Asking Christopher Owens to identify the toughest part of the last few years is like trying to find a needle in a haystack. He lost a former bandmate, was dumped by his fiancée, got seriously injured in a motorcycle accident, and wound up living out of his car after being fired from a coffee shop job he took when music wasn't enough to pay the bills. He writes about losing it all on "This Is My Guitar," one of many gently devastating songs on his excellent new solo album, I Wanna Run Barefoot Through Your Hair. "This is my guitar, I play it with my hands, it's part of me, just like the song I sing," he croons, correctly identifying that music is one of the few things that can't be taken from him. Bad luck tends to come in waves, however, and he lost his prized guitar (along with his cat) after the camper he called home was stolen during the pandemic.