I've Got To Use My Imagination (3:57)

I've Got To Use My Imagination (3:57)

Contact info:
David Starr
davidstarrmusic@gmail.com
970.640.8088

Songwriters: Gerald Goffin,Barry Joseph Goldberg / Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC / BMI

IRSC: TCAFK2163779

Release Date: March 2021

Americana singer/songwriter David Starr continues to move through his critically acclaimed Touchstones project with his latest single “I’ve Got To Use My Imagination.” Honoring Gladys Knight, the Empress of Soul, Starr gives a gritty twist to the classic with his signature emotional vocal delivery and punchy electric guitars.

The video was directed by Jason Denton of Solar Cabin Studios and features dramatic dustbowl imagery with the accompanying lyrics. “I’ve Got To Use My Imagination”.

On selecting songs for the Touchstones project, David Starr shares that “I’ve Got To Use My Imagination” was an obvious choice, "I played this song in cover bands for many years. It quickly came to mind when the Touchstones project began to take shape. I always liked the fact that it was just a great blues-based tune. Easy to learn, easy to just drop into a set when someone sits in, etc. The sentiment is also the essence of the blues; someone leaves, and you have to go on in spite of the heartache."

Celebrating Women’s History Month, this is the first cover from Touchstones from a female artist. "I think a song is a song unless it is so gender-specific that it just HAS to be sung by a man or woman for it to make sense,” notes David Starr. “This song feels really universal to me. We've all had to work through heartache and use every ounce of imagination to keep the show going."