Name: Boomtown
Duration: P00H04M36S
Description: I was inspired to write this tune in 1998 after seeing Ken Burn's documentary on the Dustbowl and the Great Depression of the 1930's. It's one of the first songs I ever wrote, and I still play it today.

Boomtown

from Boomtown by The Deep North

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$1 USD or more
Buy the Full Digital Album

about

I was inspired to write this tune in 1998 after seeing Ken Burn's documentary on the Dustbowl and the Great Depression of the 1930's. It's one of the first songs I ever wrote, and I still play it today.

lyrics

Boomtown (Music & words by Mike Cobb 1998)

Boomtown gone bust

All the crops gone to dust

Way on back in 1933

How’m I gonna feed the family

Headed down a dusty road

Got no place left to go

When time is moving way too slow

In a boomtown gone bust, all the steel has turned to rust

In a boomtown gone bust, when banks are broke, in broke we trust

Lost my home and lost my money

Got no job but I won't work for free

Just trying to put some clothes on my back

Hey mister would you cut me some slack

Headed down a dusty road

Got no place left to go

When time is moving way too slow

In a boomtown gone bust, all the steel has turned to rust

In a boomtown gone bust, when banks are broke, in broke we trust

credits

from Boomtown, released May 18, 2021
Rhythm Guitar - Mike Cobb
Lead Guitar - Eric Ambel
Bass - Andrew B. White
Drums - Daryl Cozzi
Wurlitzer, Hammond, & harmony vox - Will Doemland
Produced by Eric Ambel
Engineered by Mario Viele
Recorded at Cowboy Technical Services in Brooklyn, NY

license

about

MCjr Brooklyn, New York

The Deep North play original rock & roll rooted in classic Americana with influences like Dylan, The Band, CCR, Neil Young, The Byrds, The Jayhawks, & more.

Facebook

contact / help

Contact MCjr

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like MCjr, you may also like:

24th Street Blues
by Tom Heyman

Tom Heyman documents life in San Francisco circa 2023, refusing to succumb to easy characterization & instead capturing the city’s nuance. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 22, 2023
go to album
Echo Dancing
by Alejandro Escovedo

The legendary Alejandro Escovedo returns with another country-rock scorcher. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 29, 2024
go to album
Passion Fruit Boys
by Passion Fruit Boys

Nashville’s Passion Fruit Boys nail the effervescent janglepop of ’80s college radio with bright guitars and immediate hooks. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 1, 2022
go to album
That's How Rumors Get Started
by Margo Price

The latest from the alt-country favorite is her most direct and rocking album to date. Bandcamp Album of the Day Jul 14, 2020
go to album
Downey to Lubbock
by Dave Alvin

Soulful guitar interplay form the heart of this lovely Americana collaboration from Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 2, 2018
go to album
Play It On The Tannoys
by Stranger The Horse

Rich and carefully-sculpted songs that cross-wire country and roots music with jazz, samba, and more. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 14, 2017
go to album
Need to Feel Your Love
by SHEER MAG

The Philly rock juggernaut's debut LP is finally here, an electric rallying cry led, as always, by Tina Halladay's powerful voice. Bandcamp New & Notable May 10, 2017
go to album