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Could've Been King by Blair Packham
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fave it Emo | Americana
11 tracks | 38 minutes
Released Apr 2004
on Blare! Music
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:23 Could've Been King lyrics BUY MP3 04:23 Could've Been King lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:23 Could've Been King
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:44 Coming Undone lyrics BUY MP3 03:44 Coming Undone lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:44 Coming Undone
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Smart mix of roots rock, Americana and pop from "one of Canada's best unsung pop songwriters" (Ron Sexsmith)
Bio / Background
Blair Packham, acclaimed by critics and fellow artists (including Ron Sexsmith, Jane Siberry, Barenaked Ladies, and Craig Northey of Vancouver's late, lamented popsters Odds) as "one of Canada's best unsung pop songwriters", has just released his sophomore recording, "Could've Been King".
(For those yawning "Canada?! So what?", remember, this is the country that brought you Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Robbie Robertson, Sarah Harmer, Leonard Cohen, Sarah McLachlan, Blue Rodeo, the Arcade Fire, Andy Kim, the Be Good Tanyas, Gordon Lightfoot, Sloan, Broken Social Scene, Alanis Morissette and many, many more. Not bad for a bunch of fur traders and some snowmobiles, eh?)
At 44 years old, the time had come, in Blair Packham's case, to look back at a four-year period coping with that scourge of many a creative person: writer's block.
"For a long time I made notes, jotted down ideas, but I was really blocked. I couldn't finish a song. It was torture," he says.
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