SONG COMMENTARY

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“Maybe a Moment”

 

When producer Larry Crane (John Mellencamp) asked Don Pedigo if he’d ever consider recording a cover, Don replied, “Yes—if the song is right.” Not long after, Crane mentioned discovering Justin Townes Earle while listening to music on a long drive. The song “Maybe a Moment” stopped him in his tracks. Knowing his decades-long friendship with Steve Earle, Crane called to ask Steve’s blessing for Don to record it—and he gave it without hesitation.

 

For Pedigo, the connection was personal. He and his wife Kimmy met Justin nearly twenty years earlier after a Steve Earle show in Bloomington, Indiana, where they talked about Townes Van Zandt and the early Nashville songwriting scene. When Justin passed away on August 20, 2020, from an overdose, the loss echoed deeply for both Don and Steve, who have each lost sons to fentanyl. By coincidence—or fate—Pedigo and Crane entered pre-production on the anniversary of Justin’s passing and cut “Maybe a Moment” the very next morning.

 

The resulting track is both a tribute and a release—Pedigo’s own interpretation that honors Justin’s spirit while finding its own emotional ground. “Recording this song was an honor,” Pedigo says. “I hope listeners can feel the connection, and the love behind every note.”

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