Mark Rubin “Amazon Warehouse”
Americana Highways presents this premiere of Mark Rubin’s song “Amazon Warehouse” from his forthcoming album. The album was produced by Mark; and recorded, mixed and mastered by Chris Butcher of Butcher Studios in New Orleans.
“Amazon Warehouse” is Mark Rubin on vocals, banjo, guitar, and bass; and Rurik Nunan on fiddle
As Mark tells us about this song, “’Kill a Mule, buy another’ is what they used to say when they worked men to death making the Mississippi River levies. That came to mind when I read that there was a guy working in one of those great big warehouses, a fella not too much different than me, who just keeled over dead on the job one day. Rather than stop the line, the manager told the staff just to turn away and get back to packing the boxes. Gotta keep those trucks rolling. Kill a mule. Here’s the true cost of that Next Day Delivery.'”
Whirling fiddles and hard pushing rhythms settle scene for “I got no break time, I gotta p!ss in a jar… but if you want a paycheck you best not fall behind.” It’s all the honesty of a traditional folk song with the most modern relatable storytelling by the self-titled Jew of Oklahoma, Mark Rubin.
The music can be found here on his BandCamp page: https://jewofoklahoma.bandcamp.com/track/amazon-warehouse
Enjoy some of our previous coverage here: Interview: Mark Rubin ’s Jew of Oklahoma Project ‘The Triumph of Assimilation’ Addresses Anti-Semitism On The Rise