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Los Angeles, CA – Internationally acclaimed singer/songwriter Chris Pierce delivers a follow-up to his critically acclaimed 2021 acoustic album “American Silence” with an LP offering “Let All Who Will” due out summer 2023. The 15-song album, co/produced by Niko Bolas (Neil Young, The Mavericks) and Dave Resnik (Sonia Dada, Mavis Staples) was recorded in Hollywood, CA at the legendary Sunset Sound in Studio 2. The current single is a Folk/Blues/ Americana song called “Tulsa Town”.
“Tulsa Town” is packed with intense storytelling, intuitive spontaneity and a powerful performance which captures the sound of Folk/Blues/Americana, all supporting Pierce’s unmistakable soulfully dynamic vocal reminiscent of Odetta, Paul Robeson, Harry Belafonte, Nina Simone and other folk music greats. The song features an all-star personnel list of musicians including Doug Pettibone (Lucinda Williams, Ray LaMontagne), Michael Jerome (Richard Thompson, Blind Boys of Alabama), Kaveh Rastegar (John Legend, Bruce Springsteen), Kelvin Holly (Little Richard, Peggi Young), Dave Palmer (Solomon Burke,
Seal), Maiya Sykes (Macy Gray, Postmodern Jukebox), Jessica Childress (Aloe Blacc, Rod Stewart), Ginger Murphy (Kamasi Washington, Kendrick Lamar) and Charles Jones (Jennifer Hudson, Joy Oladokun).
lyrics
TULSA TOWN
Written by Chris Pierce & Mark Malone
They came from just a mile away,
From just across the town today,
And look at what they’ve got to say,
Here in Tulsa Town.
Well, they’re burning down the mercantile
Houses falling in a pile
I guess I’ll just watch a while,
Here in Tulsa town.
Well, Tulsa town is burnin’ down,
Ashes falling on the ground.
If you build it up, they’ll break it down.
Here in Tulsa Town.
Yesterday we’d both agree
“What’s this got to do with me?”
If they’d just, sweet lord, let me be
Here in Tulsa Town.
But they never listened to my plea
And tied me to this hanging tree
But that’s the way it goes you see
When they’re burning Tulsa DOWN
Well, Tulsa town is burnin’ down,
Ashes falling on the ground.
If you build it up, they’ll break it down.
Here in Tulsa Town.
What the hell’d I do to you?
That made you do the things you do?
What question’s this the answer to?
Here in Tulsa town.
And what a view I have today,
Watching as the willows sway,
Cinders falling black and grey
Here in Tulsa Town.
Well, Tulsa town is burnin’ down,
Ashes falling on the ground.
If you build it up, they’ll break it down.
Here in Tulsa Town.
Now the story’s going round
That I brought these men to Tulsa Town
That I caused all this burning down
Here in Tulsa Town.
Not a word of that is true
But what am I supposed to do
Hanging from this point of view?
Here in Tulsa Town.
Well, Tulsa town is burnin’ down,
Ashes falling on the ground.
If you build it up, they’ll break it down.
Here in Tulsa Town.
But the fire grew wider than they meant it to
And burned their houses through and through
That’s what fires will tend to do.
Here in Tulsa Town.
And all the ashes look the same.
Falling through the smoke and rain…
Swirling down the city drain…
Here in Tulsa Town.
released May 26, 2023
CHRIS PIERCE - TULSA TOWN
From the forthcoming album “Let All Who Will”
Written by Chris Pierce & Mark Malone
Chris Pierce Publishing (ASCAP)
MaloneFilm Inc. (ASCAP)
Produced by Niko Bolas & David Resnik
Executive Producer David Resnik
Recorded at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, CA
Mixed by Niko Bolas in Ventura, CA
Assistant Mixing by Clay Blair & Nate Haze
Mastered by Richard Dodd in Nashville, TN
Album Art, Photos & Design - Mathieu Bitton
Booking Agent - Prater Day
Management Team - Friends at Work
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