Equally important, Pete has a remarkable new live album out, titled 1896, after both the vintage Washburn Parlor guitar all 12 songs are performed on, and the 1896 Bainbridge Island WA school building where the album was recorded.
Here's one of my favorite tracks from the album, and one of my favorites amongst Pete's oeuvre generally, the quite wonderfully poignant and melodic "Everybody Danced." It is one of my regrets in life that Pete wrote it AFTER I had stopped performing in a band; I would have loved to have covered the thing with really loud guitars.
In any case, a coveted PowerPop No-Prize will be awarded to the first reader who gleans the clip's relevance to the theme of tomorrow's Weekend Listomania.
Oh, and you can order the album over at CD Baby here.
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Acoustic?
Inflection of "to dance" in the title?
PNW artists?
Songs that have a guitar-riff shout-out to Cat Stevens songs?
(Not being snarky -- I just immediately heard "Moonshadow" as soon as it started...)
No, and no. But both good guesses.
Songs about summer?
Songs that mention amusement parks?
Songs with dates in the title?
(pretty much covered the early Springsteen years with those 3)
Songs Steve wants to cover;>
Songs Steve wants to cover;
That would be the greatest listomania ever, except I'm the only person who would really appreciate it.
:-)
Songs about summer? Songs about heartbreak? Songs about heartbreak in the summer? Etc.
Back in the day ("the day" being the first Reagan administration), there were other virtuosic finger-style guitarist/composers hanging around Folk City, though they tended toward the intricate and delicate side. Peter was really distinctive. He used a resonator guitar which blasted; his songs reached deep into the roots; and his right hand grabbed at those strings. I think the song "Restless Youth in Chinatown" on the new CD is of that vintage.
"Everybody Danced" is a really gorgeous song. I'm under the impression Peter is a major Gene Clark fan, hence (maybe) the Byrds' quote in the song intro.
No clue what the theme is.
AP
Sweet, sweet song, thanks, steve.
Songs/artists that should have been big? (Yes, I know you did this one before.)
Hint: the song per se is not the clue.
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