A fan left a comment on WILKES’ TikTok page that said, "Can you please please sing Brown Eyed Girl slowed down? My baby sister died in January & it's our song." WILKES felt moved with compassion for her & immediately put together a slow minor key version of the first Verse/Chorus of the song. It was posted a couple of days later with the caption "So sorry for your loss, I hope this warms your heart a little." Not only did she deeply connect with this short cover clip but the video was immediately swamped with comments of people saying they also felt a deep connection to this version of the song. The overwhelming reaction was "please release this" or "where can I get the full version?" This interpretation really shows how a music bed can effect a lyric. The lyrics of Brown Eyed Girl are very artistic, contemplative & sad. This version really draws that out in a way like you've never heard before. The lyrics really hit you & the meaning behind the song is laid out bare.

Brown Eyed Girl

two lonely people and the sea

How Good

simp

airbag

Gone Baby Gone

safe space

really, after everything?

don't wake me, lover

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Stalling out 
On the streetcar tracks 
Could I make it to Biloxi
And back 
And I will wait  
To call you now
Till I got a good thing to talk about

And several hours
Out of our hometown 
With a lightning strike
Shaking the highway around
Could we stay put?
Or turn back now?
I should’ve known

If I wait 
Till I’m alone
To send my love
Then a good thing’s gone 
Then a good thing’s gone 

And I drive fast
To cancel out
The 2 to 3 hours
It takes to leave the house
Talking alone
To an empty room 

Oh I should’ve known 
We’ll both take 
Two more months 
To respond
Till a good thing’s gone 
Till a good thing’s gone

It feels wrong to know you now
But there ain’t one thing changed
Since I last came around 
And I can’t stand to watch from afar
Makes it harder on me
To know where you are
For every day we spend together there’s sixty apart

All around us 
Like an atlas 
She calls me home
Between the silence
Surrounds us 
And calls me home 

And I 
Wanna reach out
Wanna call you 
And let you know 
I’ll make 
The trek love
In an instant 
I'm not alone

The Trek

All songs written, recorded, and performed by Sam Tabor
All songs produced by Protostar (@protostar)
Copyright 2018 Sam Tabor / The Farewell Friend

Fade Away

I’m WILKES. I’m a story teller who speaks mostly through melody. I produce my own records because I’m an entrepreneur and it’s good business. Some say I’m country. Some say I’m rock. Others swear up and down that I’m pop. Looking back on those last three sentences, maybe I’m a little bit, Dr. Seuss.  I was the front man of a pop/rock band (High Flight Society), I slung my hair and held the bass in a hard rock band (Disciple), I’ve strummed acoustic and sang background vocals for a country music trailblazer (Sam Hunt), and I now fall somewhere in between. I sang my heart out and showcased my catlike reflexes on The Voice Season 14. I’ve been doing this a long dang time. I could write a full-blown Tolkien-length novel series about my experiences in the music industry; however, we will call all that the back story. Welcome to the beginning.

Brown Eyed Girl

WILKES

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