A Favorite New Song
One of my favorite songs released in the last six months. “Enough Time” by Bernie Barlow.
Cris Cohen: A lot of these songs sound like they’d work acoustically as well as with a full band, particularly “Enough Time,” which has this great campfire jam session vibe. Was that how these songs came to fruition?
Bernie Barlow: Pretty much every song… acoustic guitar and voice in a room. That’s how they all came to be. Dave said to write 25 songs, maybe 30. I think I got to 24.
“Enough Time” came from us talking about what was going on in our lives. Lily (Wilson) had received a phone call from a dear friend whose mother had passed away. They said they never had enough time because the doctors gave her nine months to live, but she only made it three. I said, “Lily, my mom’s 92. I still don’t feel like it’s enough time.”
We wrote from there. I told Paul and Lily there’s a celebratory approach I wanted… songs to sing at wakes or celebration of life events, because I think we should celebrate each other.