SONG: "Nam"
ARTIST: 6'10
ALBUM: "Where We Are" EP
YEAR: 2019
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Chicago, Illinois
YEARS ACTIVE: 2013 - present
WHAT I THINK THE SONG IS ABOUT:
"Nam" appears to be a song about a young man who has hopes and dreams ahead of him but he gets drafted to go to war in Vietnam. When he comes back home, he finds his country has abandoned him and his PTSD doesn't allow him to have a normal life. These were the sad truths that affected all too many of our Vietnam veterans.
6'10 DISCOGRAPHY (Full length albums only):
2014 - The Humble Beginnings Of A Rovin' Soul (Ollie Mob Worldwide Records)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
2020 - Carried In Retrospect (Ollie Mob Worldwide Records)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
MY THOUGHTS ON 6'10:
6'10 formed as a band back in 2013, hailing from Chicago, Illinois. This is actually a side project for Tobin Bawinkel who also fronts the Celtic punk band Flatfoot 56. The band self-released an EP called "The Humble Beginnings" in 2013. The six songs that comprised that EP would wind up on the band's debut full length album, "The Humble Beginnings Of A Rovin' Soul" in 2014. In 2015, Tobin put out a split with 6'10 and Flatfoot 56. 2019 saw the band release another EP called "Where We Are". Most recently, the band released their sophomore album, "Carried In Retrospect" in 2020. As I said earlier, 6'10 is a folk/Americana side project for Tobin Bawinkel of Flatfoot 56 fame. It still very much keeps that Celtic punk vibe, albeit in a more stripped down, acoustic setting. Obviously, Bawinkel spends a lot, if not most of his time on his main project Flatfoot 56 but does stay pretty active with 6'10 as well. I was already a fan of Flatfoot 56 so I pretty much found out about 6'10 as soon as they came out. It's a very good side project and an obvious branch of Flatfoot 56, if you are a fan of them.
SIMILAR ARTISTS:
FM359
Nowherebound
Dave Hause
Flatfoot 56
Chuck Ragan
TEN 6'10 SONGS YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT:
1. Hurricane
2. Backpack
3. The Road
4. The Isle
5. Cannonball
6. Wither
7. Protest
8. Vanessa's Song
9. Timothy
10. She's The One
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