Monday, October 14, 2024

My Music Monday

I do not seemingly have a new song today. "Hawk for the Dove" is about two years old and is written and sung by Amanda Shires. 

Shires is the soon to be ex-wife of Jason Isbell and a now ex-member of his band the 400 Unit. 

I have not found most of Shires' songs that appealing. Her voice has a Dolly Parton-esque pitch and the vibrato to go along. 

In some of Isbell's live performances, her backing vocal / harmony is a good contrast to his lead, but more often than not, I don't listen to much of her solo work or anything she did with the group she formed, the Highwomen. 

As Shires and Isbell were in the decline of their marriage when his last album was being recorded, and hers was too, I'll assume in this song one of them is the hawk and one the dove, but that's just my speculation. 

This is not the record version. The one I selected is live and a better version. Honestly, mostly for Isbell's excellent guitar work. 

I've gone back and forth over whether to include this part or not, as I don't mean to slut shame Amanda, but....the Wonder Woman meets Fredrick's of Hollywood outfit.....I dunno. She's talented enough not to have to dress that way for attention, and yet looks good enough to be able to pull it off. Kind of. 

The song sticks with me. It has a good melody. 


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