North Country Man

Alex Smith

Alex Smith has a deep voice & deep roots in the Allegheny Mountains of northern New York. He was a punk rocker in high school, but at 23 makes music of the folk/Americana vein, about the people & places of his rural home.

All the songs in this program are performed by Alex Smith
Forces
I Like Building Things
North Country Girl
Like We Know How
North Point Road
We Were Young

 

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SOS-000311

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North Country Man

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Alex lived on a perfect road for parking & necking - for Mark, there were adventures.
With a class size of 6 or 7, what's the intellectual life like?
Caleb refused a Purple Heart when his had was shot, but why?
Discussion around the impact of war on folks in the Adirondacks, things like the "economic draft" and war pride, and the changing/changed nature of war.

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