The Po' Ramblin' Boys - "Trying to Live the Dream" (Official Audio)

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The Po' Ramblin' Boys - "Trying to Live the Dream" (Official Audio)

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Listen to The Po' Ramblin' Boys’ "Trying to Live the Dream," from their album 'Wanderers Like Me.' Written by Josh Rinkel on his first trip to Gatlinburg, Tennessee and sung by Laura Orshaw, "Trying to Live the Dream" is a contemplative reflection on playing music for a living and missing home. The Po' Ramblin Boys: C.J. Lewandowski - mandolin Laura Orshaw - lead vocals, fiddle Josh Rinkel - acoustic guitar Jasper Lorentzen - bass Jereme Brown - banjo, harmony vocals Purchase/Stream: Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/the-po-ramblin-boys/wanderers-like-me Bandcamp: https://theporamblinboys.bandcamp.com/album/wanderers-like-me All other platforms: https://orcd.co/the-po-ramblin-boys-wanderers-like-me Beneath the steel strings and steely demeanor exemplifying the spirit of bluegrass lies the heart of a wanderer: the heartbroken rambler looking for the next big break and the next story to tell. The Po’ Rambin’ Boys’ Wanderers Like Me is a quintessential bluegrass record, full of melodies that burst with energy and emotion and music driven by melancholy but refusing to succumb to it. They confront their losses with original songs that resonate poignantly across the hills and hollers where bluegrass was born. For The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys wandering is anything but aimless: they ramble not to escape the past but to experience the future. The Po' Ramblin' Boys: https://www.theporamblinboys.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/poramblinboys/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/poramblinboys Twitter: https://twitter.com/poramblinboys Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordings Twitter: https://twitter.com/Folkways Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/smithsonianfolkways Support our work! Become a Friend of Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/friends-of-folkways The content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.

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