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!!
For several years I suffered from crippling anxiety and panic attacks, and in the midst of that, just over 6 years ago, I played my first ‘open mic’. In retrospect, maybe that wasn’t my best idea ever. I still get nervous now and again when I get onstage, but there’s something powerful in giving it your all, taking your lumps, accepting who you are, and just letting it be ‘alright’. My humble suggestion is to hop in your car, lower the windows and crank ‘Pretty Good Tonight’ as loud as you can as you’re driving down the highway. That’s my plan.
I was never cool in High School; I just did not fit in
I was somewhere between the jocks and the geeks, but I was never part of them
And I didn’t have a plan for what came next; they said my future wasn’t bright
Well I don’t know about you, but I still ain’t cool, but I feel Pretty Good Tonight
Ain’t life changed a lot since then; no use in keeping score
I don’t worry about fittin’ in, with that ‘In’ crowd no more
I made my mistakes along the way, sometimes I made ‘em twice
Call that luck or perseverance, but I feel Pretty Good Tonight
Chorus:
I feel like celebrating tonight!
How we got these scars, and still survived the fight
And knowin’ who we are, and knowin’ it’s alright---it’s alright
Now I’ve got gas in the car, a tab at the bar, a little money in the bank
I’ve got a friend who says I’ve got it made, but that’s not what I think
I think I’m lucky to have a friend like that, who thinks that I’m alright
And we can pay that tab tomorrow, ‘cause I feel Pretty Good Tonight
Repeat Chorus
I’ve been runnin’ from myself, most of my life
But that was then and this is now
And I feel Pretty Good Tonight, Pretty Good Tonight
For so many years, I was too scared, to get up here on stage
Till I finally learned I had to get, out of my own way
You see, you’ve gotta chase the things you love, let your dreams take flight
You know I’m still scared sometimes but I don’t mind, ‘cause I feel Pretty Good Tonight
Repeat Chorus
So I feel Pretty Good Tonight; Yeah I feel Pretty Good Tonight
I feel Pretty Good; I feel Pretty Good; I feel Pretty Good Tonight
Pretty Good Tonight, Pretty Good Tonight, Pretty Good Tonight…
credits
from What I'm Lookin' For,
track released March 21, 2015
Dan Weber: Lead Vocals and Acoustic Guitar
Paul Brainard: Pedal Steel
Jean-Pierre Garau: Piano
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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