Photo Credit: Melissa Payne
Here’s the latest single from “The Way The West Was Won”, Dallas Burrow’s latest album which is out September 26th on Forty Below Records. ‘Colorado Bound‘ is a finger-picked ballad, which has a timeless nostalgia to it – all this talk of heading out West in “Sleeper Cars” might conjure up images of 19th century expansion, twenties (that’s nineteen-twenties) luxury travel or it could even be today, for those few still embracing the romance of the rail. Burrow’s even touches on this with lyrics questioning whether this is a repeated journey from another previous life, an eternal questing, a déjà vu of a parting.
And if that’s the feel the song conveys then Burrow has sucedded in his intent, as he explains: “Our subject is catching a train, running away from their old life, crossing the great plains, and heading for a new start in the mountains of Colorado. I pictured as I wrote it, that this was all sort of set in the old west, with the image of an 1800s era train platform, and a coal fired locomotive. I had the great honour once again of having one of my all time favourite singers join me on this one; this time, the lovely and talented Ms. Kelly Willis adds her signature, golden voice to this song’s landscape. Coincidentally, I realized after I had written the song that there is actually a Townes Van Zandt song by the same name. Once again, this track is brought to life by Katie Shore’s world class fiddle playing.”
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