I have had some bad times, but I have had some pretty good ones too. I have lived here and there and loved once or twice. Sad songs make me happy I reckon that they do.
My favorite song is one that pulls me in so deep that I can become one of its characters. A song when the writer seems to have written it just for me.
Jacob Ryan Marshall has done that with Ain’t mine. It’s as if he’s been living inside of my own head. Has he seen my heartbreaks? Has he felt my pains?
I met Jacob Ryan Marshall at Cheatham Street down in San Marcos a few months ago. Jacob is a humble man who just wants someone to listen to his song. I loved the way he filled up the stage with just him and his guitar. It was like at that moment in time nothing else mattered but those chords and his voice bouncing around that old dance hall.
Ain’t Mine released last night. I know Jacob Ryan Marshall has a notebook full of hooks like this one. Sad songs make me happy, and this one did me good.
Pancho.