Jesse Winchester: "Brand New Tennessee Waltz"

at the brand new tennessee waltz
you are literally dancing on air
at the brand new tennessee waltz
there's no telling who will be there

Dino Valente: "Children Of The Sun"

know as the rivers run
you are children of the sun
live for love and life alone
there's no time to own anybody

Restless Farewell

Bob Dylan
11/19/95
Frank Sinatra 80th Birthday Tribute

a false clock tries to tick out my time
to disgrace distract and bother me
and the dirt of gossip blows into my face
and the dust of rumors covers me
but if the arrow is straight
and the point is slick
it can pierce through dust
no matter how thick
so i'll make my stand
and remain as i am
and bid farewell
and not give a damn
--bob dylan (from "restless farewell ")

King Bee From An Acid Test

Grateful Dead

King Bee


from an

Acid Test





chan/chan chan

Jefferson Airplane: "Lather"

There is much
to be said
for personal violence.
Even Joan Baez
flattens velvet,
when she sits down.
--Grace Slick

Angela Stokes: "Green Leaves"

You put a
baby in a crib
with an apple
and a rabbit.
If it eats
the rabbit
and plays with
the apple,
I'll buy you
a new car.
--Harvey Diamond

David Rawlings/Gillian Welch: "Ruby"

Evangelos Boudounis/Maro Razi: "The Boxer"

when i left my home
and my family
i was no more than a boy
in the company of strangers
in the quiet of the railway station
running scared laying low
seeking out the poorer quarters
where the ragged people go
looking for the places only they would know

Allison Moorer: "Carrickfergus"

i'll spend my days
in endless roaming
soft is the grass
and my bed is free
oh to be home now
in Carrickfergus
on that long road down
to the salty sea

Natalie Merchant: "The Man In The Wilderness"

Natalie Merchant at Celtic Connections 2010

Judy Collins: "Golden Apples Of The Sun"

I went out to the hazel wood,
Because a fire was in my head,
And cut and peeled a hazel wand,
And hooked a berry to a thread;
And when white moths were on the wing,
And moth-like stars were flickering out,
I dropped the berry in a stream
And caught a little silver trout.

When I had laid it on the floor
I went to blow the fire a-flame,
But something rustled on the floor,
And some one called me by my name:
It had become a glimmering girl
With apple blossom in her hair
Who called me by my name and ran
And faded through the brightening air.

Though I am old with wandering
Through hollow lands and hilly lands,
I will find out where she has gone,
And kiss her lips and take her hands;
And walk among long dappled grass,
And pluck till time and times are done
The silver apples of the moon,
The golen apples of the sun.

--William Butler Yeats
The Song of Wandering Aengus

Paul Simon: "Graceland"

she comes back
to tell me she's gone
as if i didn't know that
as if i didn't know
my own bed
as if i'd never noticed
the way she brushes her hair
off of her forehead

The Tuttles: "Back In Time"

Grass Valley, Ca.
6/19/09

Buena Vista Social Club

Buena Vista Social Club
100 minutes
a film from 1999 by Wim Wenders

It's A Stoner's Life

They lie about marijuana. They tell you pot-smoking makes you unmotivated. Lie! When you're high, you can do everything you normally do, just as well. You just realize that it's not worth the fucking effort. There is a difference.
--Bill Hicks

When The Man Comes Around

the whirlwind is in the thorn tree

Ramblin' Jack: "912 Greens/Don't Think Twice"

did you ever stand and shiver
just because you were looking at a river?

Simple Twist Of Fate

people tell me
it's a sin
to know and feel
too much within
i still believe
she was my twin
but i lost the ring
she was born in spring
but i was born too late
blame it on
a simple twist of fate

Chris Pahud: "Blue Wing"

Chris Pahud
Hopkinton, MA.
10/17/09

he said
it's dark in here
can't see the sky
but i look at
this blue wing
and i close my eyes
then i fly away
beyond these walls
up above the clouds
where the rain don't fall
on a poor man's dream
--tom russell

Too Much Of A Good Thing

Hurray For The Riff Raff
Beachland Tavern
Cleveland, Ohio
6/24/09