Eddie Seville’s ‘SOB Blues’ Unveils Something Bare
Eddie Seville is a modern-day troubadour. He tells truths through his multi-genre melange of country, folk, and alt.
Blending old-school storytelling with a rich, timeless sound, Seville is best known for his and call-it-em-you-see-em tinged lyrics. Northeast Performer describes his works as being “country blues with odd, effective hints of soul.”
Seville has been featured on multiple television networks, as well as HBO. Additionally, he has been released under both Atlantic and Universal. So what will this seasoned artist bring to the table with his new ‘SOB Blues’? For starters, gentle guitar, rounded and acoustic, picked delicately. A piano line (uplifting) guides us into the opening verse. We begin turning the pages of Seville’s newly-penned book:
“I’m positive, he’s negative
It’s all that he knew
If you walked in his boots, you’d be negative too…
There’s a chip on his shoulder, and a tear in his eye…”
Decades worth of pain become captured, a sonic snapshot in time. And yet, as we reach the chorus, there’s also a small sense of coyness about it all. “He’s a son of a son of a bitch.”
Ultimately, ‘SOB Blues’ tackles unhealthy marriage and familial trauma, drug use, and broken children from broken childhoods. It doesn’t mince words; it calls a spade a spade.
Steel slide enters as we return to the chorus. A mournful, rich solo guitar is the preamble to the mountainous bridge, which segways to a curt down-to-earth speak-sing section. Finally, the chorus reprises, its fresh high harmonies seal the deal for the ‘SOB Blues.’
Lulling and gentle, yet sad…wisened, this song is a prime example of (lived) vérité.
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