Tag: gritty

• The Sun Don’t Preach

  

  A raw, Delta blues track that wrestles with the difference between trying to fix a broken world with force and finding strength in a quieter, more patient wisdom. “The Sun Don’t Preach” is a story told through a bottleneck slide and a steady foot stomp, contrasting the “power of a God” with the “wisdom of…

  William Altig

  October 16, 2025

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  acoustic blues, Acoustic Guitar, Americana, Blues Music, bottleneck guitar, Buddhism, Compassion, Conscious Music, Contemplative, delta blues, Dharma, dharma song, Folk Blues, foot stomp, gritty, hope, indie folk, letting go, male vocals, Meditative, Original Music, Patience, Power, power of a god, powerful, Raw, resonator, resonator guitar, roots music, Singer-Songwriter, Slide Guitar, Soulful, spiritual blues, Spiritual Music, Spirituality, Storytelling, Struggle, The Sun Don’t Preach, wisdom, wisdom of the sun

• Craving Blues

  

  Feel the surge ignite your soul. “Craving Blues” is a raw, soulful anthem of ambition and fire, pulling you into the heart of the blues. “Craving Blues” is a journey into the soul’s raw yearning and relentless pursuit of dreams. This song embodies the fire that drives us. It is set to a gritty blues…

  William Altig

  November 13, 2024

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  Ambition, Blues, cosmos, Craving, Deep Blues, dreams, Electric, Fire, gritty, Guitar, Harmonica, Haunting, Heartfelt, Inner Fire, Intensity, life, love, music, Night, Passion, poetry, Raw, Soul, Soulful, writing, Yearning

• Stones and Smiles

  

  “Stones and Smiles” is a raw and soulful blues track about finding strength in the face of adversity. It uses gritty vocals and heartfelt lyrics. The song explores how to overcome hardship. It also highlights finding moments of joy amidst the struggle. This song encourages us to smile and rise above. Even when life throws…

  William Altig

  October 23, 2024

  music

  acoustic blues, Blues, Emotional, gritty, hope, Life Journey, overcoming adversity, Raw, resilience, Soulful, Stones and Smiles, Storytelling, Struggle, Vocals

• We Were Born To Win

  

  ‘We Were Born to Win’ was created from a vision of strength and resilience. It is a gritty, soulful blues anthem. The song is about overcoming adversity. With powerful inspired lyrics, this track embraces the fire within. It uses the fierce imagery of a lion to urge us to rise through life’s storms. We are…

  William Altig

  October 12, 2024

  music

  Blues, blues anthem, empowerment, gritty, Guitar, lion, music, music-news, overcoming adversity, poem, poetry, resilience, rock, Soulful, strength, victory