10:21, Track 4 on a friend of a friend Dave Rawlings Machine 2010 release; recorded and mastered in LA, with a thanks to Ryan Adams in the credit notes.
In need of a higher a message? Take a listen. You will have to love the beautiful guitar. Come on. Agree that the precise yet rambling instrumental sections are fantastic. No surprise perhaps, given the artist’s fame as Gillian Welch’s musical and romantic partner.
Remember in the article in Fretboard journal where she was one the one who spit on her finger to wipe the grime off the headstock enough to see the brand name of the little guitar he’d start using?
On this album and particular song Ralwings may surprise you with the way he sings a winding, engaging story, in his clear, honest voice, while Gill’s lower down in the mix voice augments the second part of each “chorus.” It sounds so powerful! What amazing musicianship in such subtle music.
The ten minute journey travels the time when hate was just a legend and war was never known and when people worked together lifting many stones. Logue’s favourite lyric is “I don’t know what tomorrow brings. But I know I feel better when I sing. Burdens are lifted from me. That’s my voice ri-sing.”
Of course there is also that part where he says “so T-bone please keep the tape rolling, Gill keep strumming that guitar we need a record of our failures we must document our love.” Rawlings sings the point of living is to love and be loved, while proving the hard G sound like Guitar used to pronounce his partner’s name, ha.
You know how extreme happiness is so beautiful its actually sad? that’s what this song sounds like – go ahead, taste it! Logue listened to it a bunch of times for free at Groove Shark and says “if you don’t already own it, I don’t where else to suggest you find it. I’ve long found it interesting that its not up for free listening on Myspace.”
-- originally published on Folkway Music's Musings, Tune of the Day
