Our cover of Brett Dennen‘s 2003 song Blessed. Super-fun tune, and really catchy! Our dear friend Rich Stitzel recorded his drum part from his home studio in Chicago, IL. Such a fun collaboration!
Drums: Rich Stitzel
Bass: Mike Brown
Electric Guitar: Kevin Grove
Keys: Justin Pate
Soprano Sax: David Rosario
My band and me covering a wonderful Iris DeMent song from her ’92 album Infamous Angel. I first heard of this song when Natalie Merchant and 10,000 Maniacs covered it on MTV Unplugged and released it on their 2004 album “Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure and Unknown Recordings of 10,000 Maniacs” with David Byrne joining on vocals. It was also the main title theme to The Leftovers Season 2 and series finale!
Guitar: 1991 Takamine EN10
Microphone: Zoom H6
Video editing: Adobe Premiere Pro
Audio: Apple Logic Pro X
Drums: Jon Mosig
Upright bass: Lee Allen
Mandolin: Kevin Grove
Melodica: Justin Pate
Vocals: Lydia Smith-Osborne
Video: Xavier Muñoz
Recorded live at the Dorathea Leonhardt Lecture Hall at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden
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A deep cut from Pink Floyd’s 1971 album Meddle. I shot all my footage at 2X speed then slowed it back down to give the effect of slo-mo while still singing and playing in time – what a cool trick! I also tuned my guitars to an open G chord. Apparently that’s what Roger Waters did after Syd Barrett showed him. Sounds pretty good!
Big thanks to C Todd Kirk for recommending this song to us!
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Tuesday, October 15 I’ll be playing a special event for my dear friends who run the non-profit A Memory Grows.
October 15, 2024, Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day
6:30-8:00 PM
Trinity Park, Fort Worth, Texas
Pavilion #1 (Near West 7th Street)
Contact: Dakota Greenfield-Dunn Dakota@amemorygrows.org
A Memory Grows is pleased to announce that the Wave of Light will be held in-person again this year at the beautiful Pavilion #1 in Trinity Park located in Fort Worth, Texas on Tuesday, October 15, 2024. We are thrilled to partner with Team Mercy, Holy Sews and M.E.N.D. to offer this night of community and support. *M.E.N.D. will also be hosting a Wave of Light Ceremony at The Garden of Hope in Irving, Texas. More information will be posted about that site at a later time at www.mend.org.*
Please bring your own candle that is enclosed in glass to place on the stage as we speak our children’s names and allow their light to shine. You can bring one candle per family or multiple candles, whatever you choose. Each family is also welcome to bring a Token of Remembrance to sit next to the candle. This can be a photo, a stuffed animal, a blanket, etc.
This special event is open to all ages and all parents, siblings, family members and friends. Please bring your own lawn chairs or a blanket to sit comfortably on the lawn.
This event is free to attend but we ask that you register below so we can plan accordingly!
The International Wave of Light
The International Wave of Light is an annual event that takes place on Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day, October 15. Candles are lit around the world in all time zones at 7:00pm and they remain lit for exactly 1 hour. As the candles are extinguished at 8:00pm the next time zone is lighting their candles and the wave of light continues as a symbol of the light and love of our children filling the world. Parents, family and friends are encouraged to light candles in memory of their children. One of the most meaningful gifts that a loss parent can receive is knowing that their child is being remembered. This simple gesture touches their heart and assures them that they are not alone.
About the Event
Team Mercy, A Memory Grows, MEND and Holy Sews are coming together to present the Wave of Light in Dallas Fort Worth as a community event to celebrate and remember our babies. Two locations will be hosting the Wave of Light to allow as many participants as possible to gather with a community that understands the journey of grief that surrounds the death of a child. The Wave of light is a free event and open to the entire community.
**Everyone who is attending should plan to bring a candle enclosed in glass to be lit during the ceremony. This can be a prefilled votive or a glass jar such as an old spaghetti sauce or jelly jar with a candle placed inside. You are welcome to decorate your candles before arriving so that each child will be represented in a beautiful and unique way. If you forget your candle, we will have a few extras.
Please begin arriving at 6:30 p.m. for fellowship, visit the partner booths, and to setup your lawn chairs/blanket. We will begin the ceremony at approximately 6:50 p.m. and begin lighting candles at 7:00 p.m. The ceremony will include an introduction of the event, a book reading and stories from parents who have experienced loss due to miscarriage, stillbirth or infant loss. Wave of Light will be held rain or shine.
DFW Sponsors
DFW is home to several unique organizations that exist to offer presence, comfort, hope and companionship on the journey of grief to parents and families who are grieving the death of their child. Please click the links below for more information on each of these organizations.
Team Mercy – www.teammercy.org
A Memory Grows – www.amemorygrows.org
MEND – www.mend.org
Holy Sews – www.holysews.org
This will be my second year to be the featured artist for The 17th Annual Opening Doors Dinner & Auction benefitting the people and programs of My Health My Resources of Tarrant County. This is genuinely a great cause and they do such wonderful work for many, many people in our community.
They have a choir too, and they’ll joining me for two songs. It all happens on the beautiful patio at Joe T Garcia’s on the North Side. Tickets available here.
My band and I cover this important song, Ring the Bells by Johnny Swim and Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors!
Come see us at Grapefest this weekend in Grapevine, TX! Thursday Sept 12 I’ll be solo at the Champagne Terrace Stage, then Friday, Sept 13 I’ll have the band with me on the Gazebo Stage.
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Thursday, Sept 12 – Solo (6:00pm)
Champagne Terrace
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Friday, Sept 13 – Band (7:30pm)
Gazebo
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From the Las Vegas hitmakers’ 2017 album Evolve. I always admired this song and thought it was a great tune. I shot all my footage at half speed and then sped it up to “normal speed” so I looked even more pissed.
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Todd Franks: drums
Mike Brown: bass
Justin Pate: keys
Clay Willis: guitar
Such an incredible rush to play this song live! Thunderstruck from AC/DC. The lead single off their 1990 album The Razors Edge. And Hannah Kirby absolutely nails the lead vocal.
Drums: Josh Rodgers
Bass: Robert Shepard
Keys: Justin Pate
Guitar: Nick Knirk
Vocals: Hannah Kirby
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Special thanks to the production team at the Levitt Pavilion in Arlington, TX.
Extra special thanks to Richard Treat and Evan Jones for their audio and video expertise!
We Found Love performed live at The Levitt Pavilion (Arlington, TX) July 3, 2023.
Drums: Josh Rodgers
Bass: Robert Shepard
Keys: Justin Pate
Guitar: Nick Knirk
Vocals: Hannah Kirby
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