Is there a story behind Gary Allan's song, Best I Ever Had?!
Question: Is there a story behind Gary Allan's song, Best I Ever Had!?
I love this song but I know there must be a story behind it!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
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This is only my opinion!.!.!.
The lyrics remind me of his wife!. Especially, this line, "So you sailed away into a grey sky morning"
This is what happened to her!.
April 12, 2007 — Gary Allan speaks out on his wife's suicide in an article that will appear in the new issue of People magazine, which hits newsstands tomorrow!. This marks the first time he has publicly discussed the tragedy since it happened in October of 2004!.
Gary reveals that Angela suffered from depression, but was never properly treated for the condition because it always seemed to start with allergy-related migraines!. In the article, he shares in detail the events that led to his wife's death!.
He remembers her acting very "out of character" when he returned home from taking their children to a Halloween party!. He had tucked the kids in for the night and watched TV until about midnight before going into the bedroom "to be close to her in case she needed something!." Angela asked him to check on one of the kids, and he said, "I just put them to bed, everyone's fine!." Moments later, she said, "Would you go get me a Coke!? I feel like I'm sick!." Shortly after he walked to the kitchen, Gary heard a loud pop!. "It sounded like she had thrown something," he says!. "I had a gun safe underneath the bed and she had taken the pistol, stuck it in her mouth and pulled the trigger!. She was on the bed!. She was gone!."
Gary says immediately after Angela died, he couldn't write and was a mess, but slowly discovered music was his "only real escape," adding, "It became like a therapy!." Though he refused at first, Allan eventually took medication for his own depression and says it worked for him!. Regarding the children, who attended counseling sessions with Gary, he says, "It's a scar they'll always carry, but I think everyone is going to land on their feet!."Www@Enter-QA@Com
The lyrics remind me of his wife!. Especially, this line, "So you sailed away into a grey sky morning"
This is what happened to her!.
April 12, 2007 — Gary Allan speaks out on his wife's suicide in an article that will appear in the new issue of People magazine, which hits newsstands tomorrow!. This marks the first time he has publicly discussed the tragedy since it happened in October of 2004!.
Gary reveals that Angela suffered from depression, but was never properly treated for the condition because it always seemed to start with allergy-related migraines!. In the article, he shares in detail the events that led to his wife's death!.
He remembers her acting very "out of character" when he returned home from taking their children to a Halloween party!. He had tucked the kids in for the night and watched TV until about midnight before going into the bedroom "to be close to her in case she needed something!." Angela asked him to check on one of the kids, and he said, "I just put them to bed, everyone's fine!." Moments later, she said, "Would you go get me a Coke!? I feel like I'm sick!." Shortly after he walked to the kitchen, Gary heard a loud pop!. "It sounded like she had thrown something," he says!. "I had a gun safe underneath the bed and she had taken the pistol, stuck it in her mouth and pulled the trigger!. She was on the bed!. She was gone!."
Gary says immediately after Angela died, he couldn't write and was a mess, but slowly discovered music was his "only real escape," adding, "It became like a therapy!." Though he refused at first, Allan eventually took medication for his own depression and says it worked for him!. Regarding the children, who attended counseling sessions with Gary, he says, "It's a scar they'll always carry, but I think everyone is going to land on their feet!."Www@Enter-QA@Com
Elaine's right!. He redid the song, so it's not actually his - so no connection between his wife's suicide and the writing of the song!. However that whole album ("Tough all over") is a little down and I think really relates to the way he felt at the time (for example "I just got back from Hell", "Life ain't always beautiful", "Putting my misery on display" or "Tough all over"!. ) I read an interview when it came out (can't find it now, sorry) and he talked about how therapeutic it was to work on the album!. I also saw him at one of his first concerts after it happened and then a while later when he started doing most of these songs and he talked about it then!. The song seemed to be chosen because it expressed some of how he felt!. Listen to the whole album to get the whole story behind it!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Yah it was first done by vertical horizon in the 90's, love their version too!. And after Gary's wife commited suicide a few years ago he said that song got him through alot of hard times so he decided to cover it!. Pick up his greates hits-AWESOME!Www@Enter-QA@Com
I forget who the song was written by, but it's a remake of a rock song!. He did not write it, but he probably related to it because of his wife's suicide!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
It's a cover of the Vertical Horizon song!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
about his wife that comitted suicideWww@Enter-QA@Com
yeah his wife and how she committed suisideWww@Enter-QA@Com