Rock Salt and Nails (live) - Tyler Childers - MP3 instrumental karaoke

On "Rock Salt and Nails (live)" – which was featured on his Live on Red Barn Radio I & II album (2018) – Kentucky native Tyler Childers walks us through a lush rural scene "where the willows hang down and 'the wild birds warble'. But things don't stay idyllic for long. "Way down in the hollow / Where the river runs cold / It was there I first listened / To the lies that you told," he sings bitterly, shattering the beauty with the cold hammer of reality and a sense of destruction. "Rock Salt and Nails (live)", is a song about pain, anger, and heartbreak, as it soon becomes apparent. Originally written by Utah Phillps – who allegedly penned the song after receiving a Dear John letter from his wife – "Rock Salt & Nails" has been covered by numerous other artists over the years, including Joan Baez, Waylon Jennings, Bob Dylan, Steve Young, and Buddy and Julie Miller.