Sunny War (née Sydney Lyndella Ward) is a Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter and guitarist. Born to a single mom in Nashville, she had a nomadic childhood, moving around from Michigan, Colorado, and living on the streets of San Francisco. War settled down in Los Angeles as a teenager, and became known for her street playing in Venice Beach. War grew up immersed in the blues music of the Nashville scene, she was also a major fan of hard rock bands like AC/DC and Motley Crüe. After moving to Venice Beach, War developed a style of guitar playing that married acoustic punk with country blues, though she does not consider herself to be a blues artist: “I feel like I am a blues guitarist, but I don't think I'm a blues artist…I only use the scales and techniques that I know and the only time I was trained in music was on blues guitar.”
She self-released her first album, Worthless, in 2015, as well as her second album Red, White and Blue in 2016. War released her 2018 album With the Sun under Hen House Studios, an independent music label in Venice Beach. She collaborated with Particle Kid (Micah Nelson) on the 2018 LP Particle War. War’s 4th album Shell of a Girl (2019) and 5th album Simple Syrup (2021) were also released under Hen House Studios. Her 2023 album Anarchist Gospel was released under New West Records, a Nashville-based record label.
References
https://www.sunnywar.com/about
https://www.kennedy-center.org/artists/w/wa-wn/sunny-war/
https://www.discogs.com/artist/5923878-Sunny-War?superFilter=Releases&subFilter=Albums
albums by Sunny War
Songs by Sunny War
Like a junkie with a worn out Minor Threat cassette
You’re a walking contradiction, but I ain’t upset
All your words I take with a grain of salt
Cos I know you’re fake, but it's not your fault
Sucking dick for a dollar’s not the only way to hoe
We sell labor, we sell hours, sell our power, sell our souls
All the pigs and the big wigs foaming at the mouth
Look down at us laughing like we’ll never figure out
All the food we buy grows in the dirt
But we can’t grow our own cos we’ve gotta go to work
And the rent is due every 30 days
And you won’t have nothing once your bills are paid
It’s simply users and abusers, us and them, peace and war
Ain’t it funny how you don’t see them as people anymore?
Everybody gets a soapbox and a bag of dreams
And an echo chamber allocated for the screams
While the war pigs killed more kids today
Picket signs were made 6,000 miles away
And all the lefties and the liberals were marching so you know
Just because they pay their taxes doesn’t mean that they don’t know
All the pigs and the big wigs foaming at the mouth
Look down at us laughing like we’ll never figure out
All the war outside starts here at home
If they didn’t have our money they’d be fighting it alone
Doesn’t matter what your silly little signs have to say
Cos the genocide is funded by the taxes that you pay
It’s simply users and abusers, us and them, peace and war
Ain’t it funny how you don’t see them as people anymore?
And they pacify you with the right to march and right to speak
Cos they know that you rely on them for everything you eat
And you’ll never truly break away or ever leave their side
Your humanity does not outweigh your will to survive
You associate survival with the order they provide
Like the government is vital for a people’s chance to thrive
Ain’t it funny how you don’t see them as people anymore?
Simply users and abusers, us and them, peace and war
It’s simply users and abusers, us and them, peace and war
Ain’t it funny how you don’t see them as people anymore?
Lyrics are very interesting ...
Overall I dig. Nice Protest song
& with David Rawlings..................
Came across the lyrics from her youtube video for the song:
Like a junkie with a worn out Minor Threat cassette
You’re a walking contradiction, but I ain’t upset
All your words I take with a grain of salt
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Thanks Jayesea,
Bumping from 8 -> 10
No lyrics posted yet.
I'm not ready to rate it on this first listen.
I dunno what this reminds me of, but I, for one, like it.
My first reaction, too! The artist description on RP helped my ears connect a few dots: a style of guitar playing that married acoustic punk with country blues, though she does not consider herself to be a blues artist.
If someone told me to imagine acoustic punk married with country blues, I'd have no clue - though this certainly could be it...