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Joe asked me to sing at a reading/concert featuring music from and related to his production work in the 1960's. I asked the students in the class I'm teaching at Wesleyan ("Northern Roots Music Collective") if they wanted to come help me out, and I was really happy that about half the class was able to make it. Also singing with us were my buddy Paul from MN, Aldo from NYC and several people none of us had seen before. I love it when there are random self selected people on stage- reminds me of 1983.
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The "Northern Roots Music Collective" owes at least part of its existence to a comment Joe made in Pitchfork when he mentioned how unusual it was that I was interested in old music from New England because in American roots music, if it's not from the South "it's like it doesn't exist."
Other folks on the gig included Vashti Bunyan, Jenni Muldaur and I was happy to see Bob Neuwirth whom I hadn't seen since the Great High Mountain Tour (and to see Joe of course.) In typical fashion we sang outside for a while after the gig. I got home around 4 which wasn't bad considering.
I made this arrangement in 1995 based on a New England "Sea Song" I knew from my grandfather's copy of "Heart Songs." People call the story all kinds of things-"A Sailor's Life," "Sweet William" etc.
If you're wondering about the eye patch, Joe said it's temporary (though fetching...)
timeriksenmusic.com
new.facebook.com/pages/Tim-Eriksen/27966272629
Joe asked me to sing at a reading/concert featuring music from and related to his production work in the 1960's. I asked the students in the class I'm teaching at Wesleyan ("Northern Roots Music Collective") if they wanted to come help me out, and I was really happy that about half the class was able to make it. Also singing with us were my buddy Paul from MN, Aldo from NYC and several people none of us had seen before. I love it when there are random self selected people on stage- reminds me of 1983.
youtube.com/watch?v=rCH5f2daSSM
youtube.com/watch?v=TIhE50TVB_A&feature=related
The "Northern Roots Music Collective" owes at least part of its existence to a comment Joe made in Pitchfork when he mentioned how unusual it was that I was interested in old music from New England because in American roots music, if it's not from the South "it's like it doesn't exist."
Other folks on the gig included Vashti Bunyan, Jenni Muldaur and I was happy to see Bob Neuwirth whom I hadn't seen since the Great High Mountain Tour (and to see Joe of course.) In typical fashion we sang outside for a while after the gig. I got home around 4 which wasn't bad considering.
I made this arrangement in 1995 based on a New England "Sea Song" I knew from my grandfather's copy of "Heart Songs." People call the story all kinds of things-"A Sailor's Life," "Sweet William" etc.
If you're wondering about the eye patch, Joe said it's temporary (though fetching...)
