The song was inspired by a good USA mate of mine. We played a gig together in San Diego — the opening ceremony for the ASCRS, in the park in front of the San Diego Hilton, at dusk. It was an absolutely beautiful evening and a wonderful gig.
I contacted my mate a year or two later and he replied that he'd had a lung transplant six weeks previously — but he was doing so well that he'd just had his first game of golf yesterday.
I was astounded, and I wrote back to him: "You can't keep a good man down!" He instantly replied — "There's the title for your next song, Bob!" So I went and wrote the song.
It's a blues guitar riff-driven song, unique but classic sounding, with heavy gut-bucket electric slide guitar delivered with vocal swagger — a classic Chicago blues sound.
