“Imitation is, after all, the highest form of flattery, and when we love a work of art, we can’t help but take a piece of it forward with ourselves into our own works.”
“This industry really relies on just using people’s bodies up, and mine conveniently was already halfway used up,” Shoulders said. “I get to kind of make my own rules.”
If you’re brave enough, you should come join us, and play one from your heart, or just listen. I promise when the song is over, you will look over and see Slim with one of the greatest smiles I have ever known.
A few months ago, Redbird regular Patrick Sullivan came up with the idea of a Redbird Road Trip, where we could all take the trek down to Port Aransas and share our songs near the beach, the breeze and the palm trees.
“It was a turning point in my life. I’ll never forget it, I was standing on the porch over at our rent house north of Houston and I just threw my hands up. I was like ‘nothing I’m doing is working.”