The Dead South, In Hell I’ll Be In Good Company

Clever video. But simple.

Simple song. But maybe clever. The lyrics seem to show a dark murder ballad, though I didn’t get that on first listen.

Whatever. Somehow this cute video and folkish trad song has scored 44 million plays on YouTube. That’s huge, it is real money, and it comes from Canadians into bluegrass, even if the music isn’t bound by genre exactly.

More power to them. This isn’t rock, but if these folks can earn green on this fine but totally uncommercial song, I’d say they’re successful remnants.

Also, good title and band name. Especially for northerners. Maybe not as good as The Band.

2 thoughts on “The Dead South, In Hell I’ll Be In Good Company

  1. This song’s hook and rhythm are basically copied and pasted from “Once upin a time in the West’s” main overture. Even the lyrics tell part of the movies story, im suprised more people arent talking about it as it is quite clearly borrowed form another source.

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