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AMC is aptly named. ''[[Engine]]'' contains songs of consummate Americana, for instance "[[Outside This Bar]]", where Eitzel spells out poetically the shortcomings of the fast-imploding American dream and the toll of exploitation and
AMC is aptly named. ''[[Engine]]'' contains songs of consummate Americana, for instance "[[Outside This Bar]]", where Eitzel spells out poetically the shortcomings of the fast-imploding American dream and the toll of exploitation and
loneliness on people. "[[At My Mercy]]" is Eitzel at his brilliant best, a forlorn verse giving way invisibly to a swelling chorus of gilded quality. "[[Gary’s Song]]", played as a bluegrass-derived ode to mindless imbibing, pushes the point further.
loneliness on people. "[[At My Mercy]]" is Eitzel at his brilliant best, a forlorn verse giving way invisibly to a swelling chorus of gilded quality. "[[Gary's Song]]", played as a bluegrass-derived ode to mindless imbibing, pushes the point further.


“The song started out to be about summer in Columbus; and then it started being about sitting on a porch drinking beer with a friend; and then it started being about…like, Cleveland has really bad areas where everything’s falling apart. I’ve always written really sad songs…I think that way.
“The song started out to be about summer in Columbus; and then it started being about sitting on a porch drinking beer with a friend; and then it started being about…like, Cleveland has really bad areas where everything’s falling apart. I’ve always written really sad songs…I think that way.