For songwriters, inspiration can come from the oddest places. Take Eric Church, for example. He was on the third night of his three night mini-residency at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado Wednesday night when he prefaced a brand new song with the story of how it came about. "I read an article. I never read anything. And I read this article today, it’s a site I really like, and the article said, 'Eric Church played Red Rocks last night, and the old Eric Church, the Chief was back. It was 2012 all over again.' And I’m a songwriter. So I wrote this song today. Why not, right?" He then launched into the never-before-played song "New Old Me." See Eric Church explain the inspiration for "New Old Me," and hear the song, to the right.
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