February 2, 2009 - Chapel Hill, NC - Picture it's 2040 and a young kid is asking an old geezer, “What happened back in '09 when you lost your house and job and why?" That's what Tokyo Rosenthal's new single “Mister Tell Me 'Bout The Great Depression" is all about.
“We spent it all on war and oil, put our heads in the mortgaged soil"
Rock & Sock Records recording artist Tokyo Rosenthal, fresh off the critical acclaim of his last CD, “Love Won Out" is now taking on the economic woes of the U.S. with his latest recording. “Like most boomers I heard the tales of the 'first Great Depression' from my Grandparents but never thought wed see another," said Rosenthal recently. “So I wondered what it was going to be like if I'm asked the hard questions 30 years from now, assuming I live that long(lol. Next thing I knew I put it all to song."
“We voted them our public trust, and they turned it all to rust"
Tokyo explained that he felt compelled to record the song immediately much the way Neil Young felt the urgency to record “Ohio" after he wrote that. So he ran over to Chris Stamey's Modern Recording in Chapel Hill, phoned up Bobby Britt to bring over his fiddle and two days later “Mister Tell Me 'Bout The Great Depression" was a reality on CD with Stamey also playing bass as well assisting on the production. Toke sang it and played guitar, mandolin, drums, piano and organ.
“Seems like we hadn't learned our lesson, Mister Tell Me 'Bout The Great Depression"
Rosenthal premiered the tune live on WCOM's Wrecking Ball radio program to a great reaction from DJ Jayson Sanders several weeks ago. He followed that with a performance on the award winning radio show State Of Things on WUNC. Now the song is being played by Americana DJs the world over and threatening to cross over to mainstream and country stations. Rosenthal embarks on a 2 week promotional tour of Holland and Scotland on January 26th where the tune is a welcome comment on Europe's economic stress as well. Far from a ballad, the song is a solid country rocker that both delivers a message and a beat.
Keeping in line with present trends the song is only available as a down load from CD Baby, iTunes and other down load services.
“We spent it all on war and oil, put our heads in the mortgaged soil"
Rock & Sock Records recording artist Tokyo Rosenthal, fresh off the critical acclaim of his last CD, “Love Won Out" is now taking on the economic woes of the U.S. with his latest recording. “Like most boomers I heard the tales of the 'first Great Depression' from my Grandparents but never thought wed see another," said Rosenthal recently. “So I wondered what it was going to be like if I'm asked the hard questions 30 years from now, assuming I live that long(lol. Next thing I knew I put it all to song."
“We voted them our public trust, and they turned it all to rust"
Tokyo explained that he felt compelled to record the song immediately much the way Neil Young felt the urgency to record “Ohio" after he wrote that. So he ran over to Chris Stamey's Modern Recording in Chapel Hill, phoned up Bobby Britt to bring over his fiddle and two days later “Mister Tell Me 'Bout The Great Depression" was a reality on CD with Stamey also playing bass as well assisting on the production. Toke sang it and played guitar, mandolin, drums, piano and organ.
“Seems like we hadn't learned our lesson, Mister Tell Me 'Bout The Great Depression"
Rosenthal premiered the tune live on WCOM's Wrecking Ball radio program to a great reaction from DJ Jayson Sanders several weeks ago. He followed that with a performance on the award winning radio show State Of Things on WUNC. Now the song is being played by Americana DJs the world over and threatening to cross over to mainstream and country stations. Rosenthal embarks on a 2 week promotional tour of Holland and Scotland on January 26th where the tune is a welcome comment on Europe's economic stress as well. Far from a ballad, the song is a solid country rocker that both delivers a message and a beat.
Keeping in line with present trends the song is only available as a down load from CD Baby, iTunes and other down load services.
For more information contact Glass Onyon PR - William James.
