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WATCH: Kristina Murray, ‘How Tall the Glass’

Nov 22, 2017

WATCH: Kristina Murray, 'How Tall the Glass'

Artist: Kristina Murray
Hometown: Nashville, TN
Song:Ā “How Tall the Glass”

In Their Words:Ā “For a month or so prior to writing ‘How Tall the Glass,’ I’d been on a listening binge of early turtleneck-wearing Willie and pompadour-styling Paycheck, and was just obsessing over both their exaggerated vocal phrasings and unique perspectives on love, life, and drinking — and how and when those things collide. Late one night last November, I’d been sipping Bulleit bourbon, missing my lover, and messing around just writing and picking, when I said to myself — as I reached for another beer — ‘Well, it’s just a two-step process from the fridge to the cup!’ I thought that sounded like something Willie would philosophize, and the song just poured (no pun intended) out from there; it really took shape with the refrain line, which muses and smirks in self defeat, ‘How empty the bottle, how tall the glass.” —Ā Kristina Murray


Photo credit: Sarah McLaughlin

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WATCH: Kristina Murray, 'How Tall the Glass'
WATCH: Kristina Murray, 'How Tall the Glass'