Like many artists my man Stevie Ray Vaughn had battled drugs and drink long and hard but not long before the helicopter crash which took him from this world he'd finally beat those demons and cleaned up. The first two verses of Life By The Drop, recorded shortly before his death but released afterward, are about that battle and the third is about the new hope that was dawning in his life as he was rediscovering what it was like to be truly awake to the world.
It's that third verse which nails me. Dude's voice was so full and raw and perfect for those down and dirty Texas blues he loved to sing and on Life By The Drop he sounds so powerfully human. And so alive.
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No wasted time, we're alive today
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God it's good to be here walkin together my friend
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