Taste Test: Chuck Hawthorne gathers together the ‘Amarillo Wind’
The Texas performer explores happiness and inevitable death on his smokey new song.
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The hand of death is cold, brutal and swift. We never know it’ll come either, as it sneaks and creeps as a thief in the night. So, we’re at the mercy of humanity’s inevitable burning out, yet we are creatures of vivacity that walk through life often clinging to what is right before our eyes. Texas singer-songwriter Chuck Hawthorne embraces the chilly evening air, the sun long gone and only casting a soft glow, and as storytellers go, he paints a sublime snapshot of grief with startling adeptness. “Amarillo Wind,” paired with a breathtaking visual, directed by Amberly Russell, is a glorious campfire tune that hits so hard you’ll likely be moved to tears. Hawthorne’s voice swirls as the smoke rings climbing through the rock overhead, River Falls’ Palo Duro Canyon ranch an inspired backdrop to such a griping performance. In turn, his words puff and blow across the landscape, harrowing and delicate, and you’re only left with overwhelming sorrow, the likes you’ve never felt unless someone has been ripped from your life. A lofty performance that excels on every possible level.
“Amarillo Wind” is the second single to Hawthorne’s new album, Fire Out of Stone, out next Friday (July 26).
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