And his songwriting style is so atypical that he only writes for the sake of finishing something, and he goes as far as to schedule time to write songs-rather than just letting the randomness of inspiration freewheel. He’s not a perfectionist so much as he is a determined creator. Pedigo is not a big fan of making art, but he is fully onboard with the riches that come from his process-or at least that’s what he told his mom just a few days before our call. I have to wonder-did feel a similar thing? said that, within six months of coming out, he was miserable and felt like a loser again. “It’s a weird feeling to be actively frustrated and unhappy with creating the thing that is supposed to make you happy. So, when I heard that line in the documentary, I was like, ‘That sums up the feeling of “these were great moments that I missed.’” I was there, but I just wasn’t there for it,” Pedigo says. For me, personally, I feel like I’ve missed out on a lot of great experiences in my life because I was so in my head about accomplishing that thing-and I just missed out on it. That’s the frustration of being an artist, and it’s not ‘You need to be miserable to make great art.’ I’m talking about the misery of always being in competition with yourself and always being frustrated and feeling like you’re not doing enough.
“Sometimes it feels like, being an artist-or pursuing being a successful artist-you feel miserable most of the time just so you can feel better than anyone ever has for a tiny percentage of that time. Beyond the late comedian’s tragic ending and his style of humor, He found himself entranced by not just the deep undercurrent of frustration within Kenney’s oeuvre, but by the way that that singular joke-like a swan song-spoke to the Pedigo’s own experience with creating and whether art can, or cannot, redeem a life lived to the fullest. When he watched a documentary on the National Lampoon, Pedigo felt an instant chemistry with Kenney and his approach to the creative margins that, momentarily, absolve our traumas for the sake of admiration, self-nourishment and entertainment. It read: “These last few days are among the happiest I’ve ever ignored.”Ĥ3 years later, Kenney’s pseudo-last words return once again, this time taking shape as the title of Texas guitarist Hayden Pedigo’s new album, The Happiest Times I Ever Ignored. In his hotel room, there were scraps and notes of jokes and ideas for his next movie, as well as a gag line left behind. Doug Kenney-the heart of National Lampoon Magazine and co-creator of Animal House-had decamped to Hawaii with Chevy Chase and, while hiking alone, fell off of a 35-foot cliff at the Hanapepe Valley Lookout. A month later, one of the men who wrote it would be dead. In July 1980, the film Caddyshack hit theaters and would go on to gross 10 times its budget and become one of the most successful and beloved comedies of its era.
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