Aspiration Blues

Aspiration Blues is essentially a bluegrass song. It came from performing at an open mic night at the Smiling Skull Saloon in Athens, Ohio, in the fall of 1995 when I was a sophomore at Ohio University. Most of the performers were regulars playing bluegrass, which I honestly couldn't have named as the genre. Soon after playing that night, I wrote this song, which is essentially dedicated to the bar. I remember playing an open mic there in the winter quarter and telling the audience that the song was dedicated to them before playing it, but I don't remember it getting much of a response and feeling a bit let down because of it. Amherst Ohio

Full Sun (1997) Version

Recorded

November 15, 1997

Location

Athens, Ohio

Union Point Sessions (1996) Version

Recorded

May 2003

Location

Akron, Ohio

Appears On

• Full Sun (1998)
• Union Point Sessions (2003) (as "You take me home")