Hayes Carll’s previous release, Lovers and Leavers, allowed the songwriter to tap into new influences, resulting in a record that threw some longtime listeners for a loop. “And goes, ‘We can work with that.’ And we wrote a song. He just kinda stared at me for a second, then goes, ‘What else you got?'” Things got rolling once Carll shared a lyric for the song that would become “Rivertown.” “I said, ‘I’ve got no rings upon my fingers, no ink beneath my skin, I’ll be as clean going out as I was going in,'” Carll remembers. Then he goes, ‘Alright kid, what you got?’ So I was like, ‘Oh shit, ok.’ I played him a song idea. He passes that around, and that’s how we start the day. “I sat down, and Guy would get stoned,” he says.
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The two became friends during the final stretch of Clark’s life, and Carll remember finding himself in Guy Clark’s infamous basement - the same one shown in the movie “Heartworn Highways” - for a somewhat intimidating co-writing session. “He had no problem telling you, ‘You suck,'” Carll remembers of the songwriting legend, who died in 2016. Speaking of writing, Carll’s interview includes some fun anecdotes about his first co-write with musical mentor Guy Clark. “I can sometimes gather good ideas, but actually doing the work? I struggle with that. “Writing on the road has always been challenging for me,” he admits. Similarly, he has a difficult time writing songs while on tour. “I’m always battling the desire to check out, and just zone and not be engaged in what’s happening, because you have these long stretches of nothingness mixed in with really hard work,” he says of the touring process. After nearly two decades on the road, Carll still struggles with the monotony of a long, boring drive.
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