Monday, July 22, 2012
Mother Mary
Okay, here we go…a new song. After, well, let’s see, about seven and a half months. I’m okay with that. Wasn’t for lack of playing or performing.
Poor Elvis hit just about every Rust Belt city in the month of June. Did you follow our travel journal? Do you want to see a show coming up? Check our schedule….
Anyway…
So, I had the idea for this tune jumbling around up in my head for about a week and then I sat down on Wednesday in a quiet moment of clear breath (for about the first time since January) and popped it out.
Felt easy…like I hadn’t quit writing.
Oh, did you not know I’d quit writing? It was a break. I was doing it and then I wasn’t.
And now I am again. So there.
So, I had this idea. The “Mother Mary” idea. The two-word phrase going over and over and I knew I had to get it out out out. I think I did. I like the way the verses flow.
The chorus part I had a little trouble with. Had three different versions of it. The other two were much too complicated, so I simplified it. Threw out what wasn’t needed and I’m pretty sure I still said what I needed to say.
And that’s that.
A new Talkin’ Headline is coming your way on Tuesday too. And then the re-recorded version of the song I released this week, last year. That’ll be on Wednesday. It’s a re-record of the tune “Cause, Mama,” if you wanted to get a jump on listening to the original version.
