The Music of Bruce W. Stevenson and Friends

During Covid I joined Southern Songwriters. We met online each week and each week we were given a suggested prompt. This song was written simply based on the prompt “100” and I wrote this song in less than two hours. A few months later, I sent it to Dave Johnson to add bluegrass instruments – which he did superbly – and suddenly I was a bluegrass songwriter. Don’t let the light-hearted sound fool you – getting old can be seriously sad and lonely! There is a good mix of humor and seriousness in this one, though. I really do wish for a time when there will be no more war and no more poverty! Heaven, perhaps?

While the story is about losing a lover, the real story is about losing a life-long friend this way. It’s a different kind of love, but every bit as painful. Tracy was singing background on one of the other songs and I thought I needed to write something specifically for her beautiful voice. Because this idea was already rolling around in my head, I thought it might be perfect for her – and I was right! I’m so thankful that she was willing to do this vocal as a last-minute addition to the album.