Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats' incredible journey to sophomore album
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats' "Hey Mama," a song on the band's compelling sophomore album, "Tearing at the Seams," gets at the idea of never giving up - physically, emotionally or spiritually - before putting everything you've got into the goal at hand.
That appears to be a cornerstone principle for the Denver-based musician and his seven hard-working, hard-playing band mates.
Whether it's being expressed by a parent to a child, a romantic partner or one friend to another, the song that channels both the Band and Van Morrison circa "Astral Weeks" is intended as a wake-up call to the recipient: "You ain't gone far enough to say 'At least I tried' / You ain't worked hard enough to say, 'Well, I've done mine' / You ain't run far enough to say, 'My legs have failed' ... You ain't run far enough to say, 'It
