Could this be at least partially about the breakup of a past band? The Squirrel Nut Zippers' breakup involved litigation about past due royalties and even more heartaches and headaches than that. (Who owns the master / too many cooks / mighty must fall) Also I think he said in an interview that he ended up going solo after Bowl of Fire members couldn't (wouldn't?) show up for a gig he was trying to organize. And from then on he spent however many years solo, that's one lonesome path.
It's all conjecture on my part, and he never, ever seems angry or bitter talking about past projects. But maybe this is a lament for old friends (I can't see the sense in us breaking up at all)
Could this be at least partially about the breakup of a past band? The Squirrel Nut Zippers' breakup involved litigation about past due royalties and even more heartaches and headaches than that. (Who owns the master / too many cooks / mighty must fall) Also I think he said in an interview that he ended up going solo after Bowl of Fire members couldn't (wouldn't?) show up for a gig he was trying to organize. And from then on he spent however many years solo, that's one lonesome path.
It's all conjecture on my part, and he never, ever seems angry or bitter talking about past projects. But maybe this is a lament for old friends (I can't see the sense in us breaking up at all)