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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On Saturdays when I’m home, I get up around 6am to listen to ‘Swing and Country’ on 90.7 FM, KBOO in Portland. One DJ nicknamed ‘Uncle Sam’ always used to sign off his show saying ‘Till the next time, May the good Lord take a liking to you’. I never knew where the phrase originated but belatedly, I discovered that Roy Rogers, the ‘King of the Cowboys’ would end his shows with the tag line ‘Goodbye, good luck and may the good Lord take a liking to you’. It turns out that there’s also an old Irish toast that says ‘May the good Lord take a liking to you…but not too soon.
So Roy took it from the Irish, Uncle Sam borrowed it from him, and I got it on the radio every Saturday morning. That ain’t exactly like getting it ‘Straight from the Horse’s Mouth’ but that’s the thing about toasts and blessings, the best thing you can do is raise your glass and spread ‘em around!
P.S.: Don’t ever let ANYONE tell you ‘It’s all downhill from here’…
May there be a little extra, in your paycheck this month
May you take that long vacation, that you’ve been dreaming of
And may it not be monsoon season, when you finally get to go
And when your trip over, may you be the last to know
May you get a good night’s sleep, like you haven’t in a while
May you know the joy of waking up; to your lover’s smile
And may you take an extra hour, ‘neath the covers in the ‘morn
And when you count your blessings, may you never want for more
Chorus:
Oh they say it’s all downhill from here
But don’t you believe it’s true
And may the good Lord, Take a Liking to You
May your fever finally break, may you feel like you belong
May the kindness of strangers, prove you wrong…
May you not sweat the small stuff; that’s why they call it small
When need a friend the most, may I be the one you call
May your old car run, like it used to run, back when it was new
And may the good Lord, Take a Liking to You
Repeat Chorus
Yeah they say it’s all downhill from here
But don’t you believe it’s true
And may the good Lord, Take a Liking to 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: Upright Bass
Rob Stroup: 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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