This is a cover I did for a good friends wedding back in 2009.  Garth Brooks cut this Bob Dylan classic and it's been one of my favorites to play out ever since. It's also a great recording that was done last minute with a guitarist who had never heard the song and a engineer on a laptop. Let me know what you think.

Too Make You Feel My Love (Acoustic Wedding Cover)

Dttb (Don't Take The Beer)

This Ones Gonna Hurt

That's What Love Can Do (Shawn AshCJ Solar Original)

Let Me Down Easy (Billy Currington Cover) Scott N Ash

In color (Jamey Johnson Cover) Shawn Ash

The Craft
Shawn Ash/CJ Solar (c) 2010
 
Verse:
 
Late one hot summer night
I saw a broke down bar off 75
12 dollars to my name and down on my luck
I grabbed my 6 string and parked my truck
 
Verse: 

Bartender asked son what'll it be
I told him jack straight up and a gig for me
He said what do you play
I told him country music gets me through the day 
He pointed to the corner said there's your Man
 
Bridge chorus:
 
His eyes were bloodshot and wide
Fingers calused, cracked, and dried 
An unlit cigarette dangled from his lips
His voice a rasp he said son answer me this
 
Chorus:
 
Can ya play all night while you tie one on
Have you lived in the shadows with everything gone
Do you wear your heart right there on your sleeve
Had the woman you love pick up and leave
Do you do it for the money or cause it sets you free  
Can you put the words right where they belong
Cuz that's The Craft  
Of writing a country song
 

Verse:
 
Smoke and beer hit me like a wall
A still in the corner, pure grain alcohol
I sat down on that stool and I picked my tune 
Played out a rhythm about a girl named June


Verse:


When my song finished I heard the crowd sigh
That old man in the corner had tears in his eyes
He lit that cigarette dangling from his lips
Drew in his last breath and took his last sip
 
Bridge chorus:
 
His eyes were bloodshot and wide
Fingers calloused, cracked, and dried 
That lit cigarette dangled from his lips
His voice a rasp he said son...you have a hit
 
Chorus:
 
Cause you can play all night while you tie one on
You’ve lived in the shadows with everything gone
You wear your heart right there on your sleeve
Had the woman you love pick up and leave
You're don’t do it for the money cause it sets you free  
You put the words right where they belong

cuz you’ve got The Craft  
Of writing a country song

The Craft

The Craft Demo Recording

Shawn Ash is a singer/songwriter who lives in Lake County Florida. He has been writing original music and performing with various bands since his early 20's. He gained his love of all music from his father who collected and listened to various genres of music (NittyGritty Dirt Band, Peter Frampton, Pink Floyd, Charlie Daniels, Boston, Journey) to name a few. 

In 2010 he was signed to an independent publishing label, Reign Forever Group, out of Atlanta, GA and wrote and recorded "Don't Take the Beer" with his good friend CJ Solar, which saw some success on Radio and digital media. Harold "Self" Chisholm saw potential and requested another single to cut so Shawn sat down with Producer/Sound Engineer/Musician/Singer - Paul Gasparro, owner and operator of End Of Autumn (EOA) Studios in Atlanta, GA and wrote "This Ones Gonna Hurt". Shawn started work on laying down the track, however in 2012, he decided to move back to Orlando, Florida to be closer to his family after going through a divorce.

In 2013 he met the love of his life and after some encouragement from her he got back into writing, singing, and performing. Now Shawn regularly performs at The Villages - Squares (Brownwood, Lake Sumter, & Spanish Springs), Bars (City Fire) as well as Various Country Clubs and Whispering Oaks Winery in Oxford, FL.

Shawn Ash

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