sometimes it’s like you have your face pressed up against a window wishing you could get let in and be a part of what’s going on inside.
on tuesday i got to be a part of a fantastic session at the sound emporium studios nashville.
the project, funnily enough called “let me in”, is a collection of paul mccartney songs produced by phil madeira.
phil and the guys are like a who’s who of the americana/roots world here in nashville, used to working with the likes of emmy lou harris, robert plant and buddy miller
this was my second session for phil madeira and i loved every minute…no click or grid, all playing at once… if one person screws up you all have to start again…
i was on dobro/acoustic/12 string and bgv duties
thanks guys for a great day!
Thrilled to get to play a session for Mr Phil Madeira today.
Phil’s playing my Dobro in the picture…if he says it’s a good one, it’s a good one!!
quote of the day was “stu we need to get you on some more heathen sessions”
Ha…right on!
Happy New Year!
Kingdom Of Comfort acoustic version
So it’s 2012…a new year. So why start with an old delirious? song and not a new one?
A little nostalgia?
maybe…
Actually I think that Kingdom Of Comfort is one of the best songs I’ve ever been a part of writing… and I want to go into this new year remembering the best of the past while living in the now.
I want to keep asking myself what am I building… a comfortable life? Or am I still living with big questions about what I’m here for and how does my living affect others?
Am I deaf to the cries of the oppressed, the poor and the powerless?
I hope that this new year is full of clarity, joy, peace, hope, success and fulfillment for us all!
peace
stu
Advent with Stu g Day 23
O Holy Night with Ben Cantelon
It’s been two years since the last delirious? Show, and in that time It’s been an absolute privilege to work with a diverse bunch of artists.
Someone said to me early in 2010: “Stu maybe this season isn’t about striving to be who you are, but about you helping other people be who they are.”
I think about that everyday.
So when I got a chance to write and record with Ben Cantelon from London, I was thrilled.
Ben has a really, really great voice and is a skilled song writer and lead worshipper.
Just last week we were cutting guitars on his new record and I told him about my advent blogs. Yesterday, he sent me this vocal for O Holy Night and I built a little track around it with my (dubiously intonated 1937) Dobro and an ebow orchestra.
Take a listen…and when he hits the high note at the end, if it doesn’t bring a tear to your eye, you have a heart made of “bah humbug” :-)
Happy Christmas Eve…Eve
Advent with Stu g Day 18
Beggar’s Prayer
This song originally by Emiliana Torini, is one of the most beautiful songs I know. Her recording of it on the album Me and Armani is simply stunning.
“Lord you just dropped me here on the side of this road, I’m just so cold and I don’t wanna walk it alone”
Stark but beautiful…
“I’ve got a bottle of your blood inside me, and an old beggar’s prayer on the tip of my tongue”
There’s a longing in this song. It fits the season of advent.
December 18th, 1865 saw the passing of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America. This saw slavery abolished in the United States.
Speaking as a former slave, Austin Steward said,
“the more we knew of freedom, the more we desired it”
Think of the freedom most of us enjoy, and remember those who are still slaves today… and those who are fighting for the end of slavery…people like Justin Dillon and so many more.
and Emiliana sings,
“mama said lift your head from the sieve of your hands, mama said eventually this hurting will end”
