This is the first single off my new album, THE BOOK OF MOSS, that was started (and then shelved) some years ago with my friend and musical companion Alex Abraham, who is no longer with us and brought back to life with another dear friend and musical partner Justin Guip.  It deals with the media, politics, our history and the ongoing assault on indigenous culture and OUR WATER SOURCE! The song was written during the publicized protests of the Keystone Pipeline by the Lakota people of North Dakota. The headlines have since subsided but the problem has not. In a nutshell, it is crazy that we collectively allow for the poisoning of the resource that is necessary for life...and that makes up most of the human body. I am all for science and technology, and yet we are dismissing the greatest scientists on the planet. I don't think any western scientist would dispute the benefit of prolonged observation. The indigenous tribes have looked at and pondered the natural world for thousands of years and made strong and accurate predictions, yet we give them no platform.  I don't need to go into the history or the degradation modern society has imposed here. Nor do I need to explain the importance of water. I can, however, write a song about it...it's called Ogallala. I hope you enjoy it.

Ogallala

Bow Thayer is an accomplished and prolific songwriter who cultivates influences from the worlds of rock, blues, folk, prog, bluegrass and everything and anything in between to produce music that is heartfelt, soulful and uniquely his. He has lived up to his “reputation as a sublimely gifted artist” by pursuing a creative vision that seeks to lead Americana music into the future. Finally gaining national recognition, American Songwriter Magazine says this "onetime Levon Helm compatriot is the best artist to come from New England in recent years." On July 24, 2015, Bow will release his new album, "Sundowser", the much anticipated follow-up to his 2013 critically-acclaimed record, "Eden".