Loren's Pick: Rox in the box, The Decemberists

If you haven't been able to tell from my Song of the Day selects yet, I grew up with folk music. My brain is a small library of sea shanties, gospel songs, and Appalachian tunes. I much rather sing "Down in the Valley" than listen to then Knife Party. So it's somewhat a surprise that I didn't jump on the indie folk revival. It kinda annoyed me. My dad has a beard, I didn't need to see 25-year olds with the same look. I was a little bit of a hater- I admit. And I suffered for it. Lot's of good music came and went. I enjoyed it while I was around it, even seeing some shows, but not buying albums and truly getting to know how great some nuevo-folk payers were. So that lands me here with Rox in the Box. A fantastic song, with lyrics about a folk-worthy incident of a 1917 mining accident in Butte, MT that killed 168 people. (a place I have a special affinity for superfund site, prostitute tunnels and all). I know this song, then I let it go and now I am placing it in the library.