Comes with a Custom 24 Page Insert/Booklet with Photos, Lyrics, and Stories behind the Songs!
From Dan:
"You know, looking back on it, the songs on ‘What I’m Lookin’ For’ aren’t just where I was ‘at’ in the past few years, but where I was headed as well. There’s a lot more of ‘me’ in these songs than there was in ‘Ash and Bone’. They say ‘courage comes in many forms’ but mostly it came from fans, friends and all the great folks I’ve met along the way who came to shows and shared a kind word or two. More than anything, that’s what keeps me going.
This collection of songs is a ‘Family’ of sorts, including some shirt-tail cousins and loud uncles that came to the annual reunion mostly for the home cooking and free drinks. They told stories that you couldn’t help listening to and laughing at even though you secretly knew they weren’t 100% true. They’re a family of doers and dreamers; mothers and daughters; bankers, brothers, welders, Texans and truckers. They’re alcoholics, workaholics, Californians, Christians, cowboys and customer service agents. And they’re singers, seekers, rogues, rodeo queens, fathers, sons and mother-in-laws who like everything from Woody Guthrie to Whitney Houston.
But in the end, they’ll always be part of the family and like the rest of us they’re either running ‘from’ something or ‘to’ something. Some of ‘em left the reunion early, some stayed longer than they probably should have, but all of them marched to the beat of whatever drummer they heard and headed in the direction they wanted to, or needed to go.
When I left the party, I backtracked through downtown, along Main Street. I stopped in the hardware store, one of the quintessential small-town varieties that sells a little bit of everything, and picked up a paper bag of loose nails, a couple packages of AA batteries and a fifth of bourbon from the shelf behind the counter. I made small talk with the gal while she rang things up, mostly about the weather and things we couldn’t do anything about. As I was talking to her I somehow couldn’t escape the feeling, that for the first time in a long time, this was where I was supposed to be.
After I paid, I walked out into the late afternoon sun, with a couple hours of daylight still left, and got in the truck and headed down the road. Guess I Ain’t Done Ramblin’ Yet after all…"
~ Dan
Veterans Day, 2014
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4" x 7.5" "I Deal with Crazy ALL Day" Red and Black lettering on White background. Guaranteed to look Super-COOL (!) on your car, guitar case, in your office (or cubicle) at work or just stick it on your shirt and walk around the house and let your significant other know how you really feel about them!!
I tell this story of this song all the time. Come to a show and you’ll hear it for suret. This one is dedicated to everyone who DOES deal with Crazy ALL Day---You know who you are. Keep the faith, your sense of humor and hang in there. We need Ya’!!
This also goes out to Officer Henderson, who pulled me over one day after capturing a mile or so of my…umm…driving, on his high-definition dash camera. When he walked up to my car I noticed he was red-in-the-face livid. I lowered the window and the first thing he said to me wasn’t ‘Driver’s license and registration please’ (I know the drill) but instead said ‘Give me one—just ONE—good reason, why I shouldn’t take you to jail right now?’ So a Big Thanks for the ‘Warning’ Sir and for letting me get on down the highway to the next gig.
I paid last month, right on the date, but now they say that I was late
Well I know they’re wrong, I can plainly see when they took my money
I called customer service on the phone; I said “There’s been some mistake”
I said “I know this sounds crazy”, she said “No it don’t
I deal with Crazy ALL Day”
Chorus:
Crazy All Day long, Crazy, it’s the same old song
I don’t know why it’s gotta be this way but I…
I deal with Crazy ALL Day
I was driving too fast, like I sometimes do, when I got pulled over that night
The cop said “Do you know how fast you were going son?” I said “Yeah, I think about 85”
“And its no excuse officer, but those cars were in my way”
I said “I know that sounds crazy”, he said “No it don’t
I deal with Crazy ALL Day”
Repeat Chorus
Well the world keeps spinning faster and faster
And I’m goin’ out of my mind
‘Cause I’m too plugged in and I’m too wound up
And I want off of this ride
Well I never saw it coming, I never felt nothing, everything was going just fine
I walking down the streets of my hometown, when I saw this flash of light
Next thing I know I’m standing there, at the pearly gates
St. Peter this is crazy, he said “No my son,
I deal with Crazy ALL Day”
Repeat Chorus
I don’t know why it’s gotta be this way but I…
I deal with Crazy ALL Day
credits
from What I'm Lookin' For,
track released March 21, 2015
Dan Weber: Lead Vocals and Acoustic Guitar
Tim Connell: Mandolin
Anna Tivel: Fiddle
Arthur Parker: Electric Bass
Anders Bergstrom: Drums
Rob Stroup: Percussion, Harmony Vocals
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.
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