02 My Dad and Shrev Malone (03:51:59) (Featured Track)

An original, based on a true story.

Time 03:51:59
Album: What We Are (Released August 1, 2020)
Songwriter: Jim Grubbs
Publisher: Lowery Mill Music
PRO: ASCAP
Contact: Jim Grubbs bookings@TheGrassifieds.com
336.978.1064

Jim Grubbs - mandolin
Greg Barnett - lead vocals, guitar
Joel Barnett - harmony vocals, banjo
Pete Wright - bass

Jim wrote this song from a true story his father told him about his time As a 19-year-old father working in a coal mine in Alabama in late 1946. He worked with a WWII vet named Shreveport Malone (Shrev to his friends). Everyone was afraid of Shrev because of the apparent signs of PTSD. But as the song tells the story, Shrev turned out to be a good friend to Jim’s dad, protecting him from the other miners during a violent wildcat strike.