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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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THIS ONE MADE IT'S DEBUT at the Pacific City Music Festival in 2019 in Pacific City, OR (Elev. 13'). A few close friends and I started the 'festival' on a lark a decade earlier and 10 years later it had evolved into this super cool mid-Summer gathering of friends at the beach complete with near round-the-clock music. Jerry Towell and I had some epic sets there, as well as numerous late night campfire song circles. I debuted quite a few new songs there, including 'Goodbye New Orleans', because the festival always felt like we were on 'home turf' as it were.
This song is a bit of a reckoning for me, with the notion that while I'm not getting any younger, I'm also not anywhere near ready to throw in the towel. And more than that, I'm pushing back on the idea that this is as good as life gets. It also gives a nod to the anxiety (and depression) I've had in my life, that I've generally tried to sidestep through self-medicating and just plain ignoring it---with predictable results. But as the song says "I don't care what people say, I'm gonna love you anyway! Now, whatcha gonna do about that?"
This one is for the Pacific City Music Festival (PCMF!) 'BOD': Diane Weber, Dan Dover, Cheryl Mitzlaff, Mark Henderson, Debbie Williams Brawner, Kathy and Doug 'Squid Spud' Henderson, Jerry and Vicki Towell and Chris Baron.
I guess I'm not young anymore, that happened fast, where's the door?
Somebody show me, the way out
'Cause I need some air, I need a drink, I'd like a kiss, whatever you think
I just need some help, right now
'Cause there's no doubt I'm the kinda guy, who gets depressed, I'll tell you why
Sometimes, the rain just gets me down
Chorus
Whatcha Gonna Do when the rain comes down?
Whatcha Gonna Do if I stay around?
Maybe cry, or just laugh?
I don't care what people say
I'm gonna love you anyway!
Now Whatcha Gonna Do, about that?
They say "look before you leap", but I'm so ready to fly
'Cause I want more, than just, gettin' by
Not politics or religion, those are just opinions
I want the thing, that really, gets me high
And that's you right here this morning, and you late last night
Come on darlin', give it one more try
Repeat Chorus
Now maybe it won't work out right
But I don't wanna hear that tonight, not tonight
Repeat Chorus
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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