Grindstone is an old word for a tool that was used to sharpen cutting edges like axes. When sharpening blades, knife grinders tend to bend over the grindstone, or even like flat down with their faces near the grindstone in order to hold the blades against the stone and verify angle. It can be found in modern day slang with things like "He on his grind" or "grinding". As for the Pills issue, in the hills of kentucky there is an opiate crisis. Everyone out there knows someone who's life was lost to opiates. Meth is creeping in due to higher government regulation of opiates, but fentanyl is getting stronger.
Also grindstone in flour/ grain mills. Wind or hydro could be turned by animal or human power manually. Trudging forward in a never ending circle with your head down as the person turning the gear for the grindstone.
The original saying was from grinding corn or grain into meal and flour. The dust is super flammable so you had to keep your nose to the stone in case you started smelling smoke to prevent explosion/fire
You're hearing the "Appalachian cry" which around here we are familiar with. His name is pronounced Chill-ders. And yes, he's talking about pills. Here in Kentucky where Tyler and I are both from, pill addiction and overdoses has reached epidemic proportions. There's what we call pill-mills everywhere. Many small towns have more pill mills and Dollar Stores than any other business. When you come into these towns, hopelessness settles over you like a blanket. People like Tyler represent our pain.
I’m in western WV, near eastern KY (where Tyler is from) and we have a horrible opioid epidemic. The “pills” prescribed in one small town here is usually enough for a very large city. It’s bad. And “nose to the grindstone” is a phrase that means “keep working and keep your nose clean”. Which is what all parents here teach their kids. “Reading, writing & Rt. 23” is another phrase used here - it means, “As soon as you learn to read & write, go north on Rt 23 & get the hell out of here.”
Oh, by the way. His name is pronounced more like “Chillders “ instead of “Child ers “. I remember on a baseball trip to Florida, during a day off from games. We were all around the pool. Tyler brought his guitar down to entertain us. After about three songs, people were on all the balconies and hundreds around the pool enjoying. Awesome guy! And as Country as can be.
the metaphore "keep your nose on the grindstone" means to work hard, stay close or focus on your work." and stay away from the drugs. this is one of hardest lessons of life even as adults
You have opened up your heart for this mans song and voice...you will love his other songs...Feathered Indians, White House Road and Lady Mae are awesome..no one else like him! Thank you for this reaction...
Keeping your nose to the grindstone is a saying that means keep your head down and do your work. Take care of your business. Also, he literally means pills. All over the country, but especially rural areas, there is a prescription drug abuse epidemic. I’m from Kentucky. Eastern Kentucky, where Tyler is from, has been hit especially hard beginning with coal miners’ injuries being over-prescribed pain pills, causing addiction.
Pills = Opioids. Daddy got hooked on them after he messed up his back. Told his son not to mess with those pills because of his experience with them. 😊 Great reaction!
“Pills” have ate up SE Kentucky and West Virginia. They call it “Hillbilly Heroin”. It has ruint my hometown of Huntington Wv, streets full of zombies at night. As far as the grindstone…it refers to the everyday struggle or grind that unfortunate people face every day.
I'll second what Chris Hall below commented. Appalachian Mountain Region is experiencing a rise in the Meth/opiode/fentanyl plague. I'm thinking Childers himself struggled with substance abuse at one time. Childers is kinda like Dwight Yoakam where they're so unique (they're from the same region of the country). I got to see Tyler Childers this past summer in concert and it was a pretty good show. Cool Reaction though, I'm looking forward to seeing you react to more from Tyler Childers.
The true saying is, “keep your nose to the grindstone”. It means to stay focused on your goals and out of trouble. “Out of the pills” means exactly that. The opioid problems in southern WV and Eastern KY are horrible.
From southeast KY right from near his holler. What he's saying is is old man warning him to stay busy and not be snorting pills. It's a HUGE problem back home.
You’ve heard people say stay on the grind. It’s changed over the years, a grindstone is what you make flour on. So keep working and stay off pills, aka oxy
Tyler Childers is a real treasure that doesn't get played on "country" radio. He comes out of the same tradition as John Prine, which means the Nashville formulaic pop country industry isn't interested.
I was shocked recently going back to northern Alabama, prescription drug addiction is a huge problem. They take each others, sell them to each other. Everyone seemed to be on them. I’m 61, I never saw such a thing 😢
I’ve been deep diving Tyler Childers reaction vids and yours is probably my favorite! Reacting to not only his voice and the music, but most importantly the LYRICS. Definitely subscribing :)
“Out of the pills”. Yes. I think he’s saying don’t do drugs. Keep busy working and don’t use drugs. Popping pills is usually when someone breaks open a capsule and snorts the contents. I think that’s what he’s referring to. Great reaction. I love Tyler Childers. I have most of his records on vinyl. Other good songs: “Follow You To Virgie”, “Whitehouse Road”, “House Fire”, “Shake The Frost”. There’s so many great ones. You really can’t go wrong with Tyler.
Keep your Nose to the GrindStone means to knuckle down , work hard ... a GrindStone is what's used to grind the wheat to make flour for bread . ( one of the oldest forms of work and examples are found in every early civilisation) it can also be a upright circular stone wheel for sharpening tools and knives etc . And the Pills are pills ( opiates) Tyler has struggled with addiction to pills and Booze for years but is currently clean and sober
Tyler Childers brings the generational pain from the Appalachian culture; and shows it in his voice, unbelievable poverty still, and now an opiate and meth epidemic. Keep your nose on the grindstone means focus on your work, and what’s important. It’s legitimately a tool for sharpening instruments. He’s recently clean from drugs. Chill feed. Listen to Way of the Triune God.
Actual pills.. Opioid addiction is a huge problem. Especially in my part of the country. And his dad in the song most likely has experience with that, considering the line that he messed up his back.
Britt my girl there was an epidemic of pills in pike county ky and West Virginia a few years back. Took a lot of lives. Love listening to your reactions
"It takes twice as long to build bridges you've burnt". Such a good line. I feel like Patty Loveless "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive" is a good bookend for this song. Also about the trials of being born in coal country.
Lotta peeps be on those opiates. That’s what. Probably more than that as well. He is one of my favorites of all time. He doesn’t just sing, he tells you how to be. At least in this one. That’s how I took it.
Great reaction, great song, great artist. He has several songs I love. Including a gospel song of his WAY OF THE TRIUNE GOD. If you ever listen to it do it with the official video.
Aight girl... its chill-ders... Tyler Chill-ders🤙🍻 amd a grimd stone is what they used to use to make flower/ a stone that is used to sharpen a knife edge👍 and pills is pills/drgs
I am completely perplexed by how many people do not understand "keep your nose on the grindstone" means. 😵💫. work hard, take care of yourself and your family. don't drink don't do drugs I am from Sweden and live by these rules. children first.
The opioid epidemic started in Eastern Kentucky and other hard labor places. Oxycontin was prescribed as a non-addictive medication because the doctors believed the pharmaceutical reps. A person goes down into the mines, hurts themselves, and they got put on oxycontin creating a rapid epidemic. Tyler is from where I am, cousin to my brother in law, but I've never met him. Would definitely like to, though.
Quick take - I think this song is a great take on the battle between knowing what to do and actually doing it. I think Tyler picks up on the fact that it is easy to give great and simple advice but much much harder to actually implement the advice. It is a back and forth between a father that has simple advice that, on its own, seems very easy to abide by. The son in the song is really trying to abide by the simple advice but life is preventing him from doing so. It is a very sad reality for people who are in a tough spot in life. They get all the great and simple advice from others, but it is much easier said than done.
Keep your nose to the grindstone is an old saying for staying focused. Do the right thing and work hard. That's what it means by keeping your nose to the grindstone
Tyler Graduated High School with my son. Great young man. He grew up in Eastern Kentucky. The “pills” he is referring to is a huge problem here. So much poverty and despair that it has led to a huge problem with people taking pills to escape. Then after addiction it leads to other terrible outcomes.
I think when he's talking about the grid stone he's referring to the daily grind when everyone ground their own flower at home and was a job few liked so became an old term for work that my grandparents would have used. I've found myself using the terms without realising until I had to explain the terms to my children who explained to me I'm just old
To keep your nose on the grindstone in the UK means to keep working hard …and the first words he uses are “daddy worked like a mule mining Park County Coal, fucked up his back …couldn’t work any more …..I’m from Uk and heard that clearly jeez
I don't believe that lyric is meant to be taken figuratively. 'Keep your nose to the grindstone and out of those pills". Pills is in reference to the widespread opioid abuse throughout Appalachia.
Hello, howdy I am a 61 one-year-old Southerner what is meant by "Keep your nose to the grindstone" means you stay focused on what matters, (Your Job, your life) and don't vote for the wealthy, their liars, and/or the party that promotes their policies. You vote for your economic reality. Every Billionaire represents a policy failure.
Sad but true story Appalachia, Virginia is where the opioid epidemic started. The coal miners spent so much time underground that their bones hurt, and so the pharmaceutical companies came up with these medication to help them with their pain and it was so addictive it spread like wildfire through the region, and that is where the opioid epidemic started. It was targeted just like everything else, the pharmaceutical companies may not have known how addictive it was, but they grow to know and clearly didn’t care because profit over everything. It’s disgusting.
I've been yelling for a Tyler Childers reaction for so long! I knew you'd like his stuff. I know you're probably slammed with requests/suggestions, not gonna be too hard on you. "Lady May" (from this same session) is one of his best!
Great reaction, he has tons of great songs! Take your pick. However, he has "Long Violent History" and a video separate from the song where Tyler explains his position on our current culture and his inspiration for the song itself. Perhaps reacting to both in a video would shed light on some very important topics in our world right now. Thanks for all that you do!!
Chill-ders. Spelling is deceptive sometimes fr. Love this reaction. “Keep your nose on the grindstone” means to keep working hard for the goal you have set.
Keep your nose on the grindstone is an old southern saying, equivalent to being "on that grind" or "grinding." The pill line is literal. The coal companies have fueled that massive opiate crisis going on in the south eastern regions of the US around the Appalachian mountains, as it's easier to pump your workers full of medication as you ruin their bodies down in your mine than hire and train new workers. The coal industry also loves to turn their workers into warriors for them, always pretending they're on the verge of going under, and pretending the government is always after them. It's just one of a nearly infinite number of problems brought on by uncapped and unchecked capitalism.
Yes, he is talking about talking about abusing any drug when he says pills. The area he is from sees more than it's share of problems in this area because of being economically depressed, among other woes. Many northern bigots refer to them as white trash or hillbillies. The wealthy coal companies also treated them like dirt as well. For a good insight on this sub culture get the Firefox series of books. They show the old ways of day to day survival skills that the people of that area and in that era used to build homes and lives. That and study the violent history of coal mining."You can't buried any deeper cheaper"..
Grindstone is an old word for a tool that was used to sharpen cutting edges like axes. When sharpening blades, knife grinders tend to bend over the grindstone, or even like flat down with their faces near the grindstone in order to hold the blades against the stone and verify angle. It can be found in modern day slang with things like "He on his grind" or "grinding". As for the Pills issue, in the hills of kentucky there is an opiate crisis. Everyone out there knows someone who's life was lost to opiates. Meth is creeping in due to higher government regulation of opiates, but fentanyl is getting stronger.
Also grindstone in flour/ grain mills. Wind or hydro could be turned by animal or human power manually. Trudging forward in a never ending circle with your head down as the person turning the gear for the grindstone.
The original saying was from grinding corn or grain into meal and flour. The dust is super flammable so you had to keep your nose to the stone in case you started smelling smoke to prevent explosion/fire
The 'grindstone" is for sharpening tools. To keep your nose to it means "stay sharp". Grain is processed with a millstone, not a grindstone.
The phrase refers to the flour mill grindstone. You have to keep your nose to the grindstone because it could catch fire. It's about being diligent.
"There is hurt you can cause time alone cannot heal"---Those that know, know.
You're hearing the "Appalachian cry" which around here we are familiar with. His name is pronounced Chill-ders. And yes, he's talking about pills. Here in Kentucky where Tyler and I are both from, pill addiction and overdoses has reached epidemic proportions. There's what we call pill-mills everywhere. Many small towns have more pill mills and Dollar Stores than any other business. When you come into these towns, hopelessness settles over you like a blanket. People like Tyler represent our pain.
"Hopeless settles over you like a balnket"... that would be a great lyric.
Keep your nose on the grindstone is a metaphor in the south for keeping your head down, staying focused, and working hard.
I’m in western WV, near eastern KY (where Tyler is from) and we have a horrible opioid epidemic. The “pills” prescribed in one small town here is usually enough for a very large city. It’s bad.
And “nose to the grindstone” is a phrase that means “keep working and keep your nose clean”. Which is what all parents here teach their kids. “Reading, writing & Rt. 23” is another phrase used here - it means, “As soon as you learn to read & write, go north on Rt 23 & get the hell out of here.”
Good summary.
Rt 23, straight to Columbus and points north. I'm IN Columbus now meself
Came here to say this!!!
I’m in east TN, on the NC boarder
Amen brother.
He has sooo much great music! Feathered Indians is another beautiful song. ✌️❤️🎸
In my generation the grindstone a common phrase to denote don't get distracted, keep working hard, stay on course!
Oh, by the way. His name is pronounced more like “Chillders “ instead of “Child ers “. I remember on a baseball trip to Florida, during a day off from games. We were all around the pool. Tyler brought his guitar down to entertain us. After about three songs, people were on all the balconies and hundreds around the pool enjoying. Awesome guy! And as Country as can be.
the metaphore "keep your nose on the grindstone" means to work hard, stay close or focus on your work." and stay away from the drugs. this is one of hardest lessons of life even as adults
You have opened up your heart for this mans song and voice...you will love his other songs...Feathered Indians, White House Road and Lady Mae are awesome..no one else like him! Thank you for this reaction...
Keeping your nose to the grindstone is a saying that means keep your head down and do your work. Take care of your business. Also, he literally means pills. All over the country, but especially rural areas, there is a prescription drug abuse epidemic. I’m from Kentucky. Eastern Kentucky, where Tyler is from, has been hit especially hard beginning with coal miners’ injuries being over-prescribed pain pills, causing addiction.
Pills = Opioids. Daddy got hooked on them after he messed up his back. Told his son not to mess with those pills because of his experience with them. 😊 Great reaction!
Whyskey Myers “Broken window serenade “
Feathered Indians, Long Violent History, Lady May, keep listening to this man he is gold
Such a great storyteller. Have to recommend his song ‘Shake The Frost’
Excellent suggestion, who's ever it was! I never heard this guy. Heartfelt.
This guy is awesome, he’s my favorite singer by far his voice is crazy good!
“Pills” have ate up SE Kentucky and West Virginia. They call it “Hillbilly Heroin”. It has ruint my hometown of Huntington Wv, streets full of zombies at night. As far as the grindstone…it refers to the everyday struggle or grind that unfortunate people face every day.
I'll second what Chris Hall below commented. Appalachian Mountain Region is experiencing a rise in the Meth/opiode/fentanyl plague. I'm thinking Childers himself struggled with substance abuse at one time. Childers is kinda like Dwight Yoakam where they're so unique (they're from the same region of the country). I got to see Tyler Childers this past summer in concert and it was a pretty good show. Cool Reaction though, I'm looking forward to seeing you react to more from Tyler Childers.
The true saying is, “keep your nose to the grindstone”. It means to stay focused on your goals and out of trouble. “Out of the pills” means exactly that. The opioid problems in southern WV and Eastern KY are horrible.
From southeast KY right from near his holler. What he's saying is is old man warning him to stay busy and not be snorting pills. It's a HUGE problem back home.
You’ve heard people say stay on the grind. It’s changed over the years, a grindstone is what you make flour on. So keep working and stay off pills, aka oxy
Tyler Childers is a real treasure that doesn't get played on "country" radio. He comes out of the same tradition as John Prine, which means the Nashville formulaic pop country industry isn't interested.
I was shocked recently going back to northern Alabama, prescription drug addiction is a huge problem. They take each others, sell them to each other. Everyone seemed to be on them. I’m 61, I never saw such a thing 😢
blessings!
Tyler is my absolute favorite artist all his song are amazing
I’ve been deep diving Tyler Childers reaction vids and yours is probably my favorite! Reacting to not only his voice and the music, but most importantly the LYRICS. Definitely subscribing :)
keep your nose to the grindstone is to say keep working hard, keep grinding away, don't give up, keep on the straight and narrow
“Nose to the grindstone” means keeping busy with work.
“Out of the pills”. Yes. I think he’s saying don’t do drugs. Keep busy working and don’t use drugs. Popping pills is usually when someone breaks open a capsule and snorts the contents. I think that’s what he’s referring to. Great reaction. I love Tyler Childers. I have most of his records on vinyl. Other good songs: “Follow You To Virgie”, “Whitehouse Road”, “House Fire”, “Shake The Frost”. There’s so many great ones. You really can’t go wrong with Tyler.
Keep your Nose to the GrindStone means to knuckle down , work hard ... a GrindStone is what's used to grind the wheat to make flour for bread . ( one of the oldest forms of work and examples are found in every early civilisation) it can also be a upright circular stone wheel for sharpening tools and knives etc .
And the Pills are pills ( opiates) Tyler has struggled with addiction to pills and Booze for years but is currently clean and sober
Tyler Childers brings the generational pain from the Appalachian culture; and shows it in his voice, unbelievable poverty still, and now an opiate and meth epidemic. Keep your nose on the grindstone means focus on your work, and what’s important. It’s legitimately a tool for sharpening instruments. He’s recently clean from drugs. Chill feed. Listen to Way of the Triune God.
I meant it is pronounced, “Chill Durs”.
Actual pills.. Opioid addiction is a huge problem. Especially in my part of the country.
And his dad in the song most likely has experience with that, considering the line that he messed up his back.
Britt my girl there was an epidemic of pills in pike county ky and West Virginia a few years back. Took a lot of lives. Love listening to your reactions
I love this song. It's part of my patio afterwork mix 😊 great reaction 💖🦋
"It takes twice as long to build bridges you've burnt". Such a good line. I feel like Patty Loveless "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive" is a good bookend for this song. Also about the trials of being born in coal country.
That's not Patty Loveless song but yes
Lotta peeps be on those opiates. That’s what. Probably more than that as well. He is one of my favorites of all time. He doesn’t just sing, he tells you how to be. At least in this one. That’s how I took it.
Another great Kentucky artist I'm proud to be from Kentucky
Tyler's last name is pronounced as if you were cold and said Chill-ders.
Just another amazing artist out of eastern Kentucky
Great reaction, great song, great artist. He has several songs I love. Including a gospel song of his WAY OF THE TRIUNE GOD. If you ever listen to it do it with the official video.
Pronunciation is Tyler Chill-ders. Great videos
Tyler Childers I'm all your'n! You'll love it
You liked this song. Should listen to Angel Band Jubilee, by Tyler Childers
Tyler childers and colter wall With fraulein 😍
Lady May is so poetic and follow you to virgie too!
Aight girl... its chill-ders... Tyler Chill-ders🤙🍻 amd a grimd stone is what they used to use to make flower/ a stone that is used to sharpen a knife edge👍 and pills is pills/drgs
Britt, Tyler’s song to his wife “Lady Mae” will leave you breathless. The poetic words he uses to describe!
At the beginning he said his Daddy messed up his back. The pills are referring to pain medication and addiction to it.😮
You have GOT to hear Tyler Childers - Angel Band
Tyler Childers "Way of the triune god"
Chill-ders
I am completely perplexed by how many people do not understand "keep your nose on the grindstone" means. 😵💫. work hard, take care of yourself and your family. don't drink don't do drugs I am from Sweden and live by these rules. children first.
The opioid epidemic started in Eastern Kentucky and other hard labor places. Oxycontin was prescribed as a non-addictive medication because the doctors believed the pharmaceutical reps. A person goes down into the mines, hurts themselves, and they got put on oxycontin creating a rapid epidemic. Tyler is from where I am, cousin to my brother in law, but I've never met him. Would definitely like to, though.
Next tyler Childers song must be lady may ! Please please
Yes please
Your In store for some great music.
Quick take - I think this song is a great take on the battle between knowing what to do and actually doing it. I think Tyler picks up on the fact that it is easy to give great and simple advice but much much harder to actually implement the advice. It is a back and forth between a father that has simple advice that, on its own, seems very easy to abide by. The son in the song is really trying to abide by the simple advice but life is preventing him from doing so. It is a very sad reality for people who are in a tough spot in life. They get all the great and simple advice from others, but it is much easier said than done.
Nose to the grindstone means keep your nose in your work. Like "Idle hands are the devils plaything". Pills are epidemic in poor areas.
Keep your nose to the grindstone is an old saying for staying focused. Do the right thing and work hard. That's what it means by keeping your nose to the grindstone
In Appalachia opiates are a huge problem. It's referring to the grinding of pulls and snorting them. Listen to Whitehouse Road
Pure Appalachian gold right there. Hillbilly stuff for sure. Them's my people!
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@brittreacts Always love your vids. Real, expressive, and authentic.
The grindstone is figurative, the pills are literal 🤣🤣
Tyler Graduated High School with my son. Great young man. He grew up in Eastern Kentucky. The “pills” he is referring to is a huge problem here. So much poverty and despair that it has led to a huge problem with people taking pills to escape. Then after addiction it leads to other terrible outcomes.
White House Road is my favorite TC song... This was a great song too...
Should check out some teddy swims. "911", "i can't make you love me - cover", "let me love you - cover", "amazing", "broke"
You should give "Lady May" a listen to by this guy.
I think when he's talking about the grid stone he's referring to the daily grind when everyone ground their own flower at home and was a job few liked so became an old term for work that my grandparents would have used. I've found myself using the terms without realising until I had to explain the terms to my children who explained to me I'm just old
Keep your nose on the grindstone it's the same expression is saying stay on the straight and narrow path.
To keep your nose on the grindstone in the UK means to keep working hard …and the first words he uses are “daddy worked like a mule mining Park County Coal, fucked up his back …couldn’t work any more …..I’m from Uk and heard that clearly jeez
I don't believe that lyric is meant to be taken figuratively. 'Keep your nose to the grindstone and out of those pills". Pills is in reference to the widespread opioid abuse throughout Appalachia.
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Check out “ Whiskey Myers - Sone “ live if you haven’t already . It’s a must , they have so many bangers
Yes ma'am, lets go!
Hello, howdy I am a 61 one-year-old Southerner what is meant by "Keep your nose to the grindstone" means you stay focused on what matters, (Your Job, your life) and don't vote for the wealthy, their liars, and/or the party that promotes their policies. You vote for your economic reality. Every Billionaire represents a policy failure.
If you're a fan of Tyler you need to hear him sing Rock Salt And Nails... But you can't go wrong with any of his music.
Tyler (chill-ders) Childers
TWO WORDS" EASTERN KENTUCKY
Gotta check out “Whitehouse Road” from the Our Vinyl Sessions
I love Follow you to Virgie!
Sad but true story Appalachia, Virginia is where the opioid epidemic started. The coal miners spent so much time underground that their bones hurt, and so the pharmaceutical companies came up with these medication to help them with their pain and it was so addictive it spread like wildfire through the region, and that is where the opioid epidemic started. It was targeted just like everything else, the pharmaceutical companies may not have known how addictive it was, but they grow to know and clearly didn’t care because profit over everything. It’s disgusting.
I've been yelling for a Tyler Childers reaction for so long! I knew you'd like his stuff. I know you're probably slammed with requests/suggestions, not gonna be too hard on you. "Lady May" (from this same session) is one of his best!
Great reaction, he has tons of great songs! Take your pick. However, he has "Long Violent History" and a video separate from the song where Tyler explains his position on our current culture and his inspiration for the song itself. Perhaps reacting to both in a video would shed light on some very important topics in our world right now. Thanks for all that you do!!
Whiskey Myers “Broken Window serenade” the video of him and a friend playing the song is best version
Literal pills and you should react to more of him
Based on this, please check out Whiskey Myers broken window Serenade
CHILL-Ders
Good jod young lady, Whitehouse Road and Feathered Indians are very good also
Chill-ders. Spelling is deceptive sometimes fr. Love this reaction. “Keep your nose on the grindstone” means to keep working hard for the goal you have set.
Another guy you might try is Cody jinks / hippies and Cowboys or it must be the whiskey.Great reaction
Raw truth!
“Chill” ders
Someone may have already mentioned it but it’s pronounced ‘Chill’ders. If you like this check out Zach Bryan and Something in the Orange. ♥️🎶
Do you have more reacts to Childers? Lady May live from Red Barn
Since we're here, might as well add some John Moreland to the mix..
Keep your nose on the grindstone is an old southern saying, equivalent to being "on that grind" or "grinding." The pill line is literal. The coal companies have fueled that massive opiate crisis going on in the south eastern regions of the US around the Appalachian mountains, as it's easier to pump your workers full of medication as you ruin their bodies down in your mine than hire and train new workers. The coal industry also loves to turn their workers into warriors for them, always pretending they're on the verge of going under, and pretending the government is always after them.
It's just one of a nearly infinite number of problems brought on by uncapped and unchecked capitalism.
Yes, he is talking about talking about abusing any drug when he says pills. The area he is from sees more than it's share of problems in this area because of being economically depressed, among other woes. Many northern bigots refer to them as white trash or hillbillies. The wealthy coal companies also treated them like dirt as well. For a good insight on this sub culture get the Firefox series of books. They show the old ways of day to day survival skills that the people of that area and in that era used to build homes and lives. That and study the violent history of coal mining."You can't buried any deeper cheaper"..
He has so many greatly written songs I really like Tattoos. He's from coal country where oxy started 💯 about pills
Id love to see you react to his song Banded Clovis, its a classic murder ballad
Actual pills, where he's from has a huge pill addiction population like many small towns
Would you react to Billy Strings sometime soon?
You should check out Drake White Makin’ Me Look Good Again. Love your reactions and love for the rawness of artists.
Chill ders