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“I have lived on the Eastern end of 24th Street in San Francisco’s Mission District around the corner from SF General Hospital for more than 20 years now. I work at a bar near the corner of Mission and 22nd Street and a number of years ago (pre-pandemic), there were a series of devastating fires on Mission Street — two of them practically next door to my workplace, and another about three quarters of a mile south at 29th Street. Fires in a densely-populated city full of attached wooden houses are scary enough, but add in the scarcity of affordable housing, the simmering resentments around the huge influx of tech workers, and the white-hot real estate market and the overall effect was pretty unsettling.
“The phrase, ‘The Mission is on fire’ popped into my head and I knew there was a song there. I chased it down until I thought I had it. Around the time that I wrote it, I had another record coming out that it wasn’t really right for, but I knew that it was going to fit squarely into the group of songs that made up my new record, 24th Street Blues. It seems that San Francisco is in the news often these days and is struggling with all the things that an awful lot of cities are struggling with, but I deeply love my neighborhood – and most days I find it difficult to imagine living anywhere else.” –
lyrics
Down on 22nd street
there’s a deep hole in the ground
It won’t be there much longer now
man, just take a look around
Right next door the gleaming tower, stands so clear and stark
Sixty people lost their homes it barely left a mark
Try and square the circle but the pieces just don’t fit
And the Mission is on fire, and there’s some people getting rich
Downtown in some paneled room
they're looking at the plans
Working on the optics, now
pouring drinks and shaking hands
you can say ‘but for the grace of God’ and calculate the cost
to stay and fight the battles when the war’s already lost
Someone’s sitting on a goldmine, just waiting for the pitch
and the Mission is on fire, and there’s some people getting rich
Out on 29th street now
it’s happening again
The sirens wail, the buildings burn
flames are dancing in the wind
Folks just go about their business, as the afternoon drags on
They're coiling the hoses, another city block is gone
But the sun will rise, the smoke will clear, the birds will start to sing
It’s just a simple sacrifice, one more burnt offering
Here come the lawyers and the landlords, and you can't tell which is which
and the Mission is on fire, and there’s some people getting rich
credits
from 24th Street Blues,
released October 6, 2023
Recorded by Mike Coykendall at Blue Rooms, Portland OR
Additional recording by Adam Rossi at AR Audio, San Francisco, CA
and Doug Hilsinger Mobile Rig at Bohemian Neglect HQ, San Francisco, CA
Mixed by Scott Hirsch at Echo Magic, Ojai, CA
Mastered by John Greenham at Clearlight, Los Angeles, CA
Tom Heyman vocals, acoustic guitar, 12 string guitar
Mike Coykendall 12 string guitar
Rusty Miller bass, drums
Mike Brenner lap steel guitars
Jody Stephens of Big Star and Luther Russell of the Freewheelers team for a radiant LP packed full of slide guitar and pop smarts. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 11, 2019
Soulful guitar interplay form the heart of this lovely Americana collaboration from Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 2, 2018
supported by 7 fans who also own “The Mission Is On Fire”
Just saw Chuck & the Mission Express on Mountain Stage in Charleston, WV. Huge fan. Favorite track, the one he killed on stage there. "Who put the bomp in the bomp shooby doddy bomp?" (shout your answer here) Lance Carney
