{"id":273,"date":"2014-09-04T07:25:10","date_gmt":"2014-09-04T12:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/underthebigoaktree.net\/?p=273"},"modified":"2014-09-04T07:25:10","modified_gmt":"2014-09-04T12:25:10","slug":"under-the-big-oak-tree-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/underthebigoaktree.net\/?p=273","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Under the Big Oak Tree&#8221; (Preview!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/underthebigoaktree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/kristin.goodefood.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-274 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/underthebigoaktree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/kristin.goodefood-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"kristin.goodefood\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Which came first, the band name or the song?<\/em>\u00a0<em>The acorn or the tree?<\/em> Actually, in this case, it <em>was<\/em> the tree. Here is a PREVIEW of the track, &#8220;Under the Big Oak Tree&#8221; from the forthcoming album, and below\u00a0are Kristin&#8217;s thoughts on that special place and why it created a lyric that so many folks\u00a0seem to\u00a0relate to. <a title=\"Under the Big Oak Tree\" href=\"http:\/\/underthebigoaktree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/01_Under-the-Big-Oak-Tree.mp3\">link<\/a> <strong>Kristin Hamilton:\u00a0<\/strong><em>My Grandad had a farm on the outskirts of town that he called Big Oak Tree Farm. There was a big oak tree with a tire swing where the family gathered on many occasions to relax, celebrate, and sometimes to mourn loved ones lost. Most times the night would end in family jams and sing-a-longs. \u00a0<\/em> <em>My fondest memories of the tree are of watching my children&#8217;s faces as they would swing high on the tire swing or lounge in the grass beneath it. Also the glow on the faces of my family, especially my Grandad&#8217;s, as we played and sang together there.<\/em> <em>I think a lot of people can relate to having a special place that&#8217;s lost or a sweet memory of a time long gone. A place you may be holding onto hope that you might revisit or recreate someday; a person you hope to see again&#8230;<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/underthebigoaktree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/100_1242.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-276 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/underthebigoaktree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/100_1242.jpg\" alt=\"100_1242\" width=\"4288\" height=\"3216\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which came first, the band name or the song?\u00a0The acorn or the tree? Actually, in this case, it was the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,32,33,34,4],"tags":[49],"class_list":["post-273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-2","category-recording","category-recording-process","category-songwriting","category-uncategorized","tag-under-the-big-oak-tree"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/underthebigoaktree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/underthebigoaktree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/underthebigoaktree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underthebigoaktree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underthebigoaktree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/underthebigoaktree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/underthebigoaktree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underthebigoaktree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underthebigoaktree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}