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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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IT WAS AN UNUSUALLY COLD NIGHT for late March in Asheville, NC (Elev. 2,134'), where I'd just played a show at the Isis Music Hall hosted by Louise Baker. It was the 12th show in 15 days, and the 2nd to last show of the tour where I'd been hounded by snow, ice and rain at every stop along the way. But the show was fun and my touring songwriter friends Nomad and Mare Wakefield showed up unexpectedly. Nomad sat in on accordion, and afterwards we had late night drinks with Kristen and her beau Tom. It was frigid out but we were warm and cozy inside.
The next morning was sunny and I headed to Lexington, KY (Elev. 978') for the tour's last stop with my friend Joseph Camuglia. On the drive there I detoured through the scenic Great Smoky Mountains and nearby Maggie Valley (Elev. 3,028') and the melody and chorus for this song just seemed to tumble out along the winding mountain roads. As a bonus, I also finally got to put my 1998 Ford Ranger pickup truck (with 175,000 miles on it) in a song!
This song goes out to Tom and Kristen, and especially to Louise Baker and Bruce Swan of Baker Booking, for all their dedication and support of so many of us wandering Troubadours...
I spent one last night in Asheville, and the only reason why
Was to stay see some old friends; maybe drink myself dry
I said goodbye to Tom and Kristen, and Louise down at the bar
The walk back home that night, never felt so far
Chorus
Farewell Maggie Valley, farewell, your tall white pines
Farewell Maggie Valley, I'm good as gone this time
I'm only taking what I can fit, in the bed of my Ranger truck
The rest all went to Goodwill, good riddance it's just stuff
On the kitchen table you'll find, my forwarding address
I'll miss this town a little, I'll miss you more than I'll confess
Chorus
Farewell Maggie Valley, farewell, your tall white pines
Farewell Maggie Valley, I'm good as gone this time
Bridge:
Some nights I wake up thinkin', we gave up too soon
And I lay awake for hours, not knowin' what to do
'Cause I loved you to pieces, but the pieces fell apart
They never tell you that, at the start
It's gonna take a little while, to find my feet again
All those easy answers, ain't so easy in the end
They say this valley is haunted, by the ones who came before
Yeah, we've all got our ghosts, but I don't need mine anymore
Chorus
Farewell Maggie Valley, farewell, your tall white pines
Farewell Maggie Valley, I'm good as gone this time
Farewell Maggie Valley, farewell, your tall white pines
Farewell Maggie Valley, I'm good as gone this time
I'm good as gone this time, I'm good as gone this 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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