Tag: Micky Braun

LISTEN: Jeff Crosby, “My Mother’s God”

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Artist: Jeff Crosby
Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee
Song: “My Mother’s God”
Album: North Star
Release Date: April 24, 2020

In Their Words: “I wrote this song with Micky Braun in Boston last year and it ended up on the new Micky and The Motorcars album as well. I’ve never been very religious, but my friend Brian in Idaho sent me the line: ‘I should thank my mother’s god’ and it set the theme for the rest of the song. I’d also been hanging on to the chorus line: ‘Throw your heart in the river and hope it sees the ocean someday’ for a while. Micky came up with some really great lines for both verses and helped me round out the chorus. We probably finished the tune in 10 minutes over a bottle of wine. Lyrically it’s one of my favorite tracks on the album. My favorite songs are always the easiest to write it seems.” — Jeff Crosby

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BGS 5+5: Micky & the Motorcars

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Artist: Micky & the Motorcars
Hometown: Austin, Texas
Latest album: Long Time Comin’

Answers provided by Micky Braun

Which artist has influenced you the most … and how?

It’s hard to say which artist was most influential, but I’d say John Prine, my dad Muzzie Braun, and Pinto Bennett. They are my favorite songwriters. Always a great story in every song.

What’s your favorite memory from being on stage?

I think my favorite times on stage are every year when we play the Braun Brothers Reunion in Challis, Idaho. At the end of every night we always end up on stage with our friend’s bands and family bands singing and having a blast.

Since food and music go so well together, what is your dream pairing of a meal and a musician?

I’d say you can’t go wrong with putting on John Prine’s The Missing Years record, opening a bottle of red wine and cooking a good pasta.

How often do you hide behind a character in a song or use “you” when it’s actually “me”?

I tend to write a lot about personal experiences as well as stories I hear from friends or read. So I’d say about 50/50.

What was the first moment that you knew you wanted to be a musician?

I’m not sure I ever had that big moment when I knew this was what I wanted to do forever. I just started playing music at a young age and started really enjoying writing songs, learning how to play different instruments and performing on stage. I’d say I really knew I was a lifer when I was about 20 years old. That’s when the band moved to Austin and we threw our hat in the ring. We haven’t turned back since.

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