New Music Video Drops on Humboldt

Brett McFarland, whose Facebook page states, “Played with Blues Legend Earl Thomas, John Craigie, & both Herlong and Sheridan Federal Prison Yards, uploaded the video above today about Humboldt. He recorded the music at Wrangletown in Arcata.

Lyrics:
Well, I built this home with my own two hands
With help from my friends and trees from the land.
Food and shelter the best I can.
This right here is where I make my stand.
‘Cuz we still got butchers and we still got mills.
Got a whole lot of folks, a whole lot of skills.
If you ever need help, ever need a favor,
Well, around here, you still call on your neighbor.

That’s how we do it in Humboldt. Hey, how we do it in Humboldt. How we do it in Humboldt

Oh we got trees like you hain’t never seen
Clear blue water straight out of a dream
And you don’t have to go and look too far
To find yourself a shooting star
You can be a weirdo, you can be a freak
You can be straight-laced seven days a week.
‘Cuz we got guts and a we got pride.
We got what matters on the inside.

That’s how we do it in Humboldt. Hey, how we do it in Humboldt. How we do it in Humboldt. That’s how we do it.

Well, the sun was setting on ’68.
It was the Summer of Love down in the Haight.
A war was dragging. It was getting late.
Back to the land sounded great>
And that’s when a redneck made love with a hippie.
They had themselves a child and they named her Gypsy.

That’s how we do it in Humboldt. Hey, how we do it in Humboldt. How we do it in Humboldt…

But, it ain’t all flowers and peace and love.
You know the history is stained in blood.
Everywhere from Hoopa down to Table Bluff,
Klamath to Bear River, man,
They had it rough.
It’s the same old story all across the land.
One of them things I just can’t understand.
So I do my best to show respect,
Tip my hat, and I won’t ever forget.

That’s how we do it in Humboldt. Hey, how we do it in Humboldt. How we do it in Humboldt…

Now, if you want to talk shit on California,
Go right ahead, but I got to warn you…
We hold it down around here…
If you live in this country and you ever smoke grass
You can thank Humboldt County for risking our ass.
Fighting CAMP since the 80s and going strong.
We just a kept on growin’ until the laws caught on…
The only way to say it is to put it bluntly
There ain’t another place more Outlaw Country….

That’s how we do it in Humboldt. Hey how we do it in Humboldt. How we do it in Humboldt. How we do it in Humboldt. How we do it in Humboldt….

And, yes, he did go to prison for growing marijuana.

Earlier:

• Raid up Salmon Creek
• Here’s What We Know About Today’s Federal Raids
• One Arrest in Yesterday’s ICE Raids
• First Indictment in Homeland Security Raids
• Legendary Attorney J. Tony Serra Takes Humboldt’s South Dakota Dope Ring Case; Former Redwood Capital Loan Officer Testifies for Defense
• Feds Serving Arrest Warrant in Bayside; Apparent Follow-Up to Last Year’s South Dakota Weed Trafficking Case
• Local Man Attached to ‘South Dakota Connection’ Case Taken Into Custody
• The Humboldt Connection: A South Dakota Woman Sentenced in Marijuana Conspiracy Case that Captivated this County in 2012
• Two More Men Sentenced in South Dakota/Humboldt Connection
• Brett McFarland is Playing in Humboldt and Beyond