To singer/songwriter Grayson Capps, a good song isn’t to be found in the beautiful faces society idolizes but in the ones it ignores.
“So many people in our society look at the pretty people and the famous people and the rich people, and these other troglodyte people get looked over like they’re nothing,” he said. “A lot of times, the most beautiful people are the invisible people.”
All his life, Capps has been a fan of the concept of the empathetic storyteller. His first attachment was to the songs of Tom T. Hall, after which he moved on to Leon Russell and Bob Dylan.
When he discovered Woody Guthrie’s songs championing the downtrodden, however, something resonated deep inside, Capps said.
“I … just really found myself thinking, ‘That’s what a troubadour is, that’s what the American troubadour is,’ ” he said. ” That’s what I wanted to do. I don’t want to be a nonsensical entertainer. I want to be valid, as far as the social landscape.”