Our second “Stories Behind the Songs” Spotify playlist welcomes Austin-based folk-rockers Shane Smith & the Saints!  Frontman, Shane Smith sat down to tell us about his newest album “Hail Mary” and the stories behind several of the new songs; as well as some songs from previous albums “Coast” and “Geronimo”.  Smith even dropped one of his best stories on us and went through the “TMP Lightning Round” of rapid questions.

So if you have a Spotify premium account, just click play on the first track (make sure it isn’t on shuffle), then sit back and enjoy insightful stories and great songs from one of the top artists in our scene directly on Spotify!

Shane Smith & the Saints: Stories Behind the Songs (tracklisting)

1. Shane Smith & the Saints: Stories Behind the Songs Introduction and Interview (podcast track)
2. Story Behind the Song Heaven Knows (podcast track)
3. Heaven Knows (music track)
4. Story Behind the Song Hail Mary (podcast track)
5. Hail Mary(music track)
6. Story Behind the Song Little Bird (podcast track)
7. Little Bird(music track)
8. Story Behind the Song Last Train to Heaven (podcast track)
9. Last Train to Heaven(music track)
10. Story Behind the Song Moutain Girl (podcast track)
11. Mountain Girl(music track)
12. Story Behind the Song All I See Is You (podcast track)
13. All I See Is You(music track)
14. Story Behind the Song Cocaine Habit (podcast track)
15. Cocaine Habit(music track)
16. Story Behind What a Shame (podcast track)
17. What a Shame(music track)
18. Lightning Round w/ Shane Smith (podcast track)
19. Story Time with Shane Smith (podcast track)

*You have to have a Spotify premium account in order to listen to the playlist in order*

Playlist link: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5oSf9AaGn60U5jpfWcl0y6?si=FHmhn93_SpeCbnlXuT75wA

Stories Behind the Songs Playlist: Our “Stories Behind the Songs” playlist combines short podcast tracks that provide insight and commentary about a song that is then directly followed by the song track in the form of a Spotify playlist!

Chris Fox

Music addict, a sucker for heartbreak songs, and avid Houston sports fan! I’am also the Editor-in-Chief of Texas Music Pickers.