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Up on the Street (Swede Hollow) (Remix)

by The Other Hit

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"Up on the Street (Swede Hollow) (Remix)" is the tale of a mysterious St. Paul, MN, neighborhood that existed for a century up through 1956. The hollow was home to immigrant populations and was a subterranean and hardscrabble way of life. Swede Hollow now serves as a park on St. Paul's East Side. The track originally appeared on The Other Hit's LP "DIEGO" - the remix includes new contributions from the entire band and the addition of drums by Harry C. Wilkinson Jr., a Nashville drummer most famous for playing on Michael Murphey's 1975 smash hit "Wildfire." Harry is a gem.

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UP ON THE STREET (SWEDE HOLLOW)

It’s humble, as humble, as gray old snow
A tough humble village, nestled below
A city that bustles, above the deep soul
Of a hollow as humble, as gray old snow

The French and the Germans, and the Irish made do
Up on the street, where a boomtown grew
On land that was sacred, and stripped from the Sioux
On land that was taken, a boomtown grew
 
The boomtown life
Was an immigrant dream
Down in Swede Hollow
Where hard times seem
To flow down the hillside
And freeze in the creek
And try to keep you from making it
Up on the street

From the shoreline of Phalen to the ridge of the bluffs
The East Side is gritty and proud
The pride just ran deeper, down where times were tougher
The hollow, as gritty, as gritty allows

Now the hollow is empty, but the dream’s still on hold
From the Midway to the West Bank
They shoulder the load
Of the weight that can keep a man off of that road
The weight can keep a man off of that road

The boomtown life
Was an immigrant dream
Down in Swede Hollow
Where hard times seem
To flow down the hillside
And freeze in the creek
They try to keep you from making it
Up on the street

credits

released September 24, 2022
Carla Tollefsrud - Vocals
Pat Courtemanche - Guitar, Keyboards
Linda Haus - Bass
Jim Tollefsrud - Keyboards
Harry C. Wilkinson Jr. - Drums

Tom Hilton (Aldora Britain Records, Rothley, UK) - Executive Producer

Josh Parlanti & Steve Kaul (Wild Sound Recording Studio, Minneapolis, MN) - Additional Mixing & Mastering

Dan Ward (Hitmaker Studio, Wheelersburg, OH) - Recording/Engineer (Drums)

The Other Hit is beyond grateful for the one and only Harry C. Wilkinson Jr. of Nashville, TN. Harry graciously agreed to play drums on two remixed tracks. And then he put his deep soul into the project and elevated the songs.

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The Other Hit Minneapolis, Minnesota

THE OTHER HIT is a Minneapolis-based band formed in 2014, taking its cues from radio playlists of the 1970s. Their 2022 debut album DIEGO consists of 10 original tracks reflecting that influence. 1970s' Top 40 radio was a tapestry of bubblegum pop, straight-up rock, soul music, cross-over country, and acoustic-based singer-songwriter fare. Those transistor radio-era sounds echo throughout DIEGO. ... more

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