Shawn Mullins - The Ballad Of Kathryn Johnston

[goober1223]

Either everybody here is too young to remember or you have horrible memories... This guy is the same guy that released "Lullaby" a long time ago (15 years?). He definitely seems to have grown a lot as an artist.

[grittonsci]

Great song, sad story, I had to google the name to get the references. May be my new favorite artist.

[scottymacIII]

is there a song called Nameless faces? is there a song with chorus " weve been waitin, weve been waitin so long, for you to come back home" please please tell me the name of that song, been searching and cant find it anywhere

[allgood2000]

@scottymacIII Yes, "Nameless Faces" is the name of the song.  It's from the Honeydew album (the same album that this song is from).

[Dave29671]

Enjoy this, you may never hear this excellence again.

[Dave29671]

Please Shawn, come to my town. I want to see you live.

[Dave29671]

Who could not like anything this guy sings?

[Sethmyrrh]

Haha, I just found this guy. Quite fond of his work so far. Just realized he has the same initials as me too. xD SM

[Dave29671]

Please Shawn, come to my town!

[Dave29671]

Clone this guy will you?

[Dave29671]

This guy is amazing!

[saludahead]

This is the first I've heard of Shawn Mullins. I see great things ahead. This country needs more people who have the stones to write songs like this, and record them. I'm going out to the nearest record store, and buying everything this guy has done. if we all do, this story won't go away!

[JC007ish]

@saludahead Hope you got the c.d's! I'm a big fan too. Normaly I'm a metalhead. But Shawn is by far the best songwriter I ever heard.

[smoothmove]

rest in peace Kathryn Johnston!

[FrontalTraction]

After killing a 92 year old woman, they put a pot plant in her basement to make it seem like it was ok.

[blackonecro]

awesome, love this song

[lesbrandt]

So good! Cant wait to see S.M. in Los Angeles at The Mint on June 19th 2009!!!!!!

[VoteNixon2008]

could someone please get me a rough approximation of the chords in here?

[dumasscuss]

Actually, it is an easy song.. Verses are:

Am, G, D, F and the chorus is

G, Am, G, F

Have fun with it !

[VoteNixon2008]

thanks

this is very reminiscent of "the lonesome death of poor Hattie Carrol"

[shaaronie]

I just read about this tragic case. Very nice tribute.

[patty7beth]

Amazing. I love Shawn Mullins - had no idea he'd written a song about this tragic true Atlanta story.

[lilibon]

Thank you Shawn Mullins for a song about someone who died for no good reason. The "war on drugs" wastes money AND lives and accomplishes nothing.

[AtlRacerBoyz]

@lilibon - Amen, coming from a person who hasn't done drugs. What a waste of taxpayer money. What do I care if some stoner sits around giggling to Grandma's Boy. It's none of my business and especially not hte government's business.

[rglovesu2]

I've never heard him before. Thank you.

[AtlRacerBoyz]

Wow. Amazing song. Which this song takes place in a bad part of Atlanta which the song mentions.