Anyone who knows me knows I'm a huge sucker for folk music.
One, because I'm an incredibly mediocre guitarist, and quite a few folk songs are grounded in pretty simple chords.
Two, because they're wonderful ways to immortalize a story, a person. And my voice has always been best suited for a quiet, somber song.
When I first heard this song, it unraveled to me to its core. Such a perfect depiction of loss, survivor's regret. And, it's based on a true event:
The Mann Gulch Fire
I made Jenn play it over and over again for an hour and a half, and each time, I kept weeping. Sure, I was a bit of a wreck at the time, but there was just something so remarkable about how the song was constructed. I wanted to get into my blood, find a way to make something half as creative and raw as this.
The narrator of the song is Wagner Dodge. He died five years after the fire from Hodgkin's Disease.
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