Alter Bridge: 10 Hidden Song Details You Never Noticed
1. Blackbird Was Written For Myles Kennedy's Friend
Throughout Alter Bridge's career, they have written and produced some simply stunning songs that resonate with fans all over the world. There is meaning behind every note, and the lyrics are filled with emotion. This gives fans the ability to connect with the song and the band in a way few can achieve.
In Loving Memory is a great example, wrote for Mark Tremonti's mother after she passed away, but the one song that has brought even more of a connection is Blackbird. Almost universally thought of as one of the band's very best, the titular song from Alter Bridge's second album is written from pain, sorrow, and grief.
The subject of Myles Kennedy's lyrics is a man called Mark Morse, a close friend of the singer who tragically passed away. Mark sold Myles his very first guitar so many years ago in Spokane, Washington, and the two stayed close from then on.
It's not hard to see why this song means so much to so many. There is so much raw emotion poured into it from not only Myles, but the entire band, as the singer says goodbye to a friend, knowing he's flying off to somewhere better, and that he'll fly with him again one day.