Music To Lift One’s Spirits

Tonight, DH and I will be going to see Aaron Watson in concert. We both love his music- twangy classic country sound with witty writing- most songs are swings, polkas, or waltzes. Whenever he comes to town, I want to go to the concert. Since the first concert we saw, I’m 2 for 3.

Great music can truly lift ones spirits or take you to another time or place. It’s quite the conincidene that as I headed over here to talk about one of the things this concert means to me, I read this post by Michelle and her musings on the power of music.

Since I absolutely love the music that Aaron Watson plays, his concerts are just such a great time. I enjoy watching the fiddle and steel guitar. I love to watch the music that I listen to so much come to life in our quaint little setting.

I remember the first time we went to his concert and sitting there thinking about how through all the struggles of my infertility, it was the first time I’d truly had let go and let myself truly have fun in ages. I remember how good it felt. So tonight, now that I’ve turned the corner with all of that, I’m truly once again looking forward to a great time.

The second time we saw him in concert, as I remembered the feelings I had during the previous concert, it was the words of this song that gave me the absolute chills as I thought about how much my spirits were lifted:

The Honky-Tonk Kid

He’s wrinkled and gray, but he’s still got the fire
And He sings on the stage like a bird on a wire
Oh he’ll pack ‘em in just like he always did.
Oh everybody loves the Honky-Tonk Kid

He got his first guitar when was sixteen
thristing for knowledge, hungry and green
strumming that six string just like lefty did
everybody loves the Honky-Tonk Kid

Well, the honky tonk kid loves a honky tonk crowd
he picks them up when this world gets them down
All the smoke and the neon will keep his pain hid
Oh nobody knows the Honky-Tonk Kid

10 million fans and a handful of friends
he’ll go home alone when each night ends
he’ll think about her and then twist off a lid
Nobody loves the Honky-Tonk Kid

Well, the honky tonk kid loves a honky tonk crowd
he picks them up when this world gets them down
All the smoke and the neon will keep his pain hid
Oh nobody knows the Honky-Tonk Kid

It won’t be long the Lord will take him away
he’ll have sung his last song, they’ll place a wreath on his grave
oh and he’ll draw a crowd just like he always did
oh one last goodbye for the Honky-Tonk Kid

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