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Title: Courage
Review: John Hiatt's title song is the bravest work of art I've ever experienced. He uses the title as a metaphor for his first wife's suicide: she's crossed the waters, leaving him and an infant daughter to struggle alone on the other side.At night when the wind blows he hears her moans of remorse in the trees. But the waters have widened and there's no crossing back.Hiatt's simple arrangement makes the song even more evocative by providing a haunting melody that doesn't drown his words in molasses.It took amazing courage for Hiatt to express this achingly sad experience in song and share it with the world. "Crossing Muddy Waters'' also highlights his artistry: in less talented hands the song would sound mawkish, i.e., Nashville mainstream.That Hiatt, a recovering alcoholic, has lived on some of life's highest peaks and in its deepest valleys makes his music so much more meaningful than the canned crap rolling out of the Acme Music Factory that Nashville has become.
