Brian Hendrix

Brian Hendrix still writes the old songs that Townes Van Zandt inspired in him. Catchy enough for the modern country audience, but meaningful and poignant as the lyrics that shaped an entire genre.

 

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No matter who we are, no matter our political or cultural or religious differences, we're all living in this world. We all go through the same things. Life is going to fly right by for us all, and we're all going to feel it slipping away on us. This is just a heartfelt song about having pictures in your life to record all of those precious memories, so we can all look back and reflect.
A song about a woman who made the choice to leave her man, and the man warned her that she would be lonely and regret it. The story is basically that he knows she drinks to forget the memories but can't. Kind of just flipping the old country trope about the "Man always drinks" on its head.
A story about a girl who grew up watching those old western movies as a kid, and now that she's grown up and looking for love, she can't seem to find it because she refuses to settle for any man who's not just like those old western heroes like Clint Eastwood.
A story about a guy who was pretty much a hard case who was down and out, had given up on life, and was angry at the world, but found a good woman to calm him down and change his life. Many such cases.
This one's about something you experience with a significant other that goes so right that it doesn't feel real at the moment. It feels like it's just make believe. I wrote this sitting on the porch at about 1am with the small of honeysuckle all through the air, as strong as perfume.