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Woodsman said:
David Francey and this song always finds me in a thinkin' mood.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MG8tPN93O44
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Loved the a cappella harmony and voices. Tells a sad and common story of today's farms. Thanks for sharing Woodsman.

Liked this one too:
David Francey - Red-Winged Blackbird
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGwp7578FaU

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There are just some days when I need to get my feet tapping. Purely by accident (or not) I came across the music of some street musicians from New Orleans, called Tuba Skinny. Here is a YouTube link of a 30-minute session. They play old-style jazz, and seem to have a lot of fun playing together. Fabulous!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=REryOT53ORU
 
Woodsman said:
David Francey and this song always finds me in a thinkin' mood.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MG8tPN93O44
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WOW!....thank you Woodsman...it's been a while since i spontaneously wept...Thank you! I needed that. Having grown up and worked on and around small farms, the sight of an abandoned farm always bums me out...its like looking at the corpse of a fond memory...

(BTW the whole album is great)
 
beherenow said:
Woodsman said:
David Francey and this song always finds me in a thinkin' mood.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MG8tPN93O44
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WOW!....thank you Woodsman...it's been a while since i spontaneously wept...Thank you! I needed that. Having grown up and worked on and around small farms, the sight of an abandoned farm always bums me out...its like looking at the corpse of a fond memory...

(BTW the whole album is great)
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Indeed it is! I have been fortunate to see David Francey play live on two separate occasions, once at a folk festival and the other time in a small 100 person theatre in my home town. Born in Scotland and moved to Canada at the age of 12, he always likes to tell the story of how his music career started at the age of 45. Working as a carpenter on construction sites, he would often sing simple melodies out loud to pass the time, and at the persistent urging of his work mates reluctantly went to an open stage one night. 11 albums and numerous folk music awards later, the rest as they say is history. :)

Anyway, the song above - Torn Screen Door, reminds of another song about empty and abandoned houses that contains this lyrical gem...

What makes a house grand
Ain't the roof or the doors
If there's love in a house
It's a palace for sure
Without love...
It ain't nothin but a house
A house where nobody lives
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0YxjH09TDU
 
Timótheos said:
Indeed it is! I have been fortunate to see David Francey play live on two separate occasions, once at a folk festival and the other time in a small 100 person theatre in my home town. Born in Scotland and moved to Canada at the age of 12, he always likes to tell the story of how his music career started at the age of 45. Working as a carpenter on construction sites, he would often sing simple melodies out loud to pass the time, and at the persistent urging of his work mates reluctantly went to an open stage one night. 11 albums and numerous folk music awards later, the rest as they say is history. :)

Anyway, the song above - Torn Screen Door, reminds of another song about empty and abandoned houses that contains this lyrical gem...

What makes a house grand
Ain't the roof or the doors
If there's love in a house
It's a palace for sure
Without love...
It ain't nothin but a house
A house where nobody lives
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Excellent...very cool, Timotheus. ...when i read those words above, i thought " that sounds like Waits".
I am a Tom Waits fan, his writing is great, though i have a hard time listening to him after he started gargling with razor blades....i do enjoy hearing less raspy people cover his stuff....i still play a couple of his tunes, Heart of Saturday Night, Fumbilin' with the Blues and Ole 55.

I bet there is thousands of cool covers of this song....( personally I'm not a big fan of nostalgia, and this song is nothing but...but i still consider it as an iconic, great song....this live version has a funny rap before the tune..musically, the studio album version is better, IMO.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyyFLYNbQpg

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zak said:
Two sweet songs of the last of Mandoline Orange: (...)
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Zak, these two songs are so beautiful! Thank you for introducing me to a new artist :flowers:

I'm most likely going to end up listening to these songs on repeat, especially the first one!
 
Ant22 said:
zak said:
Two sweet songs of the last of Mandoline Orange: (...)
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Zak, these two songs are so beautiful! Thank you for introducing me to a new artist :flowers:

I'm most likely going to end up listening to these songs on repeat, especially the first one!
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Oh I second that notion, these guys are great, kind remind me a little of the civil wars, thanks Zak :cool2:

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