NightDriver

Mary's Prayer - Danny Wilson

I'm really really happy I went! I still can't get over his ability to sing, he's blessed with such a fantastic voice. A nice little story: John saw a little girl sitting on her dad's shoulders a good 100 ft from the stage. After the song he gave his pick to somebody first row and said (over the mic) the pick was for that little girl and asked the audience to pass it on to her. Well, everybody passed it on and not 1 minute later, the girl waved the pick to John. Very sweet.

^I feel the same way, and I've caught myself skipping it for that reason... The lyrics are absolutely beautiful (except for the rhyming repetition of "wherever it goes"...should have been "wherever it flows" or "wherever it rolls" imho), it's absolutely beautifully played, but somehow I always feel it doesn't fit into the overall structure of the album. A bit like "High In The Morning", I guess. Both songs have their charm, but I don't think they accompany the other songs on Mojo very well. I would have gladly had "Mystery Of Love" and their Sonny Boy Williamson cover of "Help Me" for these two - it would also have made "Good Enough" a more reasonable and appropriate closer.

On Saturday, I treated myself to my first John Fogerty concert. I have always loved John's music very much, both with Creedence and solo. The venue was a public park in Rhineland-Palatinate's capital city, Mainz. The weather was great - sunny but not too hot and the atmosphere was very peaceful and relaxed. John came on stage at 7:20 p.m., he was in a really good mood, always joking and talking to the crowd, especially front row. Hell, this guy is 65 years old and endlessly running up and down the stage! Very impressive stamina. The band were great and enjoying themselves a lot - I was very happy to see Kenny Aronoff on drums, a long-time favorite of mine. Multi-instrumentalist Jason Mowery's fiddle playing was impressive to say the least. John played a lot of classics (Midnight Special - YES!) and some of his newer songs plus two covers ("Pretty Woman" and "Summertime Blues"). And what a singer this guy is - his voice sounds like it's still in its 30s. No problem with those high notes at all. The concert ended with "Proud Mary" at around 9:15 pm. The crowd amazed me - I stood about 40 ft from the stage, a little to the right and had all the space I could hope for. When the band came on stage, there was no pushing, no shoving whatsoever, just friendly folks enjoying the music. Unfortunately, security were going after photographers, so I only dared to take out my camera for a couple of pictures. Others were more daring - here's a site with lots of videos. Setlist Mainz, Germany 7/17/10 Volkspark: HEY TONIGHT GREEN RIVER WROTE A SONG FOR EVERYONE WHO'LL STOP THE RAIN LOOKIN' OUT MY BACKDOOR RAMBLE TAMBLE BORN ON THE BAYOU WHEN WILL I BE LOVED COTTON FIELDS DON'T YOU WISH IT WAS TRUE GARDEN PARTY MIDNIGHT SPECIAL HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE RAIN PRETTY WOMAN BIG TRAIN FROM MEMPHIS SUMMERTIME BLUES RAMBUNCTIOUS BOY KEEP ON CHOOGLIN' DOWN ON THE CORNER OLD MAN DOWN THE ROAD BAD MOON RISING FORTUNATE SON encore: ROCKIN' ALL OVER THE WORLD PROUD MARY John Fogerty (Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica) Kenny Aronoff (Drums) Hunter Perrin (Guitar, Vocals) Jason Mowery (Fiddle, Percussion, Guitar, Vocals) Michael Webb (Keyboard, Guitar) James Intveld (Guitar, Vocals) David Santos (Bass, Vocals)

A good 4/4 time standard, nothing more nothing less. The guitar parts played backwards give it a pretty cool 60s feel. This was the one I initially thought was about Howie ("it hurts my heart to see a young man fall, [...] to see him high in the morning and by evening see him gone"), so I always feel a bit uncomfortable when I listen to it. Not an outstanding track, not one of my favorites. I totally agree that it could have come from "Echo".

On The Wings Of A Nightingale - Everly Brothers

Man, that extensive touring can really wear you out! Hope Mike's okay again. Mr Campbell, don't coma round here no more!!

This has become one of my favorites, if not the favorite, on the album. I didn't like it too much when I heard it as part of the Buried Treasure Show. But, looking back, this was just because of the low-dynamic mp3 bitrate. When I heard it on the CD, it was an instant favorite. Tom sings it so well, Stan's drumming is nicely laid back here (not so much the driving beat he tends to perform). A perfect track, and, contrary to "No Reason To Cry", I buy it completely.

I still don't know about this song...it's...different. Steve does a real good job on this one. I like the overall sound of it (the overdubs do their work), I like the groove. What I don't care about are the lyrics and the bridge. The bridge sounds strained somehow, it doesn't seem to fit into the otherwise completely relaxed mood of the song. Then again, I never skip it...so I must like it to some extent. Probably because it doesn't sound like anything else Tom and the Heartbreakers have done...

As I said before, this one doesn't do very much for me. It's a nice little swinger with very cool lyrics, but musically it doesn't knock me off my feet. I consider it as a filler, something to lead the listener out of the swampy blues section into another part of the album. Kinda like "When a kid goes bad" (I can do without that one, too) on The Last DJ - it closes the music business theme and opens for something different. The verses of "Let Yourself Go" always remind me of "Radar Love" by Golden Earring. Maybe that's why I don't like it that much - I've heard the latter way too often...

What a great poster! I believe I have to consider joining facebook after all...

So Far Away - Dire Straits

Happy birthday! Hope you had a good one!

Now for part 2 of Tom's delta blues excursion. If "U.S. 41" wasn't easily accessible, this one is even harder. Again, it's a deep-deep-south blues track and obviously a nod to Muddy Waters. Very repetitive drums and a very sharp, razorblade lead guitar by Mike. The lyrics are very personal, it seems, Tom is opening himself more and more to his listeners. He never used to do this, now here he's very open-hearted. Those lines are very intimate, I think: - when I was a young boy, my fuse was lit - losin’ my way to somethin’ stronger than me - scares me to think about what’s on the road after me

^Thanks for that piece of info! (they called Mountain Dew coca cola? lol). I know the phenomenon of using a brand name for a whole group of items. For example, we call tissues "Tempos" over here, because "Tempo" was the first brand of handkerchiefs. Took me a while to find out what "moonshine" is, but, now that I know, I think I'd prefer coca cola... :icon_wacky:

decades

Sunshine Reggae - Laid Back

Funny, I watched the "Good Evening New York City" DVD just this weekend. The set list is very alike and the DVD is an absolute must-have. "Here Today" and "Something" were very emotional and left me with a big lump in my throat.

It's not the easiest-accessible song on this album (yes, I know, unless you hit 8 on your remote control LOL), but I also think it fits very well after "I Should Have Known It". It starts off a two-song trip into the deepest south, a very rural, swampy, humid, gator-infested, tobacco-spitting, sweaty America. You can almost feel the vibration of the truck running down the state route and hear cicada chirping. What I like most about this song is the reference to Pulpwood Petty. I like it a lot when Tom puts his family into the song - that's what I liked most about "Dreamville", too, when his Mom drove him down to Glen Springs pool... A nice nod to his granddad there.

Feels like the Sahara over here, along with the humidity of a jungle: Sunny, 97°F, feels like 100°F

Let Others Violate Every Rule SUSHI

- Mojo - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Just Roll Tape - Stephen Stills - Judee Sill - Judee Sill List your 3 favorite pizza toppings

trunk

days

Turn To Stone - Electric Light Orchestra