Paula Boggs Band - America 2020

1. America 2020: Originally released as a single track and written during the turbulence of Covid 19, George Floyd and the 2020 presidential election season, “American 2020” remains a timely hard hitting commentary set to a rootsy New Orleans tinged groove. Opening with claps and drumbeat and featuring a lap steel guitar solo that taunts “The Star Spangled Banner,” lighthearted lyrics like “Erykah Badu we need your funky voodoo” counter heavier “America, America what happened to us…never perfect but now we blasphemous.” This live performance features fiddle by Bay Area musician Anton Patzner, a third-generation violinist. Anton’s grandfather, Gustave Patzner, played on the original Walt Disney Studios Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs.