SONG: "No More"
ARTIST: Bryan McPherson
ALBUM: "Live At Club Passim 2004"
YEAR: 2004
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Boston, Massachusetts
YEARS ACTIVE: early 2000's - present
WHAT I THINK THE SONG IS ABOUT:
"No More" was inspired by a friend of Bryan McPherson's. It appears to be about someone who once had it all but has lost everything, or perhaps more like he threw it all away. At one point this man accepted his fate and just wanted to be left alone but by the end of the song, he realizes he doesn't want to die alone. It's a common story unfortunately. Alcoholism leads to homelessness leads to isolation.
BRYAN MCPHERSON DISCOGRAPHY (Full length albums only):
2007 - Fourteen Stories (O.F.D. Records)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
2012 - American Boy/American Girl (self-released)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
2015 - Wedgewood (self-released)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
2019 - Live Like A Motherfucker (self-released)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
2019 - King's Corner (self-released)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
2020 - Livestream 10/29/2020 (American Boy/American Girl Full Album Performance) (O.F.D. Records)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
2022 - How To Draw Everything (O.F.D. Records)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
2024 - Emigrant And The Winter Of Death (O.F.D. Records)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
MY THOUGHTS ON BRYAN MCPHERSON:
Boston's own Bryan McPherson got his start on the music scene sometime in the early 2000's. The proud Dorchester native's first full length album came out in 2007, called "Fourteen Stories". This was followed up by 2012's "American Boy/American Girl". 2015 saw the release of "Wedgewood". In 2019, McPherson released "King's Corner". This was the first time I heard Bryan McPherson and I instantly fell in love with the song "Ghost Of My Hometown". In 2022, he released "How To Draw Everything" and in 2024, he put out his most recent album, "Emigrant And The Winter Of Death", which was inspired by his time spent in Yellowstone. Bryan McPherson is a throwback to the prominent folk singers of the 60's like Bob Dylan. His roots however, are in the Boston punk scene where groups like Dropkick Murphys and The Ducky Boys took him under their wing. Bryan's songs are very personal and intimate and I'm very glad I found out about his music, be it a little late. I'm not so sure if I would have been so appreciative of his music in the early 2000's so maybe it worked out well that I found out about him so late. Thanks to guys like Chuck Ragan and Tim Barry, I really found love for these punk guys that started to play acoustic and i'd put Bryan McPherson right in with those guys who create such great songs. My only beef with him is he moved to L.A. in 2010! Come on man!! What ya leavin' Boston for dude!!
SIMILAR ARTISTS:
The Ducky Boys
Mark Lind
Joey Briggs
Kevin Seconds
Jason Devore
TEN BRYAN MCPHERSON SONGS YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT:
1. Ghost Of My Hometown
2. Born Again American Blues
3. Where Is Jane
4. Neurontin
5. The Ballad Of Andy Conn
6. Worker's Song
7. Here We Go
8. O.F.D. (Originally From Dorchester)
9. 2 Birds
10. Songs Of Freedom
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