Tom Dyer & The True Olympians Olympia: A True Story CD

Olympia: A True Story,"a 40-song, 47 track, 3-CD album with 80-page book, is a loving ode to Olympia, Washington. It tells the story of Olympia going back 2 million years, with over 100 guest Olympia musicians. Recorded over 4 years thru the pandemic, it is Tom Dyer's usual heady brew of musical eclecticism writ large. It is monumental. This is the tale of the greater Olympia area told through the lens of a third-generation Olympian who left town after graduating from Olympia HS in 1971, returning in 2016. This is not any sort of complete history; it is a collection of sonic sketches reflecting the band's particular take on the many-headed beast that is Olympia. They hope their little entertainment will inspire people to dig deeper into the story of their hometown. They will be donating a portion of their proceeds to the not-for-profit Olympia Arts and Heritage Alliance.

1. Disc a: 1. Land Acknowledgement 2. 2. It's the Capital 3. 3. the Land and the Water (Welcome to Olympia!) 4. 4. People of the Water 5. 5. the Founding 6. 6. Bordeaux 7. 7. Little Hollywood 8. 8. Beer Town 9. 9. Joseph Wohleb, Architect/Empty Buildings 10. 10. Mima Mounds 11. 11. Mothballs and Mosquitos 12. 12. Mill Town 13. 13. It's Mud 14. 14. Exactly Eight Minutes of Olympia Rain and Frogs at Tom's House 15. Disc B: 1. Let's Have a Parade! 16. 2. Kgy Sports Jingle 17. 3. Grandma Caught the Shark 18. 4. Billy Frank JR 19. 5. Tumwater Destroyed! 20. 6. Kxxo Jingle 21. 7. the Evergreen Ballroom 22. 8. Everybody Needs a Home 23. 9. Runaway Train 24. 10. Olympia Oysters 25. 11. the Ballad of Margaret McKenny 26. 12. the Null Set 27. 13. William Winlock Miller 28. 14. Jazz in Olympia 29. 15. Kgy Weather Jingle 30. 16. a Deadly Wind 31. 17. Exactly Eight Minutes of Olympia Birds at Tom's House 32. Disc C: 1. a Bucketful of Weird (Tesc) 33. 2. I'm An Oly Bear 34. 3. Kaos Station Id 35. 4. It's Still Pretty White (Getting Better) 36. 5. Clammin' (A Meditation) 37. 6. Arts Walk (Mossy Bottom) 38. 7. Satan Made Him Do It 39. 8. Freeform Northwest Show Promo 40. 9. Gronk! (If You Love Dinosaur) 41. 10. Death at Mounts Road II 42. 11. Puget Sound Flatland Blues 43. 12. Love Rock Revolution 44. 13. Rachel Corrie (Activist) 45. 14. Lacey's Now the Biggest 46. 15. Let It Rain 47. 16. Olympia My Home