Chimesfreedom previously discussed singer Julie Roberts, her first taste of success in 2004, her bad breaks, and her attempt at a comeback on The Voice. After her one appearance on that show, none of the judges selected her to continue. But Roberts did get a new record contract, producing the newly released Good Wine and Bad Decisions (2013).
One decision that definitely was not bad was her choice to include on the album a Buddy Miller song, “Not Getting Any Better at Goodbyes.” The song is one of my favorite heartbreak songs, and Roberts does justice to the excellent song about loss. Check it out.
Roberts did make one change to the song, though. Buddy Miller’s original uses the singular, “Not Getting Any Better at Goodbye,” but for some reason Roberts makes “Goodbye” plural. I like the original lyric better, but she still does a fine job with the song. “Not Getting Any Better at Goodbye” originally appeared on Buddy Miller’s wonderful CD, Cruel Moon (1999), which is one of my favorite albums of the last fifteen years.
Interestingly, this comeback album for Julie Roberts is also a comeback of sorts for her record company, the legendary Sun Records. As she explains at the start of this video for “He Made a Woman Out of Me,” another song from her new album, this record is the first one from Sun Records in decades.
Welcome back, Julie, and welcome back Sun Records. We hope neither of you will be saying “goodbye” or “goodbyes” soon.
What do you think of “Not Getting Any Better at Goodbyes”? Leave your two cents in the comments.
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