Makin' Tracks: Indie act AustinJenckes addresses dad's ghost in IfYoudBeenAround
As Father’s Day rolls around June 16, plenty of songs that celebrate the bond between dads and their kids will find some level of attention in country culture.’s “He Didn’t Have to Be” and’s “My Old Man” are among the vast number of titles that demonstrate appreciation for dear old Dad.
Jenckes often wrote about his father as his artistic career developed, but album focus track “If You’d Been Around” hits closest to home, acknowledging a father who’s no longer in his child’s life without stating specifically if he died or abandoned the family. “I really wanted it to be something that anybody could connect with,” says Jenckes. “That’s important with songs like that, but I also wanted it to be real.”, whose father also took his own life when she was just 5.
’ “Probably Wouldn’t Be This Way,” but always had directly avoided it in the writing room. Jenckes had been noodling with a melancholy acoustic guitar passage, and the discussion led Hutton to a phrase that fit, “If you’d been around.” Kidd-Hutton says the song would not have been written if her husband hadn’t observed the conversation and gently nudged them to write about their experiences.
“To me, that’s the most important line in the song,” says Kidd-Hutton. “I’ve probably not made the best decisions in some areas, but I turned out pretty damn well. It’s not an anger thing. I think I’ve made the pain pay me back through songwriting.”
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