"The Ghost of Cincinnati" does more than name drop Aaron Dessner's hometown in the singer's latest song with Big Red Machine.
The song, released Wednesday as part of Big Red Machine's latest album "How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last?" explicitly references several streets, neighborhoods, celebrities and landmarks that make the city unique.
References to Cincinnati in the song include: the Cincinnati Bell Connector at 12th and Vine streets, Over-the-Rhine, Covington Bridge, Ault Park, Cincinnati Reds player Pete Rose, Fountain Square, Northside, Spring Grove and Price Hill.
Dessner, a founding member of the rock band The National, is collaborating the album with Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon. "How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last?" will be released in August and features other artists, including two songs with Taylor Swift.
Dessner told Variety "The Ghost of Cincinnati" was not originally intended as a song for Big Red Machine, but after he played it for for Swift, she encouraged him to put it on the album.
"That’s one that I played for Taylor, and she said, ‘This has to be on the record,’' Dessner told Variety. "I was like, ‘Yeah, but it’s just me playing guitar by myself.’ She said, ‘No, it’s perfect. It’s exactly what this record should be.’”
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