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inspiration from various places;<br />
the fate of a relationship, an<br />
instance from his childhood,<br />
something that made him laugh<br />
or just scenery that captures his<br />
attention.<br />
“There’s several of my<br />
<br />
autobiographical, and some<br />
that are<br />
biographical<br />
from a friend’s<br />
perspective.<br />
A couple are<br />
straight up<br />
<br />
for the most<br />
part, you<br />
gotta know it<br />
to write it. At<br />
least for me.”<br />
He<br />
assumes<br />
another<br />
perspective<br />
in “Rich Man,”<br />
a timeless<br />
cautionary<br />
tale that<br />
sizzles with<br />
battling guitar<br />
harmonies<br />
and bass<br />
lines. Raw<br />
and startling,<br />
Good warns<br />
about living in<br />
loneliness — the kind of poverty<br />
that can come when priorities<br />
are skewed and twisted beyond<br />
recognition. “He don’t get no<br />
richer, just gets real cold,” Good<br />
observes. “Try as he may he<br />
cannot make change, and his<br />
life unchanged it will remain the<br />
same.”<br />
Good also made the record<br />
by teaming with musicians Matt<br />
Gaskins, Milo Deering, Raegan<br />
Felker, and backup vocalist<br />
Beverly Perry as well as guitarist<br />
Daniel Hines from the Dallas<br />
band Left Arm Tan. They fused<br />
each part of every song together<br />
and Good said he could not be<br />
happier with the results.<br />
“We really just pieced it<br />
together a little at a time,” he said.<br />
“They were great to always make<br />
sure my identity came through. I<br />
listen to most of the tracks, and<br />
think “man, that couldn’t have<br />
been any closer to what I had<br />
in mind.” And then there’s been<br />
some ideas that developed during<br />
tune that lingers with him even<br />
when he less than fully conscious.<br />
“A couple of my songs have<br />
been written in my sleep too,<br />
actually,” he said. “Just woke up<br />
with the whole thing in my head,<br />
got up, wrote it down, and went<br />
back to sleep — that’s happened<br />
— so it comes from all angles,<br />
really.”<br />
An audience<br />
knows when<br />
an artist is in it<br />
for the love of<br />
the game, and<br />
Good said the<br />
best part of<br />
playing gigs and<br />
making music is<br />
seeing his work<br />
resonates with<br />
listeners.<br />
“It’s just a lot<br />
of fun — work<br />
too, but fun<br />
— and when<br />
you hit a good<br />
lick at a show,<br />
and people are<br />
<br />
and having a<br />
good time, it’s<br />
really cool. And<br />
seeing people<br />
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singing along to<br />
songs you wrote<br />
and knowing they<br />
the process as well.<br />
relate to them — that’s really cool.<br />
Some of the material on the Last month, the Texas Regional<br />
record has been incubating for Radio Music Awards named<br />
some time, and Good said the Good a future face to look for<br />
songs that have stuck with him in 2013. He played a showcase<br />
at The Thirsty Armadillo in Fort<br />
record.<br />
Worth on April 20 with the other<br />
artists and said he was glad to<br />
have met these talented singers<br />
years. Some of it came together and songwriters. He also said he<br />
is thankful to have made a lasting<br />
always something I’m working impression with his music.<br />
on even though no one knows it “Over the years, writing and<br />
usually until I have it done.” singing songs has become what<br />
He loves what he does, and I do,” Good said, “and I feel really<br />
his art certainly imitates life — blessed to have the opportunity<br />
inspiration strikes Good at all to share my music with folks, and<br />
hours, and when it does, he is hopefully they’ll keep coming<br />
quick to record a few lyrics or a back.”<br />
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