Doug West Perspective on Elijah Blu
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Anyone who has ever had to leave your loved ones to provide for them should relate to Elijah Blu. You want to stay home and play with the kids, but you have to go get more money. Also, when you look at how crazy the world is, you just pray they will grow up to be a good person. Too many traps in life they could fall into. When they are really young (Elijah Blu was 2 when I wrote this), you don't really know how they will turn out. Elijah did good! Hard worker, loving daddy. Now in his 20's, he has 2 beautiful girls. So I guess the prayerful tune worked!
Chris Stapleton. Love everything the guy does.
Probably Elijah Blu. Brings back memories and even brings some in our family to tears when they hear it. Good ending though - Elijah is alive and really turned out well.
Really Good Songwriter.
Driver, Mechanic, Insurance agent, investor, Futures Trading and investing coach
I LOVE to write and play music. As the song says (IF YOU DON'T WANT ME) "I'd play every night for free"
You can't please everyone, so you make music you like, and the ones who like what you do will listen.
To write songs that people can relate to and that may even help them in some way to cope with life's troubles.
Music
Everyone relates to music in some way. Our lives would be dull without it. Music touches hearts and sometimes can break down man-made walls.
Glad, happy, sad, mad, emotional ALL THE ABOVE. Music is meant to Move us in some way.
Wish I could have wrote with Tom Petty. I think one of the best songwriters of all time.
Tom Petty, Chris Stapleton, Billy Joel - I never get tired of hearing them
Americana, Outlaw Country, Roots music
I'd love to see Tom Petty again, or maybe Elvis.
When I was a kid I was walking across a field on my way home from school, and found a 45 record of Buffalo Springfield - FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH. Had never heard of them, but I LOVED that song. Kind of a protest song. Maybe that is one reason I tend to protest injustice in many of my songs. That record I found in a field, really had a big impact on me. I try to let folks know that only GOD can fix all the problems, but you shouldn't be ignorant of Satan's methods. That he uses men and governments to fool people. Yes, there is a BIG STORM COMING - Check out that tune on Spotify, YouTube or wherever you consume music.
When I was little setting in my momma's lap. She knew all the words to songs, and could play the piano. Her family all had musical abilities. Her mom could smoke the piano and used to play in the movie theater for silent movies. The Brooks family in Western Kansas. Back then they had to entertain themselves cause there was not that much access to music. I remember Grandma telling me about when her family first got a radio. Like TV used to be, those stations would go off air at night.
