Wow I found David through Real People Real Songs and now I feel like I'm going to have to listen to a whole bunch of songs with lots and lots of words! Beautiful little puzzles. As an ecology guy I appreciate this.
After the men with saws blew the dust from my driveway and left me with a stump (still engraved with the word TEX by someone who knew the tree before I did), I walked inside feeling less heartbroken than I imagined I would. I sat down at my computer to see if any emails had come through while I'd been bearing witness to the end of an era. Only one email awaited me. It was from David Wilcox and it offered the gift of a new song. This song. A perfect eulogy. And now I am properly heartbroken and hopeful. Thank you, David. Thank you for faithfully serving the work for so many breaths of a tree.
Your spontaneous laughter at the beginning is almost as magnificent to witness as this magical music. One of my favorite tree songs is John Gorka’s “Branching Out,” and this song feels like an adult perspective on the same subject. I grew up to be a tree, and this is what I learned. Beautiful!
How does so much poetry come out of one human? I've played for 35 years. I would kill to have written one phrase that is as meaningful as the imagery Dave has in every verse. Every song hits you in the heart (or the funny bone, and then the heart). I know it's just an extension of you and how you see the world but thanks Dave for putting so many thoughts to pen to paper for so many of us to be able to go "YES!"
I don’t know…I think it’s a toss up between this song and “Farthest Shore” when considering the deep ecology of inter being and the cycles of life; David, I have loved your songs for as long as you’ve been sharing them; they are touchstones of my adult trajectory, so thank you from the center of my heartmind!
Well Dave, all I can say is you sure connected with that one. I laughed and cried with you. Beautiful work! Great song, and makes me appreciate how much your music and presence has impacted my life in a very good way. Thanks
Lovely song! But, as a guitarist, I'm most curious about this two-capo system -- it seems that the upper capo doesn't clamp on the lowest string, and I can see David fingering behind it. Any word on how this works?
I know David has talked about this double capo system he uses with his open tunings. It is a capo that doesn't clamp on the lowest string. You might find more of an explanation on one of the you tube guitar lessons by David
As Katelon says. I'm an amateur guitarist but I think if it as part of the dizzying variety of arrangements David uses. (I recall hearing David at a concert in Cambridge MA; near the end, he invited Jonatha Brooke on stage to join him, and the first thing she said to him was "Have you played any songs at all in a normal tuning?")
Wow I found David through Real People Real Songs and now I feel like I'm going to have to listen to a whole bunch of songs with lots and lots of words! Beautiful little puzzles. As an ecology guy I appreciate this.
After the men with saws blew the dust from my driveway and left me with a stump (still engraved with the word TEX by someone who knew the tree before I did), I walked inside feeling less heartbroken than I imagined I would. I sat down at my computer to see if any emails had come through while I'd been bearing witness to the end of an era. Only one email awaited me. It was from David Wilcox and it offered the gift of a new song. This song. A perfect eulogy. And now I am properly heartbroken and hopeful. Thank you, David. Thank you for faithfully serving the work for so many breaths of a tree.
Your spontaneous laughter at the beginning is almost as magnificent to witness as this magical music. One of my favorite tree songs is John Gorka’s “Branching Out,” and this song feels like an adult perspective on the same subject. I grew up to be a tree, and this is what I learned. Beautiful!
Alex Green’s podcast Stereo Embers brought me here, and I’m so glad. Just what my soul needed to hear today. ❤
How does so much poetry come out of one human? I've played for 35 years. I would kill to have written one phrase that is as meaningful as the imagery Dave has in every verse. Every song hits you in the heart (or the funny bone, and then the heart). I know it's just an extension of you and how you see the world but thanks Dave for putting so many thoughts to pen to paper for so many of us to be able to go "YES!"
I will listen to this song over and over again and each time will be like the first. Thanks David, hope to see you soon.
You are a gift. Thank you.
I don’t know…I think it’s a toss up between this song and “Farthest Shore” when considering the deep ecology of inter being and the cycles of life; David, I have loved your songs for as long as you’ve been sharing them; they are touchstones of my adult trajectory, so thank you from the center of my heartmind!
its beautiful David love the musicv an the words but not just the word but the deeper meaning behind them
Thanks Dave! I cried many large tears! The message of this song is under preached, and under appreciated. Beautiful. much love & Gratitude!
Well Dave, all I can say is you sure connected with that one. I laughed and cried with you. Beautiful work! Great song, and makes me appreciate how much your music and presence has impacted my life in a very good way. Thanks
Beautiful song! Thank you for sharing it!
Amazing song David!
Great to hear you laugh buddy!
We need to hear There’s No Far Away
I love this, David! ❤️
Does anybody know the tuning for this song? I can't figure out out.
Don't you hate when you crack yourself up😄
Wow.
Lovely song! But, as a guitarist, I'm most curious about this two-capo system -- it seems that the upper capo doesn't clamp on the lowest string, and I can see David fingering behind it. Any word on how this works?
I know David has talked about this double capo system he uses with his open tunings. It is a capo that doesn't clamp on the lowest string. You might find more of an explanation on one of the you tube guitar lessons by David
As Katelon says. I'm an amateur guitarist but I think if it as part of the dizzying variety of arrangements David uses. (I recall hearing David at a concert in Cambridge MA; near the end, he invited Jonatha Brooke on stage to join him, and the first thing she said to him was "Have you played any songs at all in a normal tuning?")
Beautiful and poignant as always.
Beautiful and poignant as always.