Delta Blues Brother, "My Daddy Kept Every Screw"

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Delta Blues Brother,

"My Daddy Kept Every Screw"

"My Daddy never threw away a screw. He had an old box filled with rusty washers, bent nails, pieces of wire, strange keys, old plugs, brackets, and parts nobody could remember where they came from. To a kid, it looked like junk. To him? It was a box full of solutions. “My Daddy Kept Every Screw” is an original Delta blues song about fathers, sons, memories, growing older, and the quiet ways some men show their love without ever becoming very good at saying it. Warm resonator guitar and soulful harmonica carry a deeply nostalgic story about an old toolbox - and the realization that comes years later when the son finds himself keeping the exact same useless-looking things. “Love didn't always sound like ‘I love you’... sometimes love just fixed the damn thing.” Some fathers aren't big talkers. They check your tires. Fix the loose hinge. Listen to the strange sound coming from your engine. Save a piece of wire because somebody might need it someday. They prepare for problems before their family even knows there's a problem. And sometimes it takes becoming older yourself to recognize what all of that really was. Care. Guess we inherit more than eyes and names... sometimes we inherit what love taught us to do. If your father or grandfather had that drawer, that coffee can, that toolbox, or that old box where absolutely nothing was allowed to be thrown away, this song might feel familiar."