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Poverty Playlist: “Rich Man’s World” by Eilen Jewell

My friend James has a knack for wrangling his friends into going to really excellent concerts for bands none of us have ever heard before.

He also has a knack for unintentionally saying really depressing things in a cheerful tone of voice, but that doesn’t have anything to do with Friday night’s treat… the honky-tonk rockabilly tunes of crooner Eilen Jewell at the IOTA Club in Arlington.

She had a perfect song for this poor, lonely rambler girl’s playlist about poverty.

“Well it’s a rich man’s world, a rich man’s world
And who am I in it
Who am I in it
Nothing but a lonely rambler girl
A lonely rambler girl

Misfit, mismatched, not a penny to my name
Trying to get to someplace that doesn’t look the same”

-”Rich Man’s World by Eilen Jewell

And in the interest of documenting the the circular infinity of the universe, she also sang a song called “Shakin’ All Over” that I heard on another of spontaneous concert adventure with James….

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