The pandemic created the most universally, mutually supportive environment for independent artists than I have experience in my 35 years of doing it…. One gig is worth a week of rehearsals.
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“That Bonnie Raitt song,” said my friend back in the late 80’s, “is so beautiful. But that old man who sings it with her kinda ruins it.”
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I’ve written only three “important” songs. What I mean is, in thirty years of songwriting, only three of my precious creative brainchildren might make a person stop and think about something they weren’t already thinking about. …If I can get away with delivering a line like “the burden gets lighter, and the love grows brighter,” it means that my skills are honed.
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The day after Thanksgiving, I released “A Song About This.” It’s the best song I’ve written in years, and I intend to not make a single dime off of it for myself. In the ongoing effort of equality and justice, all BandCamp and digital-streaming proceeds go to the Eugene, Oregon local chapter of the NAACP.)
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…”Hobo-Rock” anthem. Closing salvo at the spiritual fatigue and exhaustion from ever-digging deep and ever-fighting the good fight. You might say it’s a paradoxical surrender by simply raising the flag and declaring victory for no apparent reason.
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I’m not known for optimistic love songs -- an average of one per decade. So why now, when the country is burning with pain and division?
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