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“This song is very simple, but to achieve that simplicity, I had to reach 40 years old, travel thousands of miles south, and simply contemplate,” Bernal said. ““It was so easy, wasn’t it?!”
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“I kind of moved to Austin on a whim when I was twenty years old,” Stevens said. “My brother was in a band and had played here and said it was cool and that’s about all it took.”
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“I think I’m just breaking in right now,” Stockton said. “I sort of did a hard relaunch of my musical brand, because I actually just started writing new songs for the first time in a long time.”
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“I worked forever on that,” Christen said. “I went through all these chord progressions, I looked for co-writers, I read up on him. He was a Texas healer back in the 1880s.”
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“It was a time in my life where I really proved to myself that I was super capable and independent and really strong and solid on my own,” Brisson said. “I feel like this is a musical reflection of that.”
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“It kind of limits what you can do,” Schmitt said. “You can’t just sit there and make five hundred takes because tape’s expensive and you’ll wear it out if you keep recording, so you have to go in prepared. It’s in the moment.”
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“I just feel like I’ve become such a better player playing with these guys because they’re so versatile and they’re so talented honestly,” Chase said. “I’m pretty honored to play with them.”
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“They’re not lighthearted songs,” Garza said. “They’re about perseverance, and reflection, and overcoming personal obstacles, and loss and self doubt.”
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“Even in the hard times in the beginning I think I recognized that this is a pretty special thing that I get to do with my life,” Pope said, “so it’s my journey from when I was kid through to this moment.”
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“The way that came out was just kind of naturally sounding like those older guys. I feel like you end up sounding like things that inspired you and things that you listen to.”
Song of the Day
1–2 minutes
Quality Americana 