Slash: " is one of my favorite songs on the record. And, just that you've seen throughout history, that's kind of a timeless theme that always rears its ugly head." It's basically, from a theme standpoint, about kind of that cult of personality and how that affects people. It's like, when you're trying to figure out what the first 10 were gonna be that I don't know if that was on the list, so I'm glad it made it. It's like a real proclamation because it, at actually one point, wasn't even considered as a contender, believe it or not. Myles: "This track was interesting in the sense that when I got it from Slash, the basic demo, it just grabs you right outta the gate. 'The River Is Rising' song is I'm excited to get in front of an audience and play that." But, it rocks, and I thought it would be a good track for the opening of the record. I can't even remember how it all came together, it came together really quickly.
And it's something that came together in my little studio in LA, and it was just very spontaneous. Right before we went into pre-production I just made up this riff, and it turned into 'Rivers Rising,' and so it's the most written song on the record. Most of the material was written around 20. Slash: "'The River Is Rising' is the newest song that I wrote on the record. To celebrate their new album, Slash and Myles recently sat down and broke down each song on 4, including how the songs came about, and the meanings and stories behind them.
Produced by Dave Cobb in Nashville, 4 follows Slash and Myles' 2018 album Living the Dream, and the new project showcases ten new songs, including previously-released tracks like "The River Is Rising," "Fill My World" and "Call off the Dogs." “With a Little Help From My Friends” (John Lennon and Paul McCartney)ġ4.Slash has reunited with Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators once again as they have officially released their fourth full-length studio album, appropriately titled 4. “Don’t Touch Me There” (Willie Nelson and Buddy Cannon)ġ3. “Live Every Day” (Willie Nelson and Buddy Cannon)ġ2. “Dusty Bottles” (Jim “Moose” Brown, Scotty Emerick and Don Sampson)ġ1. “We’re Not Happy (Till You’re Not Happy)” (Shawn Camp and Charles R. “I Don’t Go to Funerals” (Willie Nelson and Buddy Cannon)ħ.
“Dreamin’ Again” (Jack Wesley Routh and Douglas Graham)ĥ. “Energy Follows Thought” (Willie Nelson and Buddy Cannon)Ĥ. “My Heart Was a Dancer” (Willie Nelson and Buddy Cannon)ģ. “I’ll Love You Till the Day I Die” (Rodney Crowell and Chris Stapleton)Ģ. He covered the band’s “With a Little Help From My Friends” as well as Cohen’s “Tower of Song.” He and Cannon wrote a song called “Don’t Touch Me There” that begs for elaboration, but fans will have to wait for April 29 to hear what the song is really about.ġ. I said, ‘Oh, no, I’m gonna put some lyrics to it.’ So, it happens all different ways.”įor “A Beautiful Time,” Nelson turned to The Beatles for inspiration. I listened to the chord progression, and he wanted me to write an instrumental.
“With ‘The Great Divide,’ Jackie King came to me with some chord progressions. “I get an idea or someone will give me an idea and I write it,” he explained. Nelson told Performing Songwriter that he never wakes up and says, “I’ve got to write a song today,” and that his songwriting process hasn’t changed much since 1956. Nelson included five songs he wrote with his longtime collaborator and producer, Buddy Cannon.
0 kommentar(er)
