or the land. They leave behind a bloody mess of destruction and wasteland.

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A Miners’ Town

Hail, hail! the gang is all here
Riding into town with their barrels in air
Hide your women scuttle to get all the children inside
They’re set to spill someone’s blood for sure tonight

A miners’ town is a harbor of souls
Where the railroads cross and the black gold flows
Those with God, claim to hold the keys to the mountain on high
Every barrel is a tomb and another town left to die

Abandoned homes line the town’s main street
Bullets hit the windows and they shatter with a scream
‘Tween the alleys, old homes crackle in the smoldering fires
Burning all the things that were made from love inside

Smoke plumes rise in the scuffle of night
Winding their way over weed-choked fields
The townsfolk there, gather enraged at the end of their wits
Taking aim at the coal men chasing their blood earned yields

Here we are on new frontier
Falling back on wild-west years
Dreams laid out on our horizons
Rise and fall with profiteers

Red moon arise on the river tonight
Casting a ray on the crimson tide
The howling winds carry the calls of the harrowing cries
Another bloody battle in a miners’ town left to die

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from A Miners' Town, track released May 7, 2013

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Marc Silver & The Stonethrowers Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

“Marc Silver is living proof that singer/songwriters don’t need to shout outrageously shocking lyrical lines in order to attract well-deserved attention…His confessional songs draw you in, rather than drag you along… a truly noteworthy artist that walks quietly, but carries a big gift.” Dan MacIntosh, [Spin]

Marc works as a solo artist, and with his Bluegrass/Americana Band The Stonethrowers.
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