Tough Town

Before long, I picked up a copy of the full Phil Gammage CD Cry of the City, and the whole album is equally good.  The opening track, “Tough Town” sets the mood:  the narrator has lost his job, found his woman in bed with another man, drinks all night, but:  “Yeah, it’s a tough town, but I’m still around”.  In “Castle Made of Sand”, he relates:  “Yeah, ain’t it funny how things sometimes work out / One day you’re on easy street, the next you’re down and out".  Other songs follow the same theme:  “I Took a Walk”, “Wait for the Dawn”, “Motel Called Loneliness”. 

(March 2015)