GHOST TOWN LULLABY
An AI Music Concept Album from James Harris

GHOST TOWN LULLABY is a new concept album of songs that are inspired by the ghost towns of the west and the hardship of working the mines when the silver boom ended at the turn of the century.

You can also visit my Suno channel which has these songs and a few others.

https://suno.com/@jamesharrisphoto

The Fading Cries of Night

My opening song “The Fading Cries of Night” features piano, acoustic guitar, cello, violin, and percussion playing a beautiful, haunting melody. Female vocals in the outro.

Boomtown

The silver was good. The days were good. Life was good. This is Boomtown, an uptempo tribute to dreams of the miners who struck it rich in the late 19th century.

Riches to Rust

A silver miner had it all, and then lost it all. Riches to Rust is his story.

Whispers Through the Windowpanes

A fitting tribute to the ghost towns of the west. A male singer is a visitor describing the ghosts telling him their stories about the town.

The Ballad of Arthur Morgan

A slight departure from the ghost town theme. The character of Arthur Morgan is fictitious and is the main character in the video game Red Dead Redemption 2 (RDR2), the highest-rated video game ever made (97 on IMDB). The year is 1899, and the outlaw gangs are being systematically hunted down by the Pinkertons as America is starting to become the civilized nation it is today. In this song, Arthur laments his life as an outlaw always on the run in the Dutch Van der Linde gang. Fun fact: RDR2 made $725,000,000 in its first 3 days of release back in 2018.

When the Train Stopped Coming

This song is about what happens when a boom town transitions to a ghost town when the train stopped coming. The beautiful long intro features mandolin and violin, with somber, haunting male vocals following.

Creede

It is the 1890s in Creede, Colorado. The mines were producing silver, and actually continued operating until the 1980s. The terrain in the canyon behind the town made for brutal conditions and there were many fatalities during the early years, although records were never kept. Today, Creede is a beautiful little town that is worth the visit, and you can drive the Bachelor Road loop to see the abandoned mines and equipment.

Ghost Town Lullaby

The title song is a tribute for all the ghost towns in the old west. Featuring both male and female harmonizing vocals in a traditional country song.