| 001 Electric Dirt (Complemento) |
La lista de canciones seleccionada para acompañar al programa del disco 'Electric Dirt' de Levon Helm está elaborada con las versiones de 10 de las piezas que conforman el album presentado. La única que no está es la composición de Helm y Campbell: 'Growin' Trade'.
Podrán notar que grabaciones como 'White Dove', de Clarke Stanley, y las dos de Muddy Waters: 'Stuff You Gotta Watch' y 'You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had' fueron grabadas en los cuarentas y los cincuentas en discos de 78rpm. Las versiones aquí presentadas fueron tomadas de las versiones digitalizadas contenidas en discos recopilatorios pues en su tiempo no fueron incluidas en ningún disco L.P.
El orden en el que está presentada la Lista de canciones es el mismo de 'Electric Dirt' para poder escucharlo en el ritmo y forma en que debieron hacerlo Levon Helm y Larry Campbell.
A continuación el audio de las canciones y los datos de su contenido que podrán escuchar como complemento del programa Electric Dirt (2009). Levon Helm y mientras leen este blog:
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Tennessee Jed
-Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter-
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San Francisco, California. |
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| Europe '72 (1972) |
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Creado en 1965 Grateful Dead fue uno de los grandes exponentes del rock sicodélico destacado por su estilo ecléctico de composición que fusionaba elementos del rock, folk, bluegrass,blues, country y jazz. Muy recordadas son sus legendarias Jam Sessions por las largas improvisaciones que realizaban en sus actuaciones, siempre regidas por las ’pruebas de ácido’ bajo la influencia del LSD. Afincados en la zona de Haight-Ashbury, en San Francisco, fueron copartícipes, junto con otras bandas como Jefferson Airplane, Big Brother and the Holding Company y Santana, de la fama que llevó a San Francisco a convertirse en la imagen de capital de la contracultura hippie de la época.
Los Grateful Dead solían palomear 'The Weight', la emblemática rola de The Band y para este disco Helm recrea al más puro estilo de su vieja Banda, 'Tennessee Jed', compuesta por Garcia y Hunter, del mismo Dead quienes aquí la tocan en su bien recordada gira europea del 72. |
Cold iron shackles and a ball and chain Listen to the whistle of the evening train You know you bound to wind up dead if you don't head back to Tennessee, Jed Rich man step on my poor head When you get up you better butter my bread Well you know it's like I said You better head back to Tennessee, Jed Tennessee, Tennessee There ain't no place I'd rather be Baby won't you carry me Back to Tennessee Drink all day and rock all night Law come to get you if you don't walk right Got a letter this morning and all it read: You better head back to Tennessee, Jed I dropped four flights and cracked my spine Honey come quick with the iodine Catch a few winks down under the bed Then head back to Tennessee, Jed Tennessee, Tennessee There ain't no place I'd rather be Baby won't you carry me Back to Tennessee I ran into Charley Phogg He blacked my eye and he kicked my dog My dog he turned to me and he said Let's head back to Tennessee, Jed I woke up a feeling mean Went down to play the slot machine The wheels turned round and the letters read Better head back to Tennessee, Jed Tennessee, Tennessee Ain't no place I'd rather be Baby won't you carry me Back to Tennessee |
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Move along train
-Roebuck Staples-
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Chicago, Illinois. |
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| Freedom Highway (1965) |
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Roebuck "Pops" Staples es el patriarca de la familia y fundó el grupo con sus hijos. Siendo el apellido Staples, el nombre artístico quedó como The Staple Singers. De moverse por las iglesias de su natal Chicago, el grupo fue decantando hacia la corriente de moda musical hacia finales de los sesenta. Habiendo ‘covereado’ y grabado ‘The Weight’, de Robbie Robertson y grabada originalmente por The Band, fueron invitados por estos para acompañarlos en la película The Last Waltz, que produjera Martin Scorsese como epílogo de la vida de la banda.
Dentro del estilo gospel, que permea por toda la obra de los Staple Singers con su líder y compositor Roebuck, 'Pops' Staple, 'Move along train se ha convertido en un estándar. En toda la música estadounidense el tren es un personaje incuestionable, capaz de permitir el movimiento, el traslado... la fusión. Algunos de ustedes seguramente habrán escuchado cantar a Mavis Staple, la hija de 'Pops'. Pues aquí canta como parte del grupo familiar y, si buscan en alguno de los videos referidos en la canción, verán a Mavis cantando esta rola en el homenaje a Levon Helm: Love for Levon. |
You've got to move along train (You've got a heavy load) You've got to move along train (You've got a heavy load) You've got to move along train (You've got a heavy load) You know that my Lord's coming and-a He won't be long. He's gonna save me and carry me home. The Gospel train is coming You know it's coming around the curve And I can hear the whistle blowing You know she's straining every nerve You've got to move along train (You've got a heavy load) You've got to move along train (You've got a heavy load) You've got to move along train (You've got a heavy load) A-a-a my Lord's coming and-a He won't be long. He's gonna save me and carry me home. You better tell that barroom laday She better get her business right Because the Gospel train is coming You know it may be here tonight You've got to move along train (You've got a heavy load) You've got to move along train (You've got a heavy load) You've got to move along train (You've got a heavy load) You know that my Lord's coming and-a He won't be long. He's gonna save me and carry me home. He's gonna save me and carry me home. He's gonna save me and carry me home. |
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Golden bird
-Happy Traum-
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The Bronx, New York. |
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| Happy and Atrie Traum (1971) |
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Harry Smith |
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Happy Traum participa en la grabación de una sesión histórica en los estudios de Folkways Records junto a otros músicos de la talla de Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, Pete Seeger, Peter LaFarge y The Freedom Singers. El resultado fue el disco Broadside Ballads, Vol. 1. A partir de entonces
'Golden bird', interpretada por su creador Happy Traum y su hermano Artie está grabada como balada folk, a diferencia de la versión de Electric Dirt que, como comentamos en el programa, toma un aire lánguido y hasta lúgubre en el violín de Campbell. |
Walking along on a path in the mountains I saw a bird flying way up high Gold were it's wings in that time of the morning Flashing at me as they flew through the sky Its beauty was such that I felt I must have it Chased it all day, nearly entered the night Finally angered that I couldn't catch it, Determined I would stop it in flight I found a stone by a mountain stream flowing rounded and smooth by the waters fast flow It felt so warm and alive in my hand It was an arrow, my arm was the bow. Then a flashing of wings and a cry pierced the air It fluttered and it fell on the rocks at my feet Weeping It left it, the thing that had fallen Blood stained my hands and tears wet my cheeks Later that night as I lay in my bed I heard the sound of wings in the air The room became bathed in a warm golden glow I opened my eyes and a woman stood there Didn't you know when you hurt me so cruelly I was your love, I was your friend You couldn't stand it that I was so free Now you will never see me again |
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Stuff you gotta watch
-Muddy Waters-
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Westmond, Illinois. |
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| Recopilada en: Anthology (1947-1972) (1951) |
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Podrán notar que grabaciones como 'White Dove', de Clarke Stanley, y las dos de Muddy Waters: 'Stuff You Gotta Watch' y 'You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had' fueron grabadas en los cuarentas y los cincuentas en discos de 78rpm. Las versiones aquí presentadas fueron tomadas de las versiones digitalizadas contenidas en discos recopilatorios pues en su tiempo no fueron incluidas en ningún disco L.P. |
You know the girl you love she don't treat you right sometimes You know the girl you love she don't treat you right sometimes Well, that's the stuff you gotta watch because your girl is a liar. You know, the girl you love stays out all night long, Yeah, the girl you love, she stays out all night long. That's the stuff you gotta watch because your girl's treatin' you wrong. I need my hat, go get my coat, Uncle Zak found out baby you don't want it anymore. That's the stuff you gotta watch That's the stuff you gotta watch That's the stuff you gotta watch if you don't wanna lose your girl. You know the girl's no good but don't you make no change. Oh, the girl's no good but don't you make no change. That's the stuff you gotta watch 'cause you're justified all the same. She spends your dough, she drinks your gin And if she rode round the corner then she's ready to go within. That's the stuff you gotta watch That's the stuff you gotta watch That's the stuff you gotta watch if you don't wanna lose your girl. Well, that's the stuff you gotta watch if you don't wanna lose your girl. Yeah, that's the stuff you gotta watch if you don't wanna lose your girl. Well, that's the stuff you gotta watch if you don't wanna lose your girl. |
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White dove
-Carter Stanley-
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Clinch Mountains of Dickenson, Virginia. |
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| Aparecida en el 78rpm "The White Dove" / "Gathering Flowers for the Master's Bouquet" y recopilada en el CD "Can't you hear me calling" (1949) |
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In the deep rolling hills of old Virginia There's a place that I love so well Where I spent many days of my childhood In a cabin where we loved to dwell White dove will mourn in sorrow The willows will hang their heads I'll live my life in sorrow Since mother and daddy are dead We were all so happy there together In our peaceful little mountain home But the Savior needs angels up in heaven Now they sing 'round the great white throne White dove will mourn in sorrow The willows will hang their heads I'll live my life in sorrow Since mother and daddy are dead As the years roll by I often wonder If we will all be together someday And each night as I wander through the graveyard Darkness finds me as I kneel to pray White dove will mourn in sorrow The willows will hang their heads I'll live my life in sorrow Since mother and daddy are dead I'll live my life in sorrow Since mother and daddy are dead |
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Kingfish
-Randy Newman-
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Los Angeles, California. |
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| Good Old Boys (1974) |
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Huey Pierce Long Jr. |
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Tomamos, de Randy Newman, esta toma que hace de su rola social 'Kingfish', en la cual presenta una semblanza de Huey P. Long, el 'Rey pescado'. |
There's a hundred-thousand Frenchmen in New Orleans In New Orleans there are Frenchmen everywhere But your house could fall down Your baby could drown Wouldn't none of those Frenchmen care Everybody gather 'round Loosen up your suspenders Hunker down on the ground I'm a cracker And you are too But don't I take good care of you Who built the highway to Baton Rouge? Who put up the hospital and built your schools? Who looks after shit-kickers like you? The Kingfish do Who gave a party at the Roosevelt Hotel? And invited the whole north half of the state down there for free The people in the city Had their eyes bugging out Cause everyone looked just like me Here comes the Kingfish, the Kingfish Everybody sing Here's the Kingfish, the Kingfish Every man a king Who took on the Standard Oil men And whipped their ass Just like he promised he'd do? Ain't no Standard Oil men gonna run this state Gonna be run by little folks like me and you Here's the Kingfish, the Kingfish Friend of the working man The Kingfish, the Kingfish The Kingfish gonna save this land |
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You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had
-Muddy Waters-
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Westmond, Illinois. |
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Had a sweet little girl, I lose my baby, boy ain't that bad Had a sweet little girl, I lose my baby, boy ain't that bad You can't spend what you ain't got, You can't lose some little girl you ain't never had Had money in the bank, I got busted, people ain't that bad Had money in the bank, I got busted, people ain't that bad You can't spend what you ain't got, You can't lose some little girl you ain't never had Ain't that the truth boys Had money in the bank, I got busted, people ain't that bad Had money in the bank, I got busted, people ain't that bad You can't spend what you ain't got, You can't lose some little girl you ain't never had Had a sweet little home, it got burned down, people ain't that bad My own fault, people ain't that bad Well you know you can't spend what you ain't got, You can't lose some blues you ain't never had Have mercy! Sweet little home, got burned down, people ain't that bad Yeah you know I had a sweet little home, it got burned down, people ain't that bad Whoa you know you can't spend what you ain't got, You can't lose some little girl you ain't never had |
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When I go away
-Roebuck Staples-
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Greenville, South Carolina. |
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La versión original de 'When I Go Away', es de los Dixie Hummingbirds, y también la produjo para ellos el mismo Larry Campbell. En esta versión, que es la del disco que la publicó por vez primera, Levon Helm y su compañero en The Band, Garth Hudson, tocan como invitados. |
Early in the morning When the church bells toll The choir's gonna sing And the hearse will roll On down to the graveyard Where it's cold and gray And then the sun's gonna shine Through the shadows When I go away Don't want no sorrow For this old orphan boy I don't want no crying Only tears of joy I'm gonna see my mother Gonna see my father And I'll be bound for glory In the morning When I go away I'll be lifted up to the clouds On the wings of angels There's only flesh and bones In the ground Where my troubles will stay See that storm over yonder It's gonna rain all day But then the sun's gonna shine Through the shadows When I go away (I'm going home - Lift me up) When I go away (No more trouble - I'm going home) (Lift me up - When I go away) No more crying (I'm going home - Lift me up - When I go away) No more trials (I'm going home) Home to leave my worries in the ground (I'm going home - Lift me up - When I go away) No more troubles (I'm going home - Lift me up - When I go away) No more crying (I'm going home - Lift me up - When I go away) No more trials (I'm going home) Home to leave my worries in the graveyard Home to leave my troubles in the graveyard Home to leave my trials And I'll be bound for glory In the morning When I go away All my kin who love me All my friends who care Look beyond the dark clouds We're gonna meet up there When they lay me in the cold ground Bow your heads and pray (Bow your heads and pray) And I'll be bound for glory In the morning When I go away And then the sun's gonna shine Through the shadows When I go away (I'm going home - Lift me up) When I go away (No more trouble - I'm going home) (Lift me up - When I go away) No more crying (I'm going home - Lift me up - When I go away) No more trials (I'm going home) Home to leave my worries in the graveyard (I'm going home - Lift me up - When I go away) No more troubles (I'm going home - Lift me up - When I go away) No more crying (I'm going home - Lift me up - When I go away) No more trials (I'm going home) Home to leave my worries in the graveyard Home to leave my troubles in the graveyard Home to leave my trials And I'll be bound for glory In the morning When I go away And then the sun's gonna shine Through the shadows When I go away Ah, when I go away When I go away (When I go away) When I go away (When I go away) When I go away |
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Heaven's pearls
-Anthony Leone, Byron Isaacs, Fiona McBain, Amy Helm, Glenn Patscha-
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New York. |
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'Heaven's Pearls' es una composición del grupo de Amy Helm, la hija de Levon, que se llama Ollabelle en honor de Ola Belle Reed cantante y compositora nacida en los Apalaches. Además de Amy, el bajista Byron Isaacs, forma parte de la Levon Helm Band y participó en la grabación de Electric Dirt. |
Life's a strain, painful thing To be overcome We mark the nights by our triumphs Suffers everyone But hold them near Keep them dear Don't be ashamed Triumphs of the world On heaven's pearls On heaven's pearls Began the scars, tangled bars Catch under the skin Friction burns as they turn Working deeper in And day by day Sharp edges fade Smooth, furnished and fine Triumphs of the world On heaven's pearls Triumphs of the world On heaven's pearls On heaven's pearls Triumphs of the world On heaven's pearls Triumphs of the world On heaven's pearls The triumphs of the world On heaven's pearls |
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I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free
-Bill Taylor & Dick Dallas-
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Tryon, North Carolina. |
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| Silk & Soul (1967) |
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La versión de 'I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free' que incluimos en la Lista de canciones fue grabada por Nina Simone y la seleccionamos, en detrimento de la de su creador Bill Taylor ya que esta la tenemos al piano, sin voz, razón por la cual utilizamos una en la que pudiera apreciarse la canción. Es la única pieza que no incluimos en su versión original dentro de este trabajo |
I wish I knew how it would feel to be free I wish I could break all the chains holding me I wish I could say all the things that I should say Say 'em loud, say 'em clear For the whole round world to hear. I wish I could share all the love that's in my heart Remove all the bars that keep us apart I wish you could know what it means to be me Then you'd see and agree That every man should be free. I wish I could give all I'm longing to give I wish I could live like I'm longing to live I wish that I could do all the things that I can do Though I'm way overdue I'd be starting anew. Well I wish I could be like a bird in the sky How sweet it would be if I found I could fly Oh I'd soar to the sun and look down at the sea And I'd sing cos I'd know that And I'd sing cos I'd know that And I'd sing cos I'd know that I'd know how it feels to be free I'd know how it feels to be free I'd know how it feels to be free |
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