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John Morgan Takes a Grown-Up Look at Regret With ‘Kid Myself’: ‘There’s a Lot of Details of My Story in This Song’
Billboard looks at the writing and recording behind John Morgan's new song "Kid Myself."
But people aren’t particularly good at doing that — and country music, of course, mirrors life, often encouraging listeners to rummage through the old cobwebs and reconsider the leftover business lurking there. She, however, grew up while he kept hanging out at bars, and by the end of the opening verse, he recognizes that he just couldn’t give her what she deserved: “a ring and a house with a dog and a couple of kids.” They brought in steel guitarist Mike Johnson to create the final instrumental piece of the puzzle, and they had drummer Rob Ricotta and bassist Caleb Bates — both members of Morgan’s touring band — replace the placeholder rhythm section.
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