Where does a song start? In your heart? In the air? in the
atmosphere? I believe it is as
unexplainable as trying to hypothesize on what God is all about (although I know
that God is Love). All I know is that it
starts with a feeling and a thought. Before that: all the places, encounters and experiences that lead to those.
Some of the elements of inspiration to"Eddy's Song" were that I was at a time and place where I had a guitar player that just had
introduced me to the magic world of Billy Joe Shaver’s work. The guitar player had also recently welcomed a son into this world whom was given the name Eddie. My
drummer had just had a daughter. The
thoughts of those new lives and the myriad of possibilities of obstacles and positive events the children would see on their way of becoming grown
are what triggered my wish for them to have not just one, but many strong and
loving hands to help lead and guide them through the can be at times enervating
journey.
Recently I performed a Nashville Showcase at Jeanne's Dinner Theatre here in Nashville and the first song I performed was "Eddy's Song". You can watch it here
You can also download the song from the Kriz Rogers'/Kriztina Ahs & Countryfied's CD "Roads" here
Foot note: the sub title of the song is "Everybody Needs Someone".
