Hank Williams - Ramblin' Man (cover)

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Maybe you're tired of seeing a monochromatic room behind me. Have some natural light and blue sky, won't ya? I sometimes forget, myself.

I hate when someone is talkin' to you about Ramblin' Man, but gradually you come to understand that they mean the The Allman Brothers Band version and you have to just kinda grit your teeth and be all like "yeah" because you love the Allman Brothers for Statesboro Blues and Midnight Rider and The Whipping Post and Jessica and Melissa and Stormy Monday and It's Not My Cross To Bear and, most everything I didn't mention on At Fillmore East, but I really don't care for that particular Ramblin' song. What? That never happens to you? Weird.

Anyway, the weather is very pleasant today and it cheered me up. I don't know what I'm doing with the vocal experimentation here. Something goofy. I was tired of my cover just sounding like Hank. Maybe I should just go back to that, haha. I wanted to add some croon, but I think in hindsight rather you'll get a good idea of what a whining husky dog might arrange for this song, though I really like how clear my microphone picks up sound when I wedge it against the stoop in front of the house. That knowledge feels like progress in itself.

The breeze is perfect today. I don't do too much rambling these days, if I'm being honest, other than ramblin' up the hill on my road and these rambling word walls for these posts, but I always did find it incredibly peaceful and serene watching the local rural landscape pass me by and, uh, you can't take the sky from me, hermit as I am, even. And, y'know, you don't have to 100% live a one to one experience as told in a song to understand it and feel it and be confronted by it and process it, that is one of the gifts of music and art at large. Understanding yourself and understanding others and finding validation in another's expressions of their soul, finding likeness in your own expressions, something resonating equally for both parties despite whatever other superficial differences. I don't think this explanation is becoming more precise or accurate with length. Whatever.

I suppose that's it. Well, I'm aware that it's dumb to post these as quickly as I have been, considering my audience is predominantly friends and family that are just doing me a kindness with a click, but "working" through songs at this pace has been very therapeutic for me and the net gain to peace of mind has grown larger than the fear of being invisible. So, there. Ah, on a light note, I have some friends that are focusing on a creative project and I'm excited to see what they are working on. I feel like the one thing I'm sure I'm capable of is helping others with their creative works.