This is an awesome song. So many great lines: "John Henry was a steel drivin' bastard, but John Henry was a bastard just the same". I think John Henry is a sort of allegory to the working class, and how big business tramples them. Jason Isbell is one of my favorite lyricists.
This is an awesome song. So many great lines: "John Henry was a steel drivin' bastard, but John Henry was a bastard just the same". I think John Henry is a sort of allegory to the working class, and how big business tramples them. Jason Isbell is one of my favorite lyricists.