This has to be one of the coolest music stories ever. Doug Seegers made his way playing music in New York and Austin, got married and started to raise two children, but fell on hard times and ended up homeless in Nashville. He worked some blue collar jobs, but couldn't keep a house, struggling with alcoholism and drug addiction. He sobered up, an act which he attributes to God, and was busking at the shelter in Nashville, when a Swedish record label trying to find an undiscovered musician on the streets of Nashville came across him. He became a huge hit in Sweden and Norway and just released an album here to much acclaim. I typically don't like country, but two alt-country artists made the list this year. I heard him in an interview on NPR and was blown away by the honesty of his songs. His background, of course, touches my heart as I am an advocate for ending homelessness. The first track on the album is about his girlfriend while he was homeless who died on the streets. He burst into tears talking about her on the radio. The second song on the album is what brought him his fame, which is featured below. Emmylou Harris joins him on 'She'.
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