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After over fifteen years of making and releasing music, Austin’s David Ramirez considered hanging up his music career, but he rescinded that notion following the outcry from his fans and a prolonged tenure of soul searching. After all, when raw emotion and critical self-reflection are consistent tenants of your music, sometimes that process can feel like it’s working against the goal of healing.
Four years after his album Backslider, Ramirez released All the Not So Gentle Reminders last month. The album reflects the time following the dissolution of his long-term relationship, whirring through several sounds and moods, sometimes crooney and emotive, sometimes raucous and freewheeling. You’re there on the journey with him.
Ramirez recently took off for a tour across the US and Europe, but before departing, he stopped by Studio 1A with the full band to perform songs from All the Not So Gentle Things. One of those tunes was “I Got People,” a piano ballad lamenting the inability to enjoy or appreciate the great people and opportunities surrounding you because the only person who isn’t around is the only one you want.
