Michael Moore Unveils The Nightwatchman

Tom Morello's acoustic folk protest alter-ego, The Nightwatchman, will release his first album, "One Man Revolution," on April 24th. The video for the first single, "The Road I Must Travel," made it's online debut on documentary filmmaker Michael Moore's official website this week. Peep it here. But if you're like me and you can't quite make out the quotes, you can view a larger version of the vid here.

And since we're all about the acoustic, folk, protest, anti-right (and alter-egos) here on AtD, though not so much radical socialism either (sorry Che Guevara fans), let's do some lyrics (courtesy of Mr. Morello himself):

Well I climbed the seven summits
And I swam the seven seas
But the road I must travel
Its end I cannot see
I fought in the jungles
And I fought in the streets
But the road I must travel
Its end I cannot see
Once I had a reason
Don't know what it could be
But the road I must travel
Its end I cannot see
Well I sang to myself
That I want to be free
But the road I must travel
Its end I cannot see

I walked the empty desert
And I was burned in the heat
But the road I must travel
Its end I cannot see
I crossed the frozen wasteland
And in the bitter cold did freeze
But the road I must travel
Its end I cannot see
And I will knock on every door
For I do not have a key
And the road I must travel
Its end I cannot see
Well I sang to myself
That I want to be free
But the road I must travel
Its end I cannot see

They shot a man in Soho
Couldn't guess his age
I found his empty journal
I filled up every page
I called up my state senator
They said he wasn't there
The secretary took my name
And man she sounded scared
So I counted my misfortunes
I added up the blame
I picked through all the garbage
I checked off all the names
I read in the newspaper
They'd questioned all my friends
They hoped that they could find me
Before I struck again
Well I sang to myself
That I want to be free
But the road I must travel
Its end I cannot see

So when thirsty I will drink
When hungry I will steal
But the road I must travel
Its end I cannot see
So tonight I walk in anger
With worn shoes on my feet
But the road I must travel
Its end I cannot see
And I will sing to myself
That I'm gonna be free
But the road I must travel
Its end I cannot see

There's a sign along the highway
But it's too dark now to read

Check out more tunes, tour dates, and a whole lot more at the official Nightwatchman site.

The Nightwatchman Cometh and a Possible Rage Reunion

Guitar virtuoso, activist, and multi-faceted rocker Tom Morello will finally release material as his solo side project, The Nightwatchman:

Tom Morello's debut solo album as The Nightwatchman, One Man Revolution, produced by Brendan O'Brien, will be released April 24th by Epic Records. One Man Revolution features thirteen songs, with Tom on acoustic guitar and singing lead vocals for the first time ever. All songs were written by Morello

Meanwhile, Billboard reports on The Nightwatchman's tour plans as well as that of another outfit that Morello was involved in:

Morello will tour this spring, including an appearance at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, in mid-March. But perhaps of most interest to hardcore fans are rumors that Rage Against The Machine may be reuniting for the first time in six-plus years to play the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival this spring.

An event spokesperson was not available for comment on the possibility of a Rage performance.

Tom Morello goes acoustically wild and Rage rekindle the fire? Hot damn! While we anxiously await confirmation of the latter, here are some palette teasers for the former.

If you get into Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylanesque protest rock, you gotta check this stuff out:

The Nightwatchman's MySpace (features the track "Until The End.")

The Nightwatchman on YouTube:







I don't want to tap out everyone's bandwidth so we'll stop there, but there's plenty more Nightwatchman goodness on Youtube.

Official lyrics to The Nightwatchman's songs.