At Crescendo in Madison; photo credit Andrea Lawson
Frances Luke Accord at Crescendo in Madison, WI
February 19, 2015 @ Crescendo in Madison, WI
- I Just Want to Be Your Last
- Don’t Mess Around with Jim^
- We’re Not Here Anymore
- Only the Rain Knows Why
- Smooth~
- Tigerfish
- Love & Be Proud
- Mahogany
- Burning Bright
- Basketcase-Out My Head-Basketcase*
^Jim Croce Cover
~Santana cover
*90s request medley: Green Day/Fast Ball
Frances Luke Accord playing Madison, WI
February 20, 2015 @ house concert in Chicago, IL
- Only the Rain Knows Why
- Tainted Love*
- Tigerfish
- I Just Want to Be Your Last
- Drift Away^
- Love and Be Proud
- Mahogany
- Burning Bright
*Soft Cell cover
^Dobie Gray cover
Chicago House Concert
February 21, 2015 – Chicory Cafe in South Bend, IN
Not accurate order of songs, but as close as I remember it:
- Don’t Mess Around with Jim (Jim Croce)
- Only the Rain Knows Why
- Cecilia (Simon and Garfunkle)
- Damn Fine Day
- Sweet Pea (Amos Lee)
- I Just Want to Be Your Last
- Change the World (Eric Clapton)
- Tiger Fish
- Smooth (Santana)
- We’re Not Here Anymore
- Drift Away (Dobie Gray)
Set 2
- Homeward Bound (Simon & Garfunkle)
- Love Birds
- Intelligent Fool
- Landslide (Fleetwood Mac)
- Mahogany
- I’m Yours (Jason Mraz)
- Burning Bright
Fluke Takes posted our taping of me playing “I Just Want to Be Your Last” in Chicago. Happy Valentine’s Day. Enjoy!
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Big thanks to Brian and Nick from Frances Luke Accord, the creators of the Fluke Take series, for having me!
Season 7 of Fluke Takes in Chicago
Set List: Feb. 7, 2015 – Plymouth Coffee Bean
Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015 @ Plymouth Coffee Bean
884 Penniman, Plymouth, MI. 48170
- Only the Rain Knows Why
- Damn Fine Day
- Little Drum*^
- I Just Want to Be Your Last
- We’re Not Here Anymore*^
- Mahogany
- Love and Be Proud
- Empty Cup
- Burning Bright*
- Tigerfish*^
- One Way Road
- Love Birds
* songs from the #PVSG song game challenge
^debut performance
“Mi-t’o Temple after thirty li. A most desolate spot…For fear of them hiding tigers, all trees and shrubs have been burnt.” – Hsu Hsia-k’o
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Questions/Answers:
- What if our challenging work isn’t well-received? Let’s smooth out the edges…
- What if our song doesn’t turn out the way they expect it? Let’s take no risks…
- What if our creation gets exploited? Let’s refuse to release it….
No, we must let the tigers hide, because the best paths to take are the most challenging.
That is how we find the best art inside ourselves.
Remembering Pete Seeger, a year after he left us
When Pete Seeger died a year ago today, the world felt a little emptier.
I felt his absence when I attended Folk Alliance’s SERFA conference in May 2014. A lot of musicians shared stories of seeing Seeger in concert and meeting him in person. I felt his absence as they performed his songs and shared how his life affected them.
I felt his absence today, when I read Casey Neill’s essay, “Two Buskers: Me and Pete Seeger”( via No Depression). I felt his absence while pondering the anecdote of Seeger telling Neill at the train station, “Remember! Peace is the only victory!”
I feel his absence, now, when I recognize there is no use hoping for another “Pete Seeger” to take his place.
However, I feel Pete Seeger’s presence when I realize we can find our own place in this world, our own way of using art for social justice, for change, for peace.
I feel his presence when I write that we don’t need another Pete Seeger; we need you to be you.
Go create something good.
Click photo to read Neill’s essay about Seeger
