Rocky Mountain Feeling Where Do Buffalo Roam

19. July 2024 By Walter Price 0

DUKE & GOLDIE Where Do Buffalo Roam

Duke & Goldie Where Do Buffalo Roam is available on Duke & Goldie, Deezer, Apple Music

What is the actual price for progress? Or, rather, what are the things lost along the way? These are questions raised in the Duke & Goldie track, “Where Do Buffalo Roam”.

In a tone reminiscent of late 1960s or early 70s slow-burn Southern rock, vocalist/lyricist Eric Duquette conjures up a scene straight out of the Westward expansion, “Across the expanse far and wide/ Emboldened by a false establishment/ Underneath the living the sky/ Rolled the big steel wheels of settlement—Fortunes made while other’s fortunes turned/ Can what’s been taken ever be returned/ The rifle shrouded in smoke/ Now where do buffalo roam/ Where do buffalo roam…”.

I fancy the idea that this particular narrative is written from the perspective of a native American warrior watching as his food sources and landscapes are being erased. But I’m a big fan of Johnny Cash’s ‘Bitter Tears’, so maybe I’m digging too deep…but isn’t that the beauty of a song? What is certain is the great plains of the US aren’t nearly what they were 150 or so years ago. And have we gained…depletion? Doesn’t seem to much of a victory.

If you’re a fan of story songs and westerns and believe that aggressive progress isn’t all that beautiful, give Duke & Goldie’s “Where Do Buffalo Roam” here at the GTC.