Hobo’s Lament

Written by Bluegrass hit-writer, Mark “Brink” Brinkman and his buddy, Glenn Adkins. After hearing Nathan pick and sing at a jam session, Brink suggested to Nathan that he might like this particular song he’d written years earlier but no one ever recorded. Brink said he wrote it with Tony Rice in mind, but Tony quit singing. So, the song just stayed on the shelf. Nathan liked the song and decided to record it on his first album. Nathan intended the album to come out before his 18th birthday. Though the recording was finished in plenty of time, the release didn’t happen until a few months after he turned 18. Nathan is playing all the instruments and singing all the parts. He didn’t plan it that way; but that’s the way it worked out because Nathan lives in Fort Lonesome, in central Florida, and all his super-picker teenager friends live hours or states away. The album just couldn’t wait until all the guys got together. Good music just can’t wait sometimes.