The Kindness of Strangers

The Hardest Part of Sharing My Folk Art

By: George Waldrop

to construct, as if to architect, cause & effect
to liberate, as if to cast fate, decency & respect
when a mix is made, I am immediacy of meaning
to share the mix is the hardest part of being a folk artist
my songs of surge mirror cultural isolation, features of
bright bold colors, skillful & righteousness, decorative by design
within me, apart of me, I become apart of the oneness
softly listened tender, intently knowing the art of goodness
then I share a mix with you, it should be considered a blessing
I am an artist, there is a profound feeling that I am sharing
if you don't understand then I can't tell you and I don't explain
somethings are better left unsaid and that's just the way life is
remember the world doesn't revolve around you, I only make mixes for me
the vanity in your heart shows, if you ever think the song is about you
I would have to really know you, I would, to explain how the wind blows
or to put a song on a mix to make you tell, a song has always been a spell
nursery rhymes, turning sport of the vain, nursery rhymes, mixing ain't my game
the mixtape is a fine art, I am an artist, a folk artist, I am involved in people
life is about people, music is apart of humanity, life is about people
ask yourself, if any of my songs bother you, ask yourself about humanity
ask yourself about vanity, some people get too comfortable, is that song really about me
music is moral law, when it hits you, you feel no pain, music gives charm to the gaiety
of life, music gives soul to the universe, and more importantly it helps me to converse

1. Life Goes On
   Donovan

2. The Fortunate Ones
   Amy Speace

3. The Lucky One
   Alison Krauss & Union Station

4. I'm Different+Hit Or Miss
   Randy Newman & Odetta

5. Easy To Be Hard
   Golden Smog

6. Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness
   Alabama 3

7. Trouble
   The Holmes Brothers

8. Beautiful Despair (For James)
   Rodney Crowell

9. Mental Illness
   Drunk

10. Love Liza (Tears Are In Your Eyes)
    Yo La Tengo

11. Pale Blue Eyes
    Joe Henry

12. One Too Many Mornings
    Ralph McTell

13. See See Rider
    Caroline Herring

14. Little Seed
    Elizabeth Mitchell

15. Livin' on the Inside
    Iris DeMent

16. By Myself
    Burnt Taters

17. Young Girl's Mind
    Sarah Lee Guthrie

18. On The Surface
    Rosanne Cash

19. The Hardest Part of Sharing My Folk Art
    George Waldrop

20. Shake Sugaree+Love Changing Blues
    David Bromberg

     

     

     

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