“Brooke, whom I’ve called the Queen of Honky-Tonk, turns the one-who-got-away theme on its head. Yes, it’s a sitting-on-a-bar-stool tear-jerker, but the “one who got away” turns out to be the protagonist herself: “I used Read more
“Brooke, whom I’ve called the Queen of Honky-Tonk, turns the one-who-got-away theme on its head. Yes, it’s a sitting-on-a-bar-stool tear-jerker, but the “one who got away” turns out to be the protagonist herself: “I used to be happy, I used to be free / But now that bottle, it’s got it’s ice cold grip on me / So I’ll keep drinking ’til I forget about the one who got away.” Complete with pedal steel, it’s country gold.” -Amos Perrine / No Depression