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
BONUS: Finding a Place to Neck
Alex lived on a perfect road for parking & necking - for Mark, there were adventures.
BONUS: Small-town Intellectual Life
With a class size of 6 or 7, what's the intellectual life like?
BONUS: Macho to Refuse a Purple Heart?
Caleb refused a Purple Heart when his had was shot, but why?
BONUS: Military/War Attitudes
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.
Alex Smith
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Small-town Life
Folk Music

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