I'm also sorry for both of you and your loss. I have alsready lost one pet, a beloved parrot, and I know how hard it is.
Now I have two parrots (I used to have three) and I really love them.
This is a pic of one of them:
Maybe he wants to say that if Jimmy records in Nashville he can also rejuvenate his career.
To be completely honest, I'd take ANY new work from Jimmy, even a bluegrass/americana album.