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Salida

by The High Crest

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SALIDA: song review

This isn’t just a song about smoking pot, but it was inspired by smoking pot. Salida is a song about what is illegal in one state but is perfectly acceptable in another state.
Salida takes you on a journey that reflects the dangers of limiting access and criminalizing the needs of individuals. “This is a strange thing for us all to be in the same country but not have the same rights.” says Aaron Earl Short, the songwriter.

The story of Salida is about the choice to use marijuana and the “seedy” conditions to get it. Iowa has significantly higher binge drinking rates then the rest of the United States. Quitting drinking in a state that is rampant in alcohol consumption is difficult and the use of marijuana eases the withdrawals that come with not drinking. Salida’s bridge in the song speaks of the difficulty of this tipping point of staying on the wagon and just how slippery that slope can be.

The chorus lyrics ring, “Goodbye, Iowa. It’s been quite the ride” and it keeps getting wilder. This song speaks directly to the rights and safety of friends, family, and our kids. It is about the “Great Unwelcoming”, our government passing laws that are dangerous and directed at marginalized and vulnerable groups. “As I hide out near Salida” reference where and in what conditions the song was written in while searching to understand not just where you fit, but where your family belongs.

“Back home in that conservative state, more than a buck or two short and a day too late” are lyrics that speak to backward ways and how very hard and fearful it is to reside under these conditions. The anxiety in existing while having to fight for your rights greatly effects mental health and wellness.

Living in Iowa, now releasing a song about leaving Iowa, is movement towards the freedoms that align to your values, your identity. So yeah, it isn’t just a song about smoking pot. It is a song about human rights and the right to our own identity.

Salida was written by Aaron Earl Short – performed and produced by The High Crest - Aaron Earl Short: vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano - Kat Darling: harmony vocals, drums

Released 2/9/24

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Camped next to the Arkansas River just outside of Salida
No idea where we’re driving next, maybe Durango or Telluride
Legally smoking legal pot that I myself illegally bought
Back home in that conservative state, more than a buck or two short and a day too late

Goodbye Iowa
It’s been quite the ride
As I hide out near Salida
I write goodbye Iowa

I’ve bought pot in some awful spots where I thought I ought to get caught
Felt distraught in the parking lot of a Motel 6 no doubt I’d be shot
Weed full of seeds when I was needy, shadiest of scenes so dark and seedy
In the middle of harm’s way taking the lead, the eyes of evil so narrow and beady

Goodbye Iowa
It’s been quite the ride
As I hide out near Salida
I write goodbye Iowa

The tipping point where the bottle tips and the whole things spills for a single sip
All that tuck and the nip for a sunken ship just as easy as a friend’s tongue does slip

Goodbye Iowa
It’s been quite the ride
As I hide out near Salida
I write goodbye Iowa

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released February 9, 2024
Song written by Aaron Earl Short
Performed by The High Crest - Aaron Earl Short: vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano - Kat Darling: vocal harmonies, drums

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..folded inside all the subtlety, is the album’s true genius. -Chad Taylor, Cityview
The High Crest's songs are packed with the kind of bare-knuckle emotion that makes it hard to separate the crying from the laughter. -Troy Church, Big Foot Diaries
The songs flow like the two singers are passing the guitar back-and-forth and sharing their stories with a familiar audience. -Todd Partridge, DMMC ... more

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