I hope that in your life, and in your world.. I hope the good will always out way the bad, in everything you do and in everything that’s given to you. Unfortunately that doesn’t always occur, see there’s this thing, it is called tragedy.. and it has absolutely no mercy for anyone or anything..

Thru an course of touring, in front of a lot of different cities and a lot of different stages. We have the most incredible experiences and we have played with the most incredible musicians, but there was this one guy.. that we met. And from the very first day that we meet him, all he ever did was treating us like we were one of his own, like we were in his family.. Not only did we get to share the stage with him, we were inspired by him, and we called him a friend, and we miss him very much!

His an amazing man, his very loving, and an extremely generous person, and he was an incredible talent!!

So this song is called simple man, and it’s dedicated to our friend Dimebag Darrell.

-Brent Smith - Shinedown