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I guess its time to check him out. Been putting it off. Listened to What Comes after the blues and Trouble in Mind last night and ws pretty blown away...
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 7:41 am Posts: 19736 Location: Cumberland, RI
Where were the rest of my songs tonight? I only remember the North Star blues That simple old tune on the stage each night Marking the time that I lost you
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 7:41 am Posts: 19736 Location: Cumberland, RI
Never too late to get into Jason Molina, of course. For a limited time, Secretly Canadien is streaming everything he ever released over at Bandcamp. Link here: http://live.magnoliaelectricco.com/
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 7:41 am Posts: 19736 Location: Cumberland, RI
Unreleased song...sounds like the story behind it is that Jason wrote it for the band Silkworm after their drummer died, and they released it for public consumption today to help with their own grieving:
I've been listening to this a lot over the past couple of days.
I was never all that aware of his work. I knew who he was, but just never found the time. The last couple of weeks have been especially rough for me, both personally and professionally and this weekend was the culmination of it all. I got home off the road with the intention to crash and drink it all away - I admittedly frequently find myself looking at the bottom of a glass - and then I heard Molina had passed.
I don't know how to put all my feelings into words right now and I apologize wholeheartedly for this post. I just felt a connection and a sense of calm at that moment. As I read about him, his life and his demons, and listened to his work, there was a moment of clarity where I realized how many of us are suffering and how many don't make it through. It was a pretty crushing epiphany, but I didn't feel so alone anymore. I guess that's a positive.
Unreleased song...sounds like the story behind it is that Jason wrote it for the band Silkworm after their drummer died, and they released it for public consumption today to help with their own grieving:
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 7:41 am Posts: 19736 Location: Cumberland, RI
An absolutely essential read by Will Johnson (of Centro-Matic, South San Gabriel, his own solo work, and, of course the Molina & Johnson project) from his blog. Bring tissues: http://www.will-johnson.com/jason-molina/
"Connect when the feeling strikes. Work on loving. Work to avoid regret. Because a lot of the time it’s hard to tell what the last time looks like."
the darkest day of the year and my heart is on the rail the darkest day of the year and whose hand is at the wheel whose hand's at the wheel
who will tell 'em what has happened out here beyond the dawn out here beyond the horizon who will tell 'em that you're gone
oh, the breaking sigh no answer in the mystery once you held me helpless once it mighta been
cold was sharp across the high desert you and me in the secrets once it must have been not only my heart on the rail once it must have been no hand was at the wheel that no hand was at the wheel
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I find myself grateful for all music we got from Jason, given the lyrics from 'The Black Crow' in 2000. I honestly thought we'd never get anything else after that.
a dead crow calls out to its wings I'm getting weaker, I'm getting thin I hate how obvious I have been I'm getting weaker and I look down and see the whole world and it's fading
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