16 March 2018 - 0 Comments

Wellington-based singer-songwriter and blues guitarist Darren Watson (Chicago Smoke Shop, Midge Marsden Band, Planet Key) has just released a video of the first cut from his soon to be released and eagerly awaited all-acoustic album Too Many Millionaires.

National Guy is a catchy, finger-snapping tune featuring a set of lyrics sure to engage or enrage, depending on the cut of your political jib. 

Watson says he wrote the song in dismay when he noticed that over 40% of the country had voted for the status quo at the last election. However he also says he soon realised that what he had come up with also spoke out against nationalism, greed, and selfishness in general.

“The song starts out with a salesman kinda pitching a product. Selling the idea that looking out for number one and your family to the exclusion of those struggling is somehow noble and right. It grows to full agreement by the end. For a while there I really thought that’s where we were heading and I wanted to say something about it. I tried to make the music snaky and slimy, like the used car salesmen a lot of politicians of a certain stripe seem to be these days. I reckon the groove, which is fully sick, really makes it work.”

Too Many Millionaires is out on Tuesday 1 May.

Darren Watson | Too Many Millionaires NZ Tour 2018

Thursday 3 May – Wellington | Meow

Friday 4 May – Whanganui | Lucky Bar + Kitchen

Saturday 5 May – New Plymouth | Butlers Reef Hotel

Thursday 10 May – Palmerston North | The Globe Theatre

Friday 11 May – Hamilton | Nivara Lounge

Saturday 19 May – Napier | The Cabana

Saturday 26 May – Dunedin | 50 Dundas 

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