In 2011, John Dyer Baizley put to pen to paper and started working on lyrics for what would be Baroness' 3rd album, Yellow & Green, with drummer Allen Blickle and guitarist Pete Adams. The themes were of addiction and loss and what happens when you live beyond the traumas of your life and decide to keep on going. It's a redemption arc that starts with great loss, and it became oddly prophetic. Of the songs that were written, none were as prophetic as their lead single "Take My Bones Away". In it, he seems to be pleading with an otherworldly power to take away his bones. Then, during their promotional tour for the album tragedy struck, as their tour bus crashed and plummeted 40 feet. While there were no casualties, there were many injuries, including a broken arm and leg on John's left side, likely needing rods and screws to recover. Did an otherworldly entity hear his cry and deliver him a cosmic joke? Who knows... But this is one hell of an album.
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