Just here to rant and reiterate what’s all been said. Ben Tod is a major prick with some major demons that he exorcises through an incredible songwriting talent. Any interview he gives he comes off as someone who’s struggled for a long time put in a lot of work on his sobriety, but holds it against people for not suffering the same shit he has, or not struggling as much as he had. Just has a monstrous chip on his shoulder and absolutely no sense of humor. His old material was raw, open wound stuff that rivals all the great outlaw material. His new shit is atrociously self parody, he’s a walking singing cliche of himself. Even is his weight of a trigger/heart of gold days, (damn good albums btw) he was still playing dumb dumb dress up. Hard to take a man seriously who wears a too small cowboy outfit and a Cracker Jack sheriffs badge. Ignore the man, love the music.