Jonathon ‘Boogie’ Long sits with the quiet hurt on “Baby, I’m Through”
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There’s a quiet sadness sitting at the edge of Jonathon “Boogie” Long’s new single, and he doesn’t try to dress it up. “Baby, I’m Through” could have leaned into blues tropes – shouting, soloing, stomping over heartbreak. Instead, it lingers in that quieter moment right after resolve sets in but before anything is fixed. That’s where the song lives.
It’s the second single off Courage In The Chaos, and if the first track (“A Fool Can See”) suggested vulnerability, this one goes further. It’s not that Long sounds broken. He sounds calm. Which might be worse. There’s a chill to the way he delivers the title phrase – like someone who’s repeated it too many times in his head already, and only now is saying it out loud.
The video echoes that feeling. No theatrics. Just a studio, some light, and a band that plays like they’ve been doing this a long time. The kind of band that knows you don’t have to overplay if you’re telling the truth. The camera catches them catching each other’s cues. There’s real comfort in that kind of chemistry – something you don’t get from rented studio musicians or production flash.
What really works here is the economy. The lyrics aren’t sprawling, and the arrangement doesn’t stretch for surprise. The guitar solos are tasteful. The phrasing, clean. It’s all been done before, technically – this is blues-rock at its core – but the sincerity makes it feel newly relevant. Not retro, just real.
It’s also a smart choice for a second single. After the lyrical immediacy of “A Fool Can See,” this one shows depth. Long isn’t chasing radio or Spotify playlists with big hooks. He’s building an album meant to be heard in sequence, with real emotional flow. And based on what we’ve heard so far, Courage In The Chaos might be one of those rare records that earns its title – not through bravado, but through the steady work of saying hard things clearly.
