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[Coyote]

 

[Coyote]

500 Miles is a classic, I first heard and loved it by Peter, Paul, and Mary and, more recently in this version by Eric and Leon Bibb (father and son) - I love this version. It's full of longing and pain, and their voices are so beautiful. Plus, the video rounds it out. Enjoy

 

[Coyote]

And a modern "medievel" ballad

 

[Coyote]

Josh Ritter - Idaho

I went to West Virginia on a song...I could do the same with Idaho



All that love all those mistakes
What else can a poor man make?
So I gave up a life of crime
I gave it to a friend of mine
Something else was on my mind
The only ghost I'm haunted by
I hear her howling down below
Idaho oh Idaho

 

[tycho1572]

This is my song to you Coyote when I haven’t seen you posting....

 

[Coyote]

 

[Coyote]

Josh Ritter is a bit of an Idaho poet - he writes about places he knows, and thing's he's experience in an almost mystical way. Damn I wish he'd come to WV for a concert I like this one - Wings



....It's my home-last night I dreamt that I grew wings
I found a place where they could hear me when I sing.
And so they came with cameras-breaking through the morning mist
Press and businessmen-tycoons-Episcopal philanthropists
Lost in their appraisal of the body of a woman
But all we saw were lowlands-clouds clung to mountains without strings
And at last we saw some people huddled up against
The rain that was descending like railroad spikes and hammers
They were headed for the border-walking and then running
Then they were gone into the fog but Anne said underneath their jackets she saw wings

 

[Ridgerunner]

I have always let music be a traveling companion... I claim Indiana as my home state and when I get a twinge of home sickness I listen to this version of a great song... All ways brings a tear to my eyes, which is a good thing because the more you cry the less you pee...



Indiana State Song | On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away

 

[Coyote]

Daniel Lanois - French Canadian, this song I first heard on an episode of Northern Exposure (anyone remember that show? I loved it!) - this was from when they discovered what they thought was the frozen body of a long dead french explorer I think. Two versions of the song - both good

 

[Coyote]

I have always let music be a traveling companion... I claim Indiana as my home state and when I get a twinge of home sickness I listen to this version of a great song... All ways brings a tear to my eyes, which is a good thing because the more you cry the less you pee...



Indiana State Song | On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away

That's lovely I can see how it would evoke a beautiful feeling of longing....

 

[Coyote]

This was the song that took me to...and kept me in...West Virginia, my heart's home

 

[Coyote]

Another song of place....Scotland the Brave, by John McDermott

 

[Ridgerunner]

I first heard on an episode of Northern Exposure (anyone remember that show? I loved it!)

I absolutely loved the show... I am presently watching a comedy on Netflix and Maurice J. Minnifield (Barry Corbin) just happens to be one of the characters in the show...

In spirit of keeping the thread about music...

 

[Coyote]

The Rising of the Moon

 

[Coyote]

Another classic....Canada has brought us so many good singers!

 

[Rambunctious]

 

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[tycho1572]

Another classic....Canada has brought us so many good singers!

I love that song.

 

[Coyote]