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Years ago I produced and hosted a TV Show called: PATTI JO ROTH\u2019S SONGWRITERS\u2019 SOUNDSTAGE. Artists from as far away as Australia were featured in an interview-style format. This was not about performance. It was about the Songs. Every song was a story and the back-stories were very telling. These were slices of life inspired by personal experiences.<\/p>\n
The show was produced at Pacifica Community Television, Channel 8, a public access community television station in Pacifica, California. Guests left with Masters of their shows and instructions on how to get their shows broadcast in their communities. After they left the studio, the shows had lives of their own.<\/p>\n
During the three years I produced this show, I interviewed hundreds of songwriters and the show traveled and was viewed on stations from Australia to South America to Alaska. It was the stories that made the show compelling. Successful songs are stories.<\/p>\n
The tradition of Country and Folk Music is Story-telling. The stories are in the lyrics – the words. The back-story gives a look beyond the lyrics into the mind of the writer adding context. Songs inspired by personal experience are always the most powerful. The music is the vehicle that carries the story.<\/p>\n
This week I am privileged to feature the President of the IDAHO SONGWRITER\u2019S ASSOCIATION, David Moss<\/strong>.<\/p>\n When asked about what inspired this song, he said:<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I was a boy I used to watch the train pass by across the back field and hear the whistle blow as it crossed Black Cat Road.\u00a0 I was struggling to find out what had happened to the family I had known as a small boy growing up in Pocatello Idaho.<\/p>\n \u201cYou see when I was 5 years old my mother gathered all my belongings, put them in a laundry basket and dropped me off on the neighbors front step.\u00a0 She turned and walked away and never looked back as I stood there and watched.\u00a0 I was then put into foster care and eventually adopted by a family in Meridian, Idaho.<\/p>\n \u201cThe court records were sealed, so no matter how many times I asked what happened to the family I remembered, the answer was always the same. \u2018We’re your new family now, forget about your old family.\u2019\u00a0 But I couldn’t.\u00a0 So time continued to pass by and I never forgot my Father and Mother.<\/p>\n \u201cWell as it goes, when I was 29, I got a call from my biological father.\u00a0There was a reunion, and, in talking with him, I found out that he was on some of those trains on that route that passed by me – most likely as I watched.\u00a0 That is the Irony of this tale.\u00a0 What I was so desperately trying to reconnect with was passing right by me.<\/p>\n \u201cI did take a job working at the locomotive renovation shop.\u00a0 I was changing the wheels off the axles.\u201d<\/p>\n It is the experience of David Moss’ life that provides the authenticity that is moving and captivating. This is a beautiful song played in finger-picking style on acoustic guitar. The vocals are sweet and rich. The presentation is sensitive and gentle. Perfectly balanced harmonies add power in the chorus.<\/p>\n THE TRAIN ROLLED BY<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Words and music by David Moss<\/strong> copyright 2017<\/p>\n