zaterdag 23 mei 2020

Neil Young - Powderfinger (Bridge School Benefit)

                                                                    
"Powderfinger" is a song written by Neil Young, first released on his 1979 album Rust Never Sleeps. It subsequently appeared on several of Young's live recordings. A 2014 Rolling Stone special issue on Young ranked it as Young's best song ever.
It has been covered by Band of Horses, Cowboy Junkies, Beat Farmers, Rusted Root, Jazz Mandolin Project, Drive-by Truckers, Feelies spin-off Yung Wu, Car Seat Headrest, and Phish. The Australian rock band Powderfinger took their name from this song.


"Powderfinger"


Look out, Mama,
there's a white boat
comin' up the river
With a big red beacon,
and a flag,
and a man on the rail
I think you'd better call John,
'Cause it don't
look like they're here
to deliver the mail
And it's less than a mile away
I hope they didn't come to stay
It's got numbers on the side
and a gun
And it's makin' big waves.

Daddy's gone,
my brother's out hunting
in the mountains
Big John's been drinking
since the river took Emmy-Lou
So the powers that be
left me here
to do the thinkin'
And I just turned twenty-two
I was wonderin' what to do
And the closer they got,
The more those feelings grew.

Daddy's rifle in my hand
felt reassurin'
He told me,
Red means run, son,
numbers add up to nothin'
But when the first shot
hit the docks I saw it comin'
Raised my rifle to my eye
Never stopped to wonder why.
Then I saw black,
And my face splashed in the sky.

Shelter me from the powder
and the finger
Cover me with the thought
that pulled the trigger
Think of me
as one you'd never figured
Would fade away so young
With so much left undone
Remember me to my love,
I know I'll miss her.

donderdag 21 mei 2020

Gillian Welch/David Rawlings - I Want To Sing That Rock and Roll

Gillian Howard Welch born October 2, 1967) is an American singer-songwriter. She performs with her musical partner, guitarist David Rawlings. Their sparse and dark musical style, which combines elements of Appalachian music, bluegrass, country and Americana, is described by The New Yorker as "at once innovative and obliquely reminiscent of past rural forms


David Todd Rawlings (December 31, 1969) is an American guitarist, singer, and record producer. He is known for his partnership with singer and songwriter Gillian Welch.[1] He and Welch were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 91st Academy Awards for "When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings" from The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.

dinsdag 19 mei 2020

Ad vanderVeen - Blueprint Sessie (RTV1) 28 Febr.2020

         
De lezers van mijn blog weten natuurlijk dat Ad vanderVeen al jaren een van mijn favoriete   singer/songwriters is.Prachtige optredens gezien,waarvan veel in mijn favorite Theater De Wegwijzer https://www.theaterdewegwijzer.nl/,zowel solo,met combo of met complete band.Ook 18 Januari jl stond hij daar weer met veel nieuw werk ,maar ook de bekende oudere nummers kwamen voorbij.We hadden weer een topavond,


Een maand later stond hij in Veendam met een bijna dezelfde setlist.Toen kwam de conora dus zullen we het voorlopig zonder optredens moeten doen.Gelukkig is hij goed in de CD kast vertegenwoordigd.

 https://advanderveen.com/

zondag 17 mei 2020

Dave Matthews Band - All Along the Watchtower

                                    SWU Festival - Fazenda Maeda,  Itu - Sao Paulo - Brazil
                                                           October 10, 2010

Stefan Lessard-bass,- Boyd Tinsley-violin,Carter Beauford-drums,Dave Matthews-vocals,guitar,piano,,Jeff Coffin-sax,flute,Rashawn Ross-trompet,flugelhorn ,Tim Reynolds-guitar.