Oliver Anthony is a regular guy who lives on a piece of land in Virginia with his dogs and writes songs in his spare time.
This weekend he uploaded a new song called ‘Rich Men North Of Richmond’ which struck an immediate chord with people all over the country and went viral overnight.
FOX News reports:
Blue-collar political anthem ‘Rich Men North of Richmond’ takes internet by stormA new blue-collar political anthem is taking the Internet by storm just days after hitting the web.Virginia native Oliver Anthony’s song, “Rich Men North of Richmond,” is a twangy, soulful bluegrass song detailing the frustration of a blue-collar man fed up with the leadership in Washington.The song torches high taxes and lawmakers for turning their attention away from the working men and women of America to “minors on an island somewhere” — an apparent reference to the offshore retreat where the late convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein hosted some influential persons.”Rich Men North of Richmond” also contrasts starving “people in the street” to “obese” Americans “milking welfare” and the epidemic of suicides in young men.”Well God, if you’re 5 foot 3 and you’re 300 pounds, taxes ought not to pay for your bags of fudge rounds,” Anthony sings. “Young men are putting themselves six feet in the ground, ’cause all this damn country does is keep on kicking them down.”
Listen to the song below. This was uploaded to YouTube three days ago and already has over three million views.
The song hit number 1 on iTunes.
He is already getting offers from people who want to produce a record for him.
Oliver seems a little overwhelmed by the response.
And he already has a show lined up for Sunday in North Carolina.
This is such a great story. Congratulations to Oliver for his well deserved success.
Featured image via YouTube.
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