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George Floyd stuff. And the city was burning outside. It was the jail. It does keep me fueled up and fired and yeah, I have a lot of
perfect storm, with everything that was going on in the world, and dreams, just like anybody else.”
internally, to write that song, and I wrote it when I was… I don’t With ‘Ballad Of A Misspent Youth’, Tuk Smith & The Restless
even remember writing it, I was so fuckin’ fluish from Covid, but it Hearts have definitely proved their worth. The album is confirma-
worked.” tion that real rock ‘n’ roll is still being made from a genuine, beating
In ‘Lovesick City’ he sings ‘one for the dreamers that won’t let red heart and is worth its weight in gold.
go’. He also sings of having dreams you just can’t steal in ‘Say Visit www.tuksmithandtherestlesshearts.com for more info.
Goodbye’. We ask if his dreams keep him holding on and working
hard.
“That’s probably what keeps me driven,” Tuk replies. “Yes, I Words By Shari Black Velvet
have dreams. More than dreams; I feel like I have something to
prove to myself and prove to everybody that told me that I was a Photos by Alysse Gafkjen
fuck up and a loser and a sellout and that I’m just going to go to

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