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The Castellows sold out show at The Blind Pig in Ann Arbor, Michigan, March 14, 2024. Set list includes originals on debut EP A Little Goes a Long Way (www.thecastellowsmusic.com), unreleased gems and great covers. Set list is below, with my thoughts at the end:
00:00:00 (Intro) I'm Shipping Up To Boston
00:00:29 Ways To Go
00:03:10 Heartline Hill
00:05:59 Talk Break
00:06:45 I Know It'll Never End
00:09:40 Callin' Baton Rouge (cover)
00:12:16 A Little Goes a Long Way
00:16:00 God's Time
00:19:30 Sleeping on the Blacktop (cover)
00:22:43 The Part Where You Break My Heart
00:26:18 Talk Break
00:27:18 I'm on Fire (Bruce Springsteen cover)
00:30:02 Miss America (unreleased)
00:33:40 Homecoming (unreleased)
00:37:58 Come Together (The Beatles cover)
00:41:51 No. 7 Road
00:45:21 Grass is Always Bluer (unreleased)
00:45:07 Cowgirl Blues (unreleased)
00:54:01 Cowboy Kind of Love
00:57:20 Cripple Creek (Powell Banjo)
Not recorded - I Was Born With a Shotgun In My Hand
00:57:42 Crazy on You [Oh My !!! Ellie rocks !!!!]
00:58:20 House of the Rising Sun (cover)
01:02:50 Hurricane (cover)
IMHO....
The Castellows are what we ALL need MORE of today! Talented, fun, energetic, young ladies with a great 7-song EP A Little Goes a Long Way and more great unreleased tracks on the way, like at this show.
The music of these singer-songwriter sisters Lillian (Lily), Eleanor (Ellie) and Powell Balkcom covers the range from quiet and thoughtful (In God's Time, Miss America - both unreleased) to upbeat, sing-along catchy numbers (No. 7 Road, A Little Goes a Long Way, The Part Where You Break My Heart). Their cover songs show their diverse musical roots spanning The Beatles to The Boss to The Chicks in concert, to Levon Helm's Hurricane on the EP.
Their love and respect for each other is evident and openly expressed in the show. Kudos to Mr. and Mrs. Balkcom for 'home-school' raising such ambitious, poised and professional gals aged 18 to 20 or so (with Ellie and Powell being 2 of three triplets). The gals should be role models for others on what hard work can achieve. The gals' unreleased song in this set Miss America has these lyrics:
"But I miss America, on the front porch, before she ever had to lock her doors, and she was still outspoken. Back before her heart got broken. I miss America, bare feet in the dirt, John 3:16, wasn't scared to work and they all dreamed of her. She's mine and I still love her. But I miss America."
Definitely these gals are not scared to work (e.g., see Ellie rounding up cattle to get to market when she says prices are up in Instagram). BTW I've put the chords and lyrics the Miss America on Ultimate Guitar tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/... ... plus I played a bit of it at the Cleveland Rock & Roll Hall of Fame the next day (see video • The Castellows - Miss ... - truly inspirational music).
I made them a "Wanted poster" and posted if around the venue and gave them a copy after the show. This blog post shows The Castellows Wanted Poster and a few pole with it posted: www.stardustbeach.com/2024/03/...
shown at the end :) I know my fandom is a little too much but as the ladies have been singing 'a little goes a long way'. Enjoy!!!