Record this fucking song already!!!
I saw Michael Chorney and Seth Eames cover "The Way It Will Be" by Gillian Welch/David Rawlings on Saturday night at Radio Bean here in Burlington. The song crushed me. Chills, hair standing on end, etc. Out of nowhere - like great live music often does - I felt inspired. My mind started wandering and the ideas started overflowing. Oddly, I wanted to leave in the middle of this great performance because of the immediacy of my thoughts. You know, that feeling like you have to get them all out as quickly as possible or else they might forever escape.State of Mind co-editor Matt Bushlow showed me this video of Gillian and David a few weeks back -- the same week Chorney turned him on to Neil Young's On the Beach. Gillian has said this song comes from listening to that Neil album way too much. Man, just look at them get into it in this video:
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Bushlow
May 18, 2009
The thing I loved about that Michael & Seth set was this was the song during which the crowd quieted down within seconds and started listening. You could tell everyone knew something special was happening....
May 18, 2009
The thing I loved about that Michael & Seth set was this was the song during which the crowd quieted down within seconds and started listening. You could tell everyone knew something special was happening....
Gary
May 18, 2009
Welch and Rawlings aren't a duo. They are a trio. The uncredited third member is Rawlings' guitar. I have never heard an instrument that sounds quite like it. Its fucking holy, and that's all there is to it.
May 18, 2009
Welch and Rawlings aren't a duo. They are a trio. The uncredited third member is Rawlings' guitar. I have never heard an instrument that sounds quite like it. Its fucking holy, and that's all there is to it.
Bushlow
May 18, 2009
Great point, Gary. By the way, if you search around for this song on YouTube (it may be in there as "Untitled"), there is a long, epic Dave solo.... Not the best quality, but usually with this tune the recordings don't feature solos.
May 18, 2009
Great point, Gary. By the way, if you search around for this song on YouTube (it may be in there as "Untitled"), there is a long, epic Dave solo.... Not the best quality, but usually with this tune the recordings don't feature solos.
Mike M.
May 18, 2009
Yes, when Michael & Seth started playing this tune, it slowly took over the room. Really, really moving.
And Gary - yes, exactly. I think Bushlow has a t-shirt that says, "David Rawlings is My Motherfucking Co-Pilot" or something.
May 18, 2009
Yes, when Michael & Seth started playing this tune, it slowly took over the room. Really, really moving.
And Gary - yes, exactly. I think Bushlow has a t-shirt that says, "David Rawlings is My Motherfucking Co-Pilot" or something.
Gary Miller
May 20, 2009
What a coincidence. I have a t-shirt that says "Matt Bushlow is my Motherfucking Co-pilot" or something.
May 20, 2009
What a coincidence. I have a t-shirt that says "Matt Bushlow is my Motherfucking Co-pilot" or something.
MightyMouse
May 23, 2009
let's not read too much into the only recent discovery of On the Beach
May 23, 2009
let's not read too much into the only recent discovery of On the Beach
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