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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I fell in love with Texas through the people I met at the Kerrville Folk Festival, which is unlike any other festival in the country. It’s an 18 day campout---like Woodstock for songwriters. I drove there 2,500 miles (one way) on a whim, and when I showed up the first person I met said ‘Welcome Home’. Nowadays, traveling around, every once in a while I’ll meet someone who will ask me ‘Are you from Texas?’ and I can’t think of nicer thing to say to a stranger except maybe ‘Welcome Home’.
A HUGE Thanks to Dalis Allen and the late, great Rod Kennedy (The ‘RodFather’) and the folks at the Kerrville Folk Festival who changed my life; To Deb Rouse and Lindsey Lee for giving the ‘New Folk’ tribe a ‘Home’ at Rouse House; and all the friends I’ve made and the amazingly talented songwriters I’ve met around the campfire.
I fell in love with Texas through the people I met at the Kerrville Folk Festival, which is unlike any other festival in the country. It’s an 18 day campout---like Woodstock for songwriters. I drove there 2,500 miles (one way) on a whim, and when I showed up the first person I met said ‘Welcome Home’. Nowadays, traveling around, every once in a while I’ll meet someone who will ask me ‘Are you from Texas?’ and I can’t think of nicer thing to say to a stranger except maybe ‘Welcome Home’.
Today you’re leaving Texas, as if I couldn’t tell
Your bags are packed; you ain’t lookin’ back; now it’s time to wish you well
So I’ll kiss you and tell you, your journey’s just begun
But no matter how far you roam, this is where you’re from
Chorus:
So you can go to California, I hope your dreams come true
And you can leave Texas behind, but Texas will never leave you
Times were tough; hope I did enough, to start you on your way
Forgive me too, for feelin’ as blue, as the Texas sky today
Remember I taught you: You give it all you have to give
‘Cause that’s where the Heart of Texas, the Heart of Texas lives
Repeat Chorus
Well I know you need to go, but please understand
If you think about comin’ back, you just get here as fast, as fast as you can
Chorus:
So you go to California, and I’ll wait here for you
‘Cause you can leave Texas behind, but Texas will never leave you
You can leave Texas behind, but Texas will never leave you
You can leave Texas behind, but Texas will never leave you
credits
from What I'm Lookin' For,
track released March 21, 2015
Dan Weber: Lead Vocals and Acoustic Guitar
Paul Brainard: Dobro
Tim Connell: Mandolin
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.
In 2022, he released 'The Way the River Goes', his best work yet. Dan currently lives near Dallas, Texas....more
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