Karl Kuehn's album, Blue Water, released under the name Gay Meat, was written under the worst possible circumstances. The former Museum Mouth drummer/singer's mom Karen suffered six grand mal seizures in a row in 2018 causing a traumatic brain injury. And as Karl put his touring life on hold to care for his mom, he found that writing songs about what he was going through was a bit therapeutic. Karen passed away in January 2021 and, in the aftermath, Karl finished the album as a tribute, of sorts, to his mom.

Given that the last two episodes of Chip Chats were grief-related, after reading about Karl's story, I reached out to see if he'd like to share his story - the good and the bad - and he agreed to be my guest.

This podcast is not turning into a grief podcast, but I think these conversations are important to have and if hearing people who are on grief journeys can help just one person, it's absolutely worth it.

Check out Gay Meat's Blue Water: https://gaymeat.bandcamp.com/album/blue-water