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This song is soooooo good. Hadn’t paid it much mind until it grabbed a hold of something deep inside me while standing on the floor in Asheville, feeling the slow churn of gritty emotion and vibration spilling from the stage into my soul. 🤣live music is therapeutic for me, shut up lol. but regardless of my unsolicited opinion.. #playarisemoreoftenplease

when i checked after the show to see who was credited with writing it, I was not surprised at all it was a Rick song. Dude is writing real deal songs, legit fucking songs. damn it. now i gotta paint a little picture to provide a tad bit more context for the 2 people still reading at this point lol

I fell for Goose initially after years of resisting when i started really listening and digging into the songwriting. Then i started to recognize the songs i was most captivated and connected to lyrically, were 98% written by Rick. Then i started to realize that a ton were also co-written by Matt Campbell, rick’s buddy from the early Berkeley/Vasudo days whom had become his ride or die writing partner over the past decade or so. If you’ve never looked at it through eyes riddled with ADHD hehe, here’s a little visual breakdown of some lyrical credits for Goose songs by these two. 👀

*verified to best of my ability but by no means probably complete or perfect.

Rick/Matt:

Hot Tea
Factory Fiction
Echo of a Rose
Butter Rum
The Empress of Organos
Turbulence & The Night Rays
Rockdale
Animal
Atlas Dogs
Silver Rising
California Magic
Mr. Action
Dr. Darkness
Everything Must Go
Madalena
Royal
Hot Love & The Lazy Poet
How It Ends

Rick:

726
A Western Sun
Arise
Arrow
Borne
Creatures
Doobie Song
Drive
Elmeg The Wise
Into the Myst
It Burns Within
Lead Up
Rosewood Heart
Seekers on the Ridge Part I
Seekers on the Ridge Part II
Slow Ready
Thatch
The Old Man’s Boat
Travelers
Turned Clouds

K. Bye. 🤙