Dean Harlem “Red Oak Hill” – heading for those country roads

Dean Harlem clearly believes that making music is his role in life – Dean Harlem is originally from Donetsk, Ukraine but his family emigrated to the US when he was 4. He grew up in New Jersey but left home at 18 to hitchhike across the US to busk and see the country. He would sometimes play for 5 hrs a day to make enough money to keep going, at one point after getting a car, he was sleeping in his vehicle in Walmart parking lots.

He’s now living in Nashville where he landed a residency at Eric Church’s new megabar Chief’s on Broadway where he plays all original music every Sunday and Wednesday – a rarity for Broadway which mainly features cover bands for tourists.

Today’s song is the title track from his new EP – it’s a classic tale of getting out of the cities and back to the more wholesome surrounding’s of  Country roots.

 

About Jonathan Aird 2888 Articles
Sure, I could climb high in a tree, or go to Skye on my holiday. I could be happy. All I really want is the excitement of first hearing The Byrds, the amazement of decades of Dylan's music, or the thrill of seeing a band like The Long Ryders live. That's not much to ask, is it?
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