PBS NewsHour

For Hayes Carll, It's 'All for the Sake of the Song'

Clip: 08/17/2016 | 4m 58s

Hayes Carll's latest album, Lovers and Leavers, came out earlier this year. The musician uses both the loss of love (a recent divorce) and the reemergence of parental love for his son Eli for motivation to write lyrics that are both plainspoken and painfully honest.

Aired: 08/17/16

Rating: NR

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