Backroads is made possible by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund with money by the vote the people, November 4th, 2008.

[Music] Darkness all around.

You know it's bad when you're at your best when you're down.

Try a little bit of sympathy.

Try a little bit of grace.

I know it's harder than it sounds.

I know it's hard to keep faith.

But I can't be broken with a brokenless lord, even when my nails put him on the board.

And my score is less than a victorious win.

Keep me afloat, in the smoke, against my sin.

Let me soak in your grace, Lord.

Let me soak face to face, Lord.

[Music] I know things ain't the same.

And I'll grow 'cause I know I'm the one to blame.

I took your power and I put it in a box.

I claimed great things but it was all talk.

Now I'm relearning what should've been taught, and I ain't waitin' on getting good with the Lord while there's Let me soak in your grace, Lord.

Let me soak face to face, Lord.

[Music] I can't be satisfied without your love.

I can't be satisfied without your love.

I can't, I can't be satisfied without your love.

I can't, I can't be satisfied without your love.

I can't be satisfied without your love.

I can't be satisfied without your love.

I can't be satisfied without your love.

I can't be satisfied without your love.

[Music] Well, I'm Gary Broste.

I play bass in the trio.

I'm Eric Sundeen.

I play the drums and the cymbals.

And I'm Corey Medina, and we're Corey Medina and Brothers.

[Music] I really feel like just these past few years have really just solidified, you know, like, man, like the fact that any band made it out of a pandemic is a huge accomplishment.

Like, I really feel like bands should, especially local bands too, should really commend each other and lift each other up for that because that's huge.

We went through a lot together, you know, to get through this and to be where we are now, and I feel like that's in our music too.

I think that's one thing a lot of bands can miss out on as you grow and write and create is that, man, you capture your sound.

And now we're just at that point where we're no longer trying to capture it.

We're just making it now and we're just creating.

[Music] Hey, am I where I need to be.

I'm just tryna see what you see.

I just need some more time to understand what this is all about and what helps you stand.

I don't have to point out the elephant in the street.

I don't have to educate what standards we don't meet.

But we're just standing still or were chasing the stacks.

Egypt looked like fun but I ain't never going back.

C'mon!

It's time to heal.

I said, c'mon!

It's time to be real.

[Music] Hey, tax man, way up there in the tree, won't you come down here and say what you want to me.

But you know I know what you've done and where you've been.

Now it's time for accountability to sink in.

Won't you lay down your riches and lay down your gold.

Lay down your stallion and your fancy clothes.

You say freedom rings for every lady and man, well shout out to the beauties of the two-spirit clan.

C'mon!

It's time to heal.

C'mon!

It's time to be real.

[Music] I got that blood, that blood, that blood in my veins.

I got that mud, that mud, that mud in my brain.

And I know, I know, I know, I know I'm to blame.

I got that blood, that blood, that blood in my veins.

I got that mud, that mud, that mud in my brain.

And I know, I know, I know, I know I'm to blame.

My conviction comes from restriction, far before prohibition.

I have the intuition that God is cookin' something a little bit special for us in his kitchen.

'Cause we don't run.

We don't hide.

When you speak up for these lands, it puts God on your side.

So I'd rather be in her grace than against her grain.

I'd rather be in her calling than be in my fame.

I'd rather sing for my people than just stay in my lane.

I'd rather be the silver that the smith burns in the flame.

C'mon!

It's time to heal.

C'mon!

It's time to be real.

I said, heal me, Lord.

Reveal me, Lord.

[Music] The new album is called Soak.

I think, like, a little part of it we had written right before the pandemic.

But I would say the majority of them were written in the thick of it.

Where it was just me trying to process stuff while not being able to get together with these guys, and not be able to get together with anybody, you know?

And it was just a really strange time and, I think, a big transition for everybody.

So, I think this album's really cool in that way, where it's just-- we were able to just kind of process.

And, yeah, I look back at some of the lyrics and things I've written.

I was in a totally different spot mentally and emotionally, but it's good.

Like, it's good to to look back and see some of the things that helped us get through, and still getting through.

[Music] I bought a B-flat harmonica in 1974.

It was just 28.50, and not a cent more.

Well, I learned to sing on that harp and I sang all down the road.

It blew my blues away and I found my way home.

With the minor keys With the major chords With the finest weed Who could ask for more in 1974 In 1974 there was a great man born to be in the heart of Toledo and then he grew up just down the street Well he grew up strong and he grew up right and he learned to sing with his hands He's gonna take all these blues and make himself a better man With the minor keys With the major chord With the finest weed Who could ask for more in 1974 With a Harley Davidson on the ground and a Kool burning in my hand I'm just trying to figure out how to get this shovelhead on the stand So I pulled out my guitar and I sang my frustrations away I sang the blues all night and I found a better way With the minor keys With the major chord With the finest weed Who could ask for more in 1974 Well I need, I need something more Something more than this American Dream I need to be free and the only way I know how is With the minor keys With the major chord With the finest weed Who could ask for more in 1974 Things used to be just a little bit easier Who could ask for more in 1974 Colonel Chavez took command said all these Indians gotta get off this land Not too much food but give them liquor to drink They got some horse races going Let's see if we can cheat Fight broke out and all hell broke loose Here comes Chavez riding in swinging his noose There's cries in my people's past because of his lies Only jailed for 2 months and lived a long life The long walk The long walk The long walk The long walk That's the last straw they said they needed They built a war monster now they cannot feed it Gotta kill them or get them off this land If we let them keep growing they'll get the upper hand So call Kit Carson and have him round up the piles Let's send all 8500 of them 400 miles with no food in their bellies or ideas in their head One more Navajo gone is one more Indian dead The long walk The long walk The long walk The long walk It's a long way to walk It's a long way to walk In the desert of New Mexico Bodies falling left and right still 200 miles to go A daughter fell on the trail with a baby to be born Her Mom and Dad said hey soldier can we stay here til morning He said NO!

No can do, we're way too far behind We're better off just leaving her here cause we both know she's gonna die The daughter said Mom and Dad go on it'll be alright And as their broken hearts walked away they shot their babies in the night The long walk The long walk The long walk The long walk We're still here We're gonna sing our songs We're still here even though you still thought we were gone We're still here Bosque Rodondo failed and my people got stronger and we will prevail The long walk The long walk The long walk We gotta wake the sleeping giant and be ready for revival walk on Walk on Walk on Walk on You know what really I think for me, personally, what drives things ahead is that the band never stays in one place creatively.

Even now we have songs that we play at gigs that haven't even seen the recording studio yet.

And we have songs that are written that aren't even being played at gigs yet.

So it really is a great feeling to keep moving ahead in a creative way.

[Music] I went to work just the other day I wanted to work but she wanted to play.

I try to run I try to flee That girl got a hold of me I can't fight Can't fight your love I can't fight, can't fight your love I went to church just the other day Got on my knees and started to pray I start to burn, I start to smoke On my sins I started to choke I can't fight, I can't fight your love I can't fight, can't fight your love You're too good for me You're too good for me And it's plain to see You're too good for me You're too good for me and it's hard to see why you love me.

You're too good for me Why do you love me You're too good for me I can't fight I can't fight I can't fight in the middle of the night I can't fight I can't fight l can't fight Can't fight your love Can't fight your love [Music] [Music] Backroads is made possible by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund with money by the vote of the people November 4th, 2008.