The cover of Low Cut Connie’s single, “Livin in the USA.”
Low Cut Connie singer-songwriter Adam Weiner, who made national news by becoming one of the artists to cancel a Kennedy Center appearance in protest of President Trump’s takeover of the Washington, D.C. venue, has released a new protest song, “Livin in the USA.” You can listen to it below.
In it, he sings from the point of view of someone who is living in the United States “but it ain’t my home … my kind of people, they ain’t never gonna leave us alone.”
He also sings about “screaming in the midnight, ‘Don’t take my child away,’ ” and compares the country’s current situation to Halloween, “when you realize the dream is gone.”
In a press release, Weiner said: “I’ve been traveling across this country for many years, and I’ve never seen so many people terrified of the future. People are looking at each other sideways, not knowing who is good, who is bad, and who might jump out of the shadows. It reminds me of the feeling of being a child on Halloween — the seasons are changing, it’s getting darker, and you don’t know who is lurking. I wanted to capture these feelings of sadness and disorientation in ‘Livin in the USA.’ ”
Low Cut Connie will present a free show at the Sundown Music Series at McLaughlin Norcross Memorial Dell at Haddon Lake Park in Haddon Heights, June 4 at 7:30 p.m. The band will also open for Dogs in a Pile at The Stone Pony Summer Stage in Asbury Park, Aug. 31 at 6 p.m. And Weiner will perform solo at the Concerts in the Studio series in Freehold, Sept. 13 at 4 and 7 p.m.
For more information, visit lowcutconnie.com.
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