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MP3 Will North - American Southern Boy
3 MP3 Songs in this album (10:17) !
Related styles: Country: Contemporary Country, Rock: Country-Rock, Solo Male Artist
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I grew up in the distinctive, southern town of Savannah, Ga. There I was first introduced to the many positives of southern food. There I grew up playing football in my backyard with my brother. There I was raised by a loving family, and there I sang for the first time at the age of 5. I continued singing and performing in theatres around town straight on up into high-school. I picked up guitar at age 15, and wrote my first song in that year—the morning after I was inspired by my newfound faith in Jesus. I continued writing, singing and playing guitar from that point on, but my love for acting was also growing. So like many 17-year-olds, when I graduated high-school, I dreamed of getting out of Savannah and venturing to places like New York and L.A.
Though I lived in New York briefly, and had a couple of mild successes, I always had a yearning in the back of my heart to go to the University of Alabama. For, unlike most people from Georgia, I was not a bulldog fan, but an Alabama Crimson Tide fan. (My dad, being from Alabama, had made sure to raise me right, as my first words were, “roll tide!”) And more than that, my favorite pastime is playing/watching/talking football. Furthermore, along with sound wisdom for living, my dad also gave me a love for Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash, and other country greats. My mom, in addition to her sacrificial devotion, also introduced me to the likes of Marty Robbins and Roger Miller.
So, through a series of miraculous blessings in disguise, I ended up in the MFA program at Alabama where (a year and a half into my time there) I met my wife. We got married and set out on adventures together living everywhere from Orlando to New York, from a cruise ship in the Mediterranean to Los Angeles. All the while we trusted in God to help us pursue our dreams of performing--and we have had some fun high points along the way. I never stopped writing songs, and the farther we moved from our southern roots, the more I yearned for the simple things I grew up around (that I had mostly taken for granted)--trees, green land, the sound of crickets, fresh fall air, family, familiarity. That was reflected in my writing. This album is a culmination literally, though unknowingly, decades in the making.
“American Southern Boy” is a song that reflects how the external influences of big city life and desires combined with the inner heart of this family-oriented, faith-filled, southern boy, to make me who I am today. Hopefully, with subtle humor, the song will give you a glimpse into who I am. Though I am seemingly somewhat of a contradiction, (my name is Will North singing a song called “American SOUTHern Boy”). In truth, at the core I am not a contradiction at all. I am a “football slingin’, Gospel believin’, country singin’, American, southern boy.”
My favorite drink: sweet tea. My favorite food: Bar-B-Q (I recommend Dreamland in Tuscaloosa, AL). “Sweet Tea and Bar-B-Q” came about as I set out to write about two of my favorite things. However, it quickly became a song not only about sweet tea and bar-b-q, but about relationships, memories, and good times, (that just so happen to be accompanied by sweet tea and bar-b-q). I find that I can’t drink, (or sing about), sweet tea and bar-b-q without being nostalgically transported to those sweet memories that I had while enjoying them. It is all about the relationships.
The last track on the EP, “Nashville, TN,” must not be mistaken for a melancholy song--even though it originated from, (and certainly makes no apology about), those struggles that I have had in my life. Have I been disappointed? Without a doubt. Has this idealistic, optimistic, believing, perfectionist been let down and suffered losses? Too many to count. However, all of those times are bittersweet to me now. At one point they were just bitter--ha. But the sweetness comes from realizing that each “no” and each “yes” were both equally used by God to guide me to where He wants me to be. The song is about triumphing over adversity. Tommy DeVito once said in an interview, “don’t give up”. So true. Simple and cliché, yet totally poignant and profound at the same time. I realized that I had too much music inside of me. I had too many stories to tell to watch the clock hands turn waiting on someone to ask me to help them tell their story. I have my own story to tell, to write, and to sing. If I don’t sing these stories, who will?...So I say with all sincerity, thank you friend, for listening. God Bless.
-Will North
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