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Comes with a Custom 20 Page Insert/Booklet (we had to BEG the CD manufacturer to do this!) with Photos, Stories behind the Songs and the making of the CD.
From Dan:
"Everything that possibly could go wrong while making the 'The Way the River Goes' seemed to happen. It started way back in 2017, when I drove up to Oysterville, WA and holed up in a cabin near the Pacific Ocean to polish 20 new songs I felt were close to ready. When I went to start recording, the studio I was working with packed up moved all the way to Truth or Consequences, NM. So I put the project on hold for a bit and in a wave of creativity, wrote a dozen more songs. I finally got down to New Mexico in early 2020 with 30 plus songs to record and we finished it 2 days before the Covid-19 pandemic was declared on March 11th. The world came to a screeching halt.
Then after 23 years of marriage, I got divorced and moved from the Pacific NW to Texas, and tried to start over. Looking back, nearly all of the songs on 'The Way the River Goes' are about 'Leaving' or 'Moving towards' someplace or someone. There's a lot of truth and foreshadowing in that. I eventually whittled it down to 14 songs---the ones I couldn't shake and can't stop singing. I found them along rivers of water and asphalt, the current carrying the sediment of my life downstream to a confluence that was years in the making. I hope you agree that it was worth the wait!"
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I WROTE THIS RELUCTANTLY one afternoon after hearing of a CNN report on a mass shooting in Kalamazoo, Michigan, (Elev. 784') where my Gibson B-25 guitar was built in 1967. The words came out spontaneously---born out of the sadness, frustration and numbness that accompanies every mass shooting, each one more senseless and tragic than the last. Sadly since I first wrote it, there have been a number of other equally horrific mass shootings, only ironically slowed down by the Covid-19 pandemic. For a while I occasionally updated the lyrics as a way to raise awareness, and in my small way to try to honor the memory of the victims.
In July 2019, I was honored that 'Ever Since Columbine' won the Woody Guthrie Songwriting Contest and I got to play it at the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival in Okemah, OK (Elev. 909'). It's a wonderful festival, as 'Woodyfest' always is, and I felt blessed to be able to play this song---to carry Woody's torch for just a little while---into the dark night.
This is dedicated to all the victims of gun violence, their loved ones and their families. You are not forgotten...
Last week it was in Kansas, today was Michigan
Can we just start over, but where do we begin?
I’ve been lookin’ hard for answers, that got lost along the way
Did you hear there was another, shooting today?
This time it was a father, they said he loved his kids
But like always the neighbors can’t believe what he did
Last time it was a teenage boy, who said he’d make those bullies pay
Did you hear there was another, shooting today?
Chorus
Ever since Columbine, it seems to happen, all the time
And no one knows what to do, while it gets closer to me and you
From Fort Hood to Sandy Hook, and Las Vegas now
It’s a killing field of front page news, we’ve grown immune to somehow
And the families left behind, you know they’ll never be the same
Did you hear there was another, shooting today?
Repeat Chorus
Some say the solution, is we should all pack a gun
But even I know 15 people, that should never own one
Not in grocery stores and theaters, and places we go to pray
Did you hear there was another, shooting today?
From Charleston to Chattanooga, and up to Virginia Tech
From El Paso to Orlando, and whichever one comes next
If there’s a moral to the story, God help us find a way
Did you hear there was another, shooting today?
Repeat Chorus
And the names keep on changing, but the story stays the same
Did you hear there was, another, shooting today?
Did you hear there was another, shooting today?
‘Cause Ever since Columbine, it seems to happen, all the time
credits
from The Way the River Goes,
track released January 28, 2022
Dan Weber: Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
Truth or Consequences Rhythm Section:
Rob 'Berto' Stroup: Drums & Percussion, Bass (Tracks 12 & 14), Organ, Electric Guitar, Harmony Vocals
Michael Henchman: 5 String Electric Bass
Socially Distant Portland Players:
Paul Brainard: Electric Guitar, Pedal Steel
Kathryn Claire: Fiddle
Jenny Conlee-Drizos: Accordion
Tim Connell: Mandolin
Tony Furtado: Banjo, Dojo
David Lipkind: Harmonica
Dan Weber is an officially Sponsored Artist with Crossrock Cases and tours with his 1967 Gibson B-25 acoustic guitar in an 'Air Carbon' 6000 Series Crossrock case. / www.crossrockcase.com
Dan Weber is an Award Winning songwriter who's been described as "reminiscent of early John
Prine."
In 2019, Dan was the winner of the prestigious Woody Guthrie songwriting contest and in 2021 he was named a rare 4 time finalist in the legendary Kerrville ‘New Folk’ songwriting competition.
In 2022, he released 'The Way the River Goes', his best work yet. Dan currently lives near Dallas, Texas....more
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