Stephen Clair – “Waiting Around”
Americana Highways presents this premiere of Stephen Clair’s song “Waiting Around” from his forthcoming album Transmissions, which is slated for release on October 11. The album was produced by Will Bryant and Stephen Clair and recorded at The Building in Marlboro NY. Transmissions was mixed and mastered by Brandon Morrison.
“Waiting Around” is Stephen Clair on vocals and guitar; Daria Grace on backing vocals and bass; Aaron Latos on drums; with Will Bryant on backing vocals and keys. With an enticing, energetic set up, this song does a little bopping while it identifies the more somber topic that life as a “losing game that does not end.” You don’t know what you’re waiting for, either. Swing, dance, kick up your feet, and throw off your list and the things you’re still waiting to do, and prove. Life is what’s happening now, and Stephen Clair and the band are here to remind you of that in spades.
The way I see it, if you can laugh in the face of adversity then you just might survive, in fact you’ll probably still manage to have a good life, despite what seems like arbitrary odds. Have a sense of humor and you’ll hang on to your friends til the end, and what else will matter at that point anyway? This song ‘Waiting Around’ is all that, in this case the well-worn saga of the aspiring songwriter who may experience, over a lifetime, many tiny successes but they don’t accrue and it can make a person crazy. Succeses don’t add up to the mythological “big break.” And that can blow. You’ve done everything right. People love the songs, the lyrics, the band, the show, the spirit of the thing. You’ve worked and worked. There’s no shortage of accolades, but you’re still unknown, still driven, playing shows all the time, waving your hands in the air, and as the song says, “so much ambition only wears you down, and you’re tired of waiting around…” Yet, there you are, more ambitious than ever. – Stephen Clair
Find the music here: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/stephenclair/transmissions
Enjoy our previous coverage here: REVIEW: Stephen Clair “The Presentation of Self In Everyday Life”
photo by Tom Cenicola