This is right up my alley - very drive by truckers, but with a much more enjoyable voice, haha! Very catchy, very fun, great playing.

after the liner notes, the first chorus was a shocking twist :) fittingly sprightly tune, now that she's not your problem anymore, and great promenades along those double and triple stops... i'll go cry in my beer now.

I love this @hamiltonpoolhall. Needless to say, your technique of throwing in all those musicians is very Cole Porter of you.

Wouldn't work with my wife. We used to dance in the kitchen to "Cheek to Cheek." And, yes, I've already used that line in a song. Play it for you sometime.

Of course, now I have to go listen to "Yellowknife." Damn you.

This groove is effervescent! Just bursting out of its own skin. And it’s a great hook, I bet you smiled when that landed in your lap. Your lyric are alway rich and clever. Bravo!!

Gretchen Peters used to have merch that said "sad songs make me happy." I agree with her. This is witty and charming, a happy song about sad songs. Whoa. Springsteen or Cohen, I love that you set up the Townes rhyme with "and."

There's a Leo Kottke vibe to the opening guitar figure that I dig, especially since it's on only 6 strings 😂

So glad to you posted another…And what a lovely one at that. Gotta love the inspiration for the song. Man, you gotta way with words. Combined with your playing and singing, just a killer combo. The guitar motif that starts the song and comes after the choruses is just perfect. It’s like sipping fine wine in between bites of a gourmet meal. I like the dynamic change you make during the last verse.

On a side note, being a subscriber to your emailed newsletter, I quite enjoyed reading the email I received today. You expressed such a healthy and heartfelt perspective about FAWM and keeping things fun. That really resonated with me and it left me inspired. I couldn’t partake in FAWM the way I wanted to this year but your words have me yearning for more next time around. Thanks for that…

My wife can't stand my sad songs. Actually she can't stand most of my songs 🤔 . Anywaaaaay. This has a really fun upbeat energy (which I presume is very deliberate?) with the nimble picking and the subtle hand claps. The central 'She likes the sad ones best' is a wonderfully catchy alt-folk hook. Could really see this one working for you live. I also feel like Nebraska-era Springsteen is pretty strong in this context (I think you'd probably have to specify the era for Cohen anyway, right? He did some pretty fun stuff in the 80s, or is that just me misremembering?!). In fact all the little nods to other artists work really well. Another great tune.