And you can't hear the pain of his decisions, and his attempts to rise above those decisions, in his music?
I can. In some ways, it's the very essence of the blues.
I'd be interested in knowing who remains on your play list. Have you vetted all of them for moral suitability?
"Have you vetted all of them for moral suitability?"
Yeah, a few. Bob Seger, one of my favorite top 3, is another I ridded my ears of. Found out he has a habit of beating women. That and child abandonment don't fly with me.
I would suspect that Mr. King's songs of "pain" have netted him a good fortune. A small portion of that sum would allow his scattered seed to live like "kings".
He is limited to Lawrence Welk.