Rounders of the Revelation

“Solitude is a chosen separation for refining your soul. Isolation is what you crave when you neglect the first.”
― Wayne Cordeiro, Leading on Empty: Refilling Your Tank and Renewing Your Passion

1. She's Into Something
   Muddy Waters

2. Judgement Day
   The Devil Makes Three

3. Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar
   The Delmore Brothers

4. Panama Red
   Peter Rowan

5. Goin' Down Slow
   St. Louis Jimmy

6. Po'Boy
   Bob Dylan

7. Georgie Buck
   Doc Watson

8. Love Changing Blues
   David Bromberg

9. The Red Rooster
   The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions

10. Devil Song
    All Night Long Blues Band

11. Didn't Leave Nobody But The Baby
    Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss & Gillian Welch

12. Trouble
    The Freight Hoppers

13. Moon Gone Down
    The Gourds

14. Moon Going Down
    Jo Ann Kelly

15. Pony
    Sara Watkins

16. Don't Look Now
    Creedence Clearwater Revival

17. Don't Tell Me What To Do
    Two High String Band

18. Take These Chains
    Uncle Earl

19. Gospel Song
    The Be Good Tanyas

20. Blue Clouds
    Elizabeth Mitchell

21. Workin' for Jesus
    Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer

22. Tomorrow is a Long Time
    Forest Sun & Ingrid Serban

23. This Will Bring You Back
    Drunken Catfish Ramblers

     

     

     

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Gracious

“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.”
—Aristotle

1. Little Bit of Rain
   Fred Neil

2. Going Back To My Roots
   Richie Havens

3. I Ain't Blue
   Spider John Koerner

4. I Wish
   Stevie Wonder

5. Yellow Brick Road
   Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

6. One Love/People Get Ready
   Bob Marley & the Wailers

7. Peace and Love
   Craig Erickson

8. Cannon Beach/Rockin' Chair
   The Sixth Great Lake

9. River Deep
   The Devil Makes Three

10. Tire Swing/All I Could Do
    Kimya Dawson

11. Gin And Juice
    The Gourds

12. Rebel Way
    Snoop Lion

13. Whole World
    Bobby McFerrin And Esperanza Spalding

14. (I Never Wanted) To Be a Star
    Cat Stevens

15. Mr. Tambourine Man
    Bob Dylan

16. Don't Shit When You Eat
    Ween

17. Good Feeling
    Violent Femmes

18. Life Is Beautiful
    Ryan Adams

     

     

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The Art of the Mentally Ill (The Invisible People)

There's a Hole in Reality through which We Can Look if We Wish —
The invisible people are the people who are only characters in books. I brought this character The Seer to life with this drawing. Sweet Thursday is a favorite of mine. And Steinbeck's character made me think of real people I have known.

You Don't Know Me

By: George Waldrop

you don't know the caring quality, it takes in the man like me
you don't know the sense of decency, it takes for me to be
you don't know the fellowship of humankind, it takes to be free
in this simple style of character, you don't know me

if you deny my freedom, then you deserve to be in chains
I am none but a pilgrim, with a hat full of rain
easiest way for you to say, people don't change, then complain
in this simple style of character, you don't know me

if one of us is chained, then none of us are free
to be the lost, to know loss, to suffer is something to be
I will be the strong one, in your time of need, trust me
in this simple style of character, you don't know me

I hope writing is our connection, you may learn it's all the same
you have to know the dim weakness, to accept yourself as strong flame
for it's the brightness that's attractive, strong words that resonate to reclaim
in this simple style of character, you don't know me

the folk artist, the modest design, the mispelling, the sculpture of mathematical rhyme
give me the intellectually challenged, I will show you beyond ordinary emotional esteem
the creativity of the above average human being, can be found in the levity of day dreams
so study the art of the mentally ill, you will get to know me

1. You Don't Know Me
   George Waldrop

2. Rothko Chapel
   David Dondero

3. The Spirtual Kind/Be Willing
   Terri Hendrix

4. A Better Man
   Keb' Mo'

5. Look Inside Your Heart
   Leon & Eric Bibb

6. If I
   Richie Havens

7. Down To You
   Joni Mitchell

8. All Our Past Times
   Rick Danko

9. Dead Men Got No Dreams
   Jerry Jeff Walker

10. I'll Give You A Stone If You'll Throw It (Changing Tymes)
    Janis Ian

11. Too Young To Burn
    Sonny & The Sunsets

12. Understanding the Strength of My Soul
    George Waldrop

13. I Am An Artist
    James Nihan

14. Relate To Me
    Jack Johnson

15. Story Of An Artist
    M.Ward

16. Being Cool
    Kimya Dawson

17. Panning for Gold
    Rik Palieri

18. Hard Road
    Mary Lou Lord

19. Serendipity of Mental Illness(Loneliness Has Taught Me)
    George Waldrop

20. I Will Be Your Friend
    Guy Davis

     

     

     

     

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Teardrops of the Rain Cup

I made this after watching the documentary “Erasing Hate”. Redemption is a age old tale that can be something to really believe in and get behind.




“Now there is a final reason I think that Jesus says, “Love your enemies.” It is this: that love has within it a redemptive power. And there is a power there that eventually transforms individuals. Just keep being friendly to that person. Just keep loving them, and they can’t stand it too long. Oh, they react in many ways in the beginning. They react with guilt feelings, and sometimes they’ll hate you a little more at that transition period, but just keep loving them. And by the power of your love they will break down under the load. That’s love, you see. It is redemptive, and this is why Jesus says love. There’s something about love that builds up and is creative. There is something about hate that tears down and is destructive. So love your enemies. (from “Loving Your Enemies”)”
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Knock at Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.

1. Lone Pilgrim
   Tom Jones

2. Mother's Prayer
   The Little Brothers

3. The Loved Ones
   Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4. Lonesome Tears
   Beck

5. Black-Eyed Dog
   Lisa Hannigan

6. In Silver Rain With A Paper Key
   Thurston Moore

7. Old Soul Song
   Bright Eyes

8. The Fortunate Ones
   Amy Speace

9. Growin' Up
   Bruce Springsteen

10. Simple Twist of Fate
    Jeff Tweedy

11. Small Town Moon
    Regina Spektor

12. Trouble Child
    Joni Mitchell

13. Watching the Wheels
    John Lennon

14. Blue Clouds
    Elizabeth Mitchell

15. Bear Creek Blues
    John Prine

16. (Find A) Reason To Believe
    Rod Stewart

17. Two Strangers
    Sea Wolf

18. Deepens With Time
    Ron Sexsmith

19. To Be Young (Is To Be Sad, Is To Be High)
    Dave Rawlings Machine

20. Highlands (edit)
    Bob Dylan

     

     

     

     

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A Spirit In The Room

1. Fine Spirit/Heaven Sent Me Back
   Peggy Honeywell

2. A Heart Needs A Home
   Richard Thompson

3. Place To Be
   Scott Matthews

4. Another Time and Place
   Dave Van Ronk

5. Simple Twist Of Fate
   Joan Baez

6. Reflecting Light
   Sam Phillips

7. The Parting Glass
   Rita Hosking

8. Blue Virginia Blues
   Larry Sparks

9. Hesitation Blues
   Billy Goodman

10. Show Me The Place
    Leonard Cohen

11. Underground
    Corey Harris

12. To Beat The Devil
    Kris Kristofferson

13. Sabu Visits The Twin Towns Alone
    John Prine

14. If That Ain't Love
    Iris DeMent

15. Rexroth's Daughter/Spring Wind
    Greg Brown

16. One More Cup Of Coffee
    Steve Earle

17. Black Silk/Mamie (Carl Sandburg Poem)
    Rust Belt Jessie

18. Misguided Angel
    Cowboy Junkies

     

     

     

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A Song And A One-Night-Stand

The Ethnomusicologist & Dylan's Baby Blue

By: George Waldrop

I would like you to see me in this light, my poetry unpretentious and bright
I think everyone that has ever been can say something profound about themselves
just from the experience of how they are living, call things by their true names

Walt Whitman said whatever satisfies the soul is truth
Donovan said all our souls are deeper than you can see
I am telling you we all are but dust & shadow, to pierce to the marrow

ask yourself was the light worth the candle, or the cold worth the heat
I tell everyone I meet, to tread lightly, for we all have to live in each others shadows
the brightest flame casts the darkest shadow, ageold time is aglow

the troublesome fear, the complexities of our history of mankind blend into
untrained, isolation, the folk artists turned ethnomusicologist & dylan's baby blue

lonesome goes deep but I will never know it's depths
loneliness pain is when you are hurting and no one is there
more lonely is having someone there who doesn't know how to care

I know the rain, how it smelt and how the flowers felt
beware, to know a man, walk between the raindrops, you think you know
resurrect the roots of the road, the sensitive soul is moved to tears of hobos

to study folk music and of their relationship to the peoples and cultures
singing our songs, the simple immediacy, we the people belong, I make mix tapes
among all the people, your absence, the people who are always, not you

may this poem, cast a long shadow on the ethnomusicologist & Dylan's baby blue

1. Fair
   Terri Hendrix

2. Gentle On My Mind
   Johnny Cash

3. And So it Goes
   Kerosene Halo

4. As The World Burns
   Drunk

5. Barfly
   Aimee Mann

6. Goin' Down Slow
   Eric Bibb

7. Wish I'd Been Honest
   Johnny Dowd

8. Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor
   Gillian Welch

9. Statesboro Blues/Shades
   The Devil Makes Three

10. Hey Hey What Can I Do
    Led Zeppelin

11. Lucky Thirteen Blues
    Brother Yusef

12. The Other Side Of Town
    Chuck E. Weiss

13. Bottom of the World
    Tom Waits

14. We All Come To The Same Place
    Rhubarb Whiskey

15. Sad and Blue
    Melvern Taylor

16. Pornographic Love Song
    David Dondero

17. I Want You All
    Brigid Kaelin

18. Walk Of Shame
    Winechuggers

19. The Ethnomusicologist & Dylan's Baby Blue
    George Waldrop

20. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (1966)
    Bob Dylan

     

     

     

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Here Comes That Rainbow Again (Livin' On The Square)

Beauty of Life

By: George Waldrop

I am the young, it is a state of mind
I am the patient, carefully taking my time
I am the virtuous, I listen, to give life purpose
I keep the ability to see beauty
I am patient, for it brings happiness
I have courage to be wise with these virtues, I am
the young have the abilities to cure the terrible disease of loneliness
patience is knowing, knowing to look for the beauty of life
I love myself for my values & virtues, now I can love another
I don't know who I will be when I get old, he is yet to come
I don't know who I will be when I become restless, he will be
I don't know who I will be when I am all but vices, he will know
my character is more important than my reputation
I am my character, you are my reputation
developing my character takes trial and suffering
being sure of the sum of my character, a life in conformity with virtue
I am guided by my virtue, apart of my life's ambition
life is about the separation of happiness from amusement
effort not amusement, to labor and suffer hardships all
our life long merely to amuse ourselves

1. Here Comes That Rainbow Again
   Leo Kottke

2. Keep on the Sunny Side
   Elizabeth Mitchell

3. Love Is A Gift
   James Nihan

4. To Be
   Frances England

5. Pebble And The Man
   Donovan

6. I'm The Only Me
   Tom Chapin

7. Never
   Cat Stevens

8. Rhymes And Reasons
   John Denver

9. High Flying Bird/Whatever Gets You Through
   Richie Havens & John Lennon

10. Time
    Jeff Black

11. Guilty
    Madeleine Peyroux

12. Summer In The City
    Regina Spektor

13. A Bunch Of Lonesome Heroes
    Leonard Cohen

14. Let Go the Past
    David Dondero

15. Touma Ni Kelen/Needed Time
    Habib Koité, Eric Bibb

16. Holier Than Thou
    Rita Hosking

17. You're Innocent When You Dream
    Jill Hennessy

18. Return Of The Drifter
    Mark Brine

19. Hardly Think About That
    Kaz Murphy

20. Beauty of Life
    George Waldrop

21. The Last Thing On My Mind (1966)
    Doc & Merle Watson

     

     

     

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Visions of the Incogitant (Ghosts of Richmond)

So this was a nice experience making this and getting a load of emotions offa my chest. I was really in it, if you know what I mean. To be in it, is to have the mix speak to you and the folks who you want to share this with. I took many hours trying on different outfits, if you will, to touch on all of the simple things that needed to be said. And the spirit world, I can't forget the spirit world, it won't forget me. So, there it is. A mixer is a naked man with his clothes on. Cheers! and enjoy!

1. O Brother, Where Art Thou? [Acappella]
   Chris Thomas King

2. River Deep
   The Devil Makes Three

3. Fulton Blues
   Corey Harris

4. Purple Shadows
   Seasick Steve

5. Absentminded Melody
   Joel Plaskett

6. Being Cool
   Kimya Dawson

7. Fools Gold on Main Street
   Simon Joyner

8. Life
   Dr.John

9. Dope Fiend Blues
   Allen Ginsberg

10. Sunshine
    Sparklehorse

11. Turn On All The Lights
    Leon & Eric Bibb

12. Dylan's Hard Rain
    Ryan Bingham

13. Sin City
    Emmylou Harris

14. Long As I Can See The Light
    Creedence Clearwater Revival

15. Raining In My Soul
    Guy Davis

16. In Time
    Sly and the Family Stone

17. Sesame Street Theme
    Sesame Street

18. I Don't Believe In Yesterday
    Freebo

19. Create in Me
    JJ Heller

20. I Am a Stranger
    Welcome Wagon

     

     

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More Punk Rock From George (All Music Is Folk Music)

When you take your precious time with this, and I know you will, cos you know how important Richie Havens is to my mixing. Think about this being Richie's wake. I would be honored to have J.B. Lenoir show up at my wake. I heard the news today and I thought about how I heard Richie say how “All Music Is Folk Music”. That statement is worth standing behind cos some people study music (like me) and some people follow (trends). So tread lightly, for we all have to live in each other's shadows. “We All Are But Dust & Shadow”. “The Brightest Flame Casts The Darkest Shadow”. Ask yourself, was the light worth the candle?

1. Freedom
   Richie Havens

2. Power To Love
   Jimi Hendrix

3. To Be A Man
   Len Chandler

4. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding?
   Keb' Mo'

5. Freedoms Road
   Josh White

6. Won't Get Fooled Again
   Richie Havens

7. Force Is The Weapon of The Weak/Hit Or Miss
   U.Utah Phillips & Odetta

8. Respect Yourself
   The Staples Singers

9. Paradise
   Richie Havens

10. Ain't Got No--I Got Life
    Nina Simone

11. In My Life
    Richie Havens

12. The Whale Has Swallowed Me
    Janiva Magness

13. On the Turning Away
    Richie Havens

14. I Think It's Going To Rain Today
    Irma Thomas

15. Born Dead
    J.B. Lenoir

16. Tombstone Blues (movie clip)
    Richie Havens & Woody Guthrie (I'm Not There)

17. Tombstone Blues
    Bob Dylan

18. Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
    Richie Havens

     

     

     

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Sundown at the Crossroads

1. Tell Me Where the Road Is
   Guy Davis

2. Juke Joint Hen
   Bing Futch

3. Booze, Oh Booze
   Frank Fairfield

4. Arkansas
   Greg Brown

5. Many a Mile
   Patrick Sky

6. Arkansas
   Dom Flemons

7. Red Mountain Wine
   The Mammals

8. Old Black Dog Blues
   Tom Paley

9. Late Last Night When Willie Come Home
   The Dickel Brothers

10. Take Me Back to the Sweet Sunny South
    The New Lost City Ramblers

11. Going Down The Road Feelin' Bad
    Etta Baker

12. On The Road Again
    Furry Lewis With Bukka White And Gus Cannon

13. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Elizabeth Mitchell

14. On the Road Again
    The Stay all Night Rounders + Cory and Hank

15. Albert's Song (Dauphine Street)
    Slewfoot & Cary B.

16. Easy Rider Blues
    Billy Goodman

17. See See Rider
    Mississippi John Hurt

18. Hambone, Hambone, Where You Been? (II)
    Steven Wright

19. Cigarette Machine
    Mary Gauthier

20. It's Tight Like That
    Leadbelly

21. Drunken Spree
    Skip James

22. One Day
    Mississippi John Doude

23. Virginia
    Page Wilson With Reckless Abandon

     

     

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