That is powerful. The story of everything. It's Sheryl Crow, Chuck D, Andra Day and Gary Clark Jr. It's just one of the incredible collaborations on Sheryl Crow's new album Threads, which is out now. And this next one we have coming up. There are some amazing and legendary names associated with this one. Let's talk about Beware of Darkness.
Beware of Darkness was written by George Harrison, and he's above all one of my favorite artists of all time. Beware of Darkness is one of my favorite songs. All Things Must Pass is one of my favorite albums. And I just felt like we have to do this song. And it's also a song that speaks to this time. And it feels like a bit of a love letter to our children, sort of a song of warning about what to watch for as you inherit this planet.
And who better to have come play on it than Eric Clapton?
And I know Eric knew him.
I was close to him. They had a long history together. Eric has also been a dear friend of mine for years. We've been close. He's been a great friend. He's been an inspiration to me. And so I asked him if he would play on it. And oh, my goodness, I feel like he was tapping into something that was connected to his relationship with George. So that had a lot of meaning for me as well.
And I asked Sting to sing on it. And Sting has also been a very great friend. And we've had a lot of personal experiences together, particularly when I was going through cancer. And he's been a wonderful friend.
And he's also been somebody who was there in the early days for me with my getting signed to his producer. So he's definitely a major part of my story. And then I asked Brandy to sing on it because I feel like she has this Mother Earth persona. She has this levity, this profundity about her. She is a mom. And she is just a great, deep person that I feel like holds the future also.
So she and I sort of represent the moms in that.
And are telling this story to our children. And then we have these great men who have a history and a connection to something big. So I hope people will love it and will feel the care and love that's in this song.
Talk about an amazing collaboration of artists. Eric Clapton, Sting, Brandi Carlile, Sheryl Crow, written by George Harrison. This is Beware of Darkness on Big Machine Radio.