"She'll Come Around"

The Song of Rob’s I Can’t Stop Singing...

Have you heard “She’ll Come Around” yet?  It’s the ninth track on Rob Craven’s new album, Existential Jukebox.  When this lush ballad comes on, I can’t resist turning up the volume and letting the thick, rich electric 70s sound wrap me up and carry me away somewhere I haven’t been for a long, long time.

Rob and his friend, Ray Morgan, wrote this song together back in the early 90s.  It was during a time that Rob was going over to Ray’s demo studio every week or two to lay down tracks of new tunes. (“Valium Jones” was written in this era as well.)  Rob showed up one day with the verses and lyrics to “She’ll Come Around”, but knew it wasn’t quite finished.  Ray came up with chords for the bridge, and they ended up with a great tune on their hands.  

One test of a song’s veracity is if it can be adapted to different styles.  This one has proven its mettle.  Four years ago, on his album Brothers of the Six-String, Mike Styer recorded a beautiful version of it that leaned toward a country feel.  Ray sings the lead vocal as Broken Arrow performs it with perfect steel guitar and a chorus of backup vocals.  There’s also a tricky rhythmic variation that Rob had originally written into it, giving the chorus a nice twist.  

But it was time to change it up a little.  For the Existential Jukebox version, Rob decided to even the beats out to a constant four, and slowed it down just the barest notch.  The production magic he left to Rick Witkowski of Studio L, who exploded the song into a full-bloom sound garden with his charged drums, driving bass, organ that fills all the pockets, and a guitar solo that sails right through your heart.  Pervading all of it is Rob’s insistent guitar and a vocal that is the sweetest you will hear on this album – youthful, hopeful, longing, and heartbroken.  

“I thought by now, darlin’, you would have missed me.”

“She’ll Come Around” can be downloaded as a single or as part of the entire album.  (Amazon, itunes, etc.) 

Real, hold-it-in-your-hands CDs are limited, but still available right here at Hassamarra Publishing for $14 plus tax, S&H.