Story songs can be real iffy. I find them to be pretty difficult most of the time, with the music and the tale not jiving as one. Chuck Melchin of the Bean Pickers Union has found a nice melding with Photograph.

This dark and murky number tells a dark and murky tale of destruction and loss. The eerie, octave piano melody lays the framework for the story, as it lies on top of tremolo drenched rhythm guitar. Melchin is in great voice; confident, yet frail. Photograph falls in line with many story song by the likes of the Band or Neil Young; sparse and disconcerting, yet familiar. Overall, this a well-crafted song that beautifully melds words and music to bring it's story across.

-- Yeti

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Bean Pickers Union - Photograph (mp3)

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