Washington DC native Nils Lofgren , whose long history includes the E-Street Band

(from 2009)  Nils Lofgren performing the Neal Young song "Long May You Run"...

(and the back story)

"No Kings"

 ...by Jesse Welles

Largest protest in US history and I was there ... so great to be involved ...

"Car Wheels on a Gravel Road"

 This is Lucinda Williams's "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road".

Sad?  Melancholy? Nostalgic?

Yes

"Simple Man"

 

Government Mule, with former Allman Brothers guitarist Warren Haynes, covers the Lynyrd Skynyrd masterpiece, "Simple Man."

songwriting in Nashville

 Tom Snider --- quirky, funny, irreverent.  With something to say about the music business...