Songwriting master Buddy Mondlock is known for having cowritten with Guy Clark, Janis Ian, Art Garfunkel, and some fellow named Garth Brooks. His music has been covered by Peter, Paul and Mary, as well as Nanci Griffith, and David Wilcox.
We love his gentle voice and his lyrical eye for detail. His inspiring tune about wanderlust, “The Kid,” was covered by the supergroup of “Cry Cry Cry” made up of Dar Williams, Lucy Kaplansky, and Richard Shindell more than two decades ago. Much of his music is uplifting and will make you smile, but in recent years he has branched out to write about some difficult subjects.
In the first of this two-part episode, we’ll focus on a new song of Buddy’s, a co-write with Chelsea Ewing called “Girlstown.” Buddy paired with Chelsea to write about her life experience of being jailed shortly after her 13th birthday. We’ll also speak with Buddy about his work co-writing with veterans, including a powerful song he wrote with a veteran of the war in Afghanistan who had been forced to confront a girl in a bomb vest.
