Renegade is loosely based on an actual relationship I had years ago
But it’s also a tribute to badass women, in general - the cool outlaw types who are unpredictable and can’t be tied down. Always mysterious. Always just out of reach.
We met at a place called Xando. It was a random night out with my friends and I was definitely not looking to meet anyone.
She was out with friends too, and they were being very loud and annoying.
I yelled over my shoulder something half joking, half angry and she fired it right back at me. Next thing you know we’re walking around the city together, and yes - it was raining. We spent hours talking and finally fell asleep in her car in a gas station parking lot.
A few days later we got together again.
I was already falling.
Then she disappeared.
Two months later, she resurfaced.
This went on and on. Every time I thought, “Ok, she’s just not into me” and I’d try to move on.
Then she would call out of the blue from Florida.
It was the thrill of the chase I think that kept me hanging on. It seemed like she was always on a mission, like we were in some spy movie.
And most of all, it was the outstretched hope that she might somehow complete me.
Looking back now, I’m so grateful that things went another way, and I met my true soulmate and even more badass chick (Heather!!) who conveniently wrote herself into the song (the pre-chorus is all Heather).
So when I play this song now, I don’t really think about that girl as much as I just like to go back to those endless possibilities of youth, and to Savin Rock Beach in West Haven, CT - where I would always go when I didn’t know what else to do.
So, here is the song of the month for March 2025!
Check out the amazing slide solo - that's Dan Dugmore of Linda Ronstadt and James Taylor fame (to name a few!)
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-Mike
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