Heidi Newfield--"Why'd You Have to Be So Good"

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Heidi Newfield first rose to fame as one third of the trio, Trick Pony.  The group scored a few country hits, ("Pour Me", "On A Mission", etc.),  before parting ways in 2006.

In 2008 Newfield released her first solo effort to country radio and scored big with the hit, "Johnny and June".

It's been four years since Newfield's debut solo CD, "What Am I Waiting For", was released, and a lot has happened professionally and personally to her in that time.  In fact, when I first heard Newfield's latest single, "Why'd You Have to Be So Good", I was certain it was written about the breakup of her marriage.

As it turns out, the song was actually about the parents of her co-writer; they'd been in a motorcycle accident, resulting in the death of the stepfather, and the mother having to have her leg amputated.

Newfield herself however points out the song is universal when it comes to the pain and suffering we've all been through.

If the rest of Newfield's upcoming sophomore CD is as good as it's first single, it's going to be worth the four year wait.