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Shawn Mullins - From The Road
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Today’s Dispatch From The Road comes from Atlanta singer-songwriter Shawn Mullins, out promoting his latest Vanguard Records CD “Live at the Variety Playhouse” - and playing tonight and tomorrow at Eddie’s Attic.
Planning to be at Eddie’s? Been a longtime fan of Mullins?
Well here’s his online postcard to you:
I’ve been on the road a lot this year. This year and last year too. I love the road, but I see it clearly as a way to make a living. I usually can’t wait to get back home to Atlanta when I’m on tour for more than a couple of weeks. It’s weird, fifteen years ago, I couldn’t wait to tie on my flyin’ shoes or tour the country in a Ford mini van (where I slept and lived for two month stretches). And I admit that there’s a real freedom in that kind of living. But then Kristofferson’s ‘Bobby McGee’ comes to mind. “Freedom’s just another word for nothin’ left to lose, nothin’ aint worth nothin’, but it’s free.” When I first started out, I had nothing left to lose. Then in 1998, the sudden success of my song Lullaby skyrocketed me to a planet I’d not planned on visiting. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed it, and I’m thankful for having had the chance to know what that experience is like. But as I got older and more financially bolted down to the system, the same system that now appears to be failing us all, I lost some freedom.
I guess we all end up chasing our freedom. If we’re lucky, we catch a moment here and there. Some part of being an adult seems to require that we drop all the childishness and do adult things; Buy a house, start a family, follow the dollar, not the dream. But that childlike dreamy state of mind is where the essence of true art lies. And I like to think that’s also where freedom lies. These days, I spend more time with my family and my close friends, although when the road calls, I always answer. I guess we all end up chasing our own freedom. If we are lucky (and I believe we make our own luck), we might catch a moment here and there.
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