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This is the story of a girl who cried a river and drowned the whole world.

And while she looks so sad in photographs, I absolutely love lover when she's

Hey everyone today's guest is John Hampson

rhythm guitarist and lead vocalists for the Long Island New York rock band Nine Days.

Together we break down the writing, recording, and inspiration behind the breakout smash hit single.

Absolutely, Story of a Girl.

Taken from their album from the year 2000, titled The Madding

crowd.

John couldn't have been more down to earth and fun to talk to.

He mentioned that the initial lyrics to the song flowed out of him in like 20 minutes,

which had him racing to find a guitar to search for the chords to accompany the melodies already

swirling in his head.

He said the song was written about his then girlfriend at the time, the same in his

head head. He said the song was written about his then girlfriend at the time,

the same girlfriend that John now calls his wife,

all these years later. The easy part was writing the song.

The hard part came when everyone else got involved for management to label

executives. John rose to the occasion each time though, going so far as to playing

the guitar solo in a pinch at the very last minute. And John had high praise

for producer Nick DeDia who took this poppy love song and gave it a Sonic kick in the

tail. Oh and the song has legs.

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