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• Steven Wold is an American blues musician who performs under the name of Seasick Steve. At the age of 13, Wold left home to avoid abuse at the hands of his stepfather, and lived rough and on the road. He would travel long distances across the southern states of America by hopping freight trains, as he looked for work as a farm labourer or in other seasonal jobs, often living as a hobo. This first single from his sixth studio album, You Can't Teach an Old Dog New Tricks album, was inspired by his own time on the road. "'Treasures' come about by me remembering wandering down a street in some town, seeing people lookin at me, wondering what I was doin there and hoping I wern't gonna ask them for nothin," explained Wold to Spinner UK."And I was feelin kinda free, and to me they seemed like they was in a prison. Well, I didn't want nothin from them. There you go."
• When asked about his nickname by Spinner, Wold said: "because it's just true: I always get seasick."