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Chuck Suchy – Dakota Breezes – Vinyl Record
Chuck Suchy (pronounced soo-key) is the real thing–one of the foremost musical voices of the American Great Plains. A working farmer, born and raised and at home in the blue hills along the Missouri River south of Mandan, North Dakota, Chuck Suchy has a love for making music that goes back to his childhood.
Chuck Suchy hails from North Dakota and has been celebrated for his ability to capture the essence of rural life and the American Midwest in his music. His songs often tell stories of everyday people, landscapes, and the connections between people and the land.
Throughout his youth and young adult life, he found time to perform in the area’s halls, clubs and lounges, singing and playing guitar and accordian. In 1982 a major event occurred when an acquaintance gave him a tape of Canadian troubadour Stan Rogers singing his classic Field Behind The Plow.
“It was at that moment” Suchy says “that I realized that the life I was immersed in was worthy of song.” He began writing his own ballads and songs, slipping them into his performances and it was soon obvious that he was on to something quite unique -sensitive and honest portrayals of contemporary American farm life, but from an insider’s point of view.
In the decade since, Chuck Suchy has continued to write, sing and record songs evoking and extolling the Great Plains region and lifestyle. His themes have expanded to include songs about human relationships, spirituality, motorcycles, and even sailing. The Plains have seen a lot of change over this time, including farm crises, loss of population, and a major restructuring of the agricultural economy. Chuck remains an astute observer of it all and his songs chronicle not only the events, but the emotions and feelings that accompany such upheaval and change.
Brand new, never played and still sealed in the factory plastic seal with jacket slit
Flying Fish Records 1987 FF 453
Guest performer on A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor
Except for “A Shottis Medley,” all songs are written by Suchy, and feature musical support from Peter Ostroushko (fiddle, mandolin), Dave Moore (2-row button accordion and harmonica) and others. Ostroushko also produced Dakota Breezes.
Track Listing
Home For The Harvest
Summer Hands
Hometown Love
West Dakota Breezes
Let’S Get On With Love
This One’s For Me
Just Been One Of Those Days
No Time For Loving
A Shottish Medley
Saturday Ngiht At The Hall
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