Donovan - Open Road (1970)

1. Donovan- Changes
2. Donovan- Song For John
3. Donovan- Curry Land
4. Donovan- Joe Bean's Theme
5. Donovan- People Used To
6. Donovan- Celtic Rock
7. Donovan- Riki Tiki Tavi
8. Donovan- Clara Clairvoyant
9. Donovan- Roots Of Oak
10. Donovan- Season Of Farewell
11. Donovan- Poke At The Pope
12. Donovan- New Year's Resovolution

After the Barabajagal sessions and after splitting with Mickie Most, Donovan decided to go back to the UK to record his next album, in spite of his manager, who was against this decision because of the high taxes of the country and the distance from the American market. During these sessions, Donovan assembled the band Open Road with drummer John Carr, keyboardist Mike O'Neil and bass and guitar player Mike Thomson. Donovan produced the album himself.

· The Open Road album was the first recording to be named as "Celtic Rock", a term dubbed by Donovan himself to refer the style of the group, which had been brewing in the previous albums, Barabajagal and The Hurdy Gurdy Man.

· This is one of the most underrated Donovan's albums, even when it's one of the best Celtic Rock albums ever made. This was probably because of the high critical lyrics. Especially songs like Poke At The Pope, that made catholic believers step back from Donovan. The album was even outlawed in the USA, theorically due to some copyright problems, but presumably due to this song. After the years, it's also one of the most wanted albums by fans.

· In the summer of 1970, Donovan and the Open Road band (Mike Thomson and John Carr) went on tour. First, they spent a few weeks in the Greek islands, filming a precious little movie called There Is An Ocean, that would later appear in the Try For The Sun: The Journey Of Donovan Box Set. The idea of the tour was to stay touring around the world for a whole year, and avoid taxes by not living anywhere. Thus, Donovan would make more money in a year than any other artist before. But he started to fall in a deeper and deeper depression due a feeling of isolation and some love troubles that included the long separation from Linda, his great love. A few weeks later he asked the band to leave and continued touring solo, but when the tour arrived to Japan he couldn't stand it anymore and went back to England, breaking the super-tour and the taxes plan. His father and his manager tried to persuade him of doing such a thing but the decision was made. After returning to England and spending a few days resting in his cottage, Donovan met Linda Lawrence. They would never split up again.

· After leaving the tour, Mike O'Neil, Mike Thompson and John Carr reformed the Open Road band with Barry Husband on guitar and vocals and Simon Lanzon on keyboards. They recorded and released one more album in 1971 (Windy Daze) before disbanding.

· Riki Tiki Tavi is the mongoose from Kipling's Jungle Book.

· Season Of Farewell was written for Enid, mother of Donovan's first two children, as an open farewell letter.

· The cover picture was taken by Donovan's old friend Gypsy Dave. It shows, from left to right, John Carr, Donovan and Mike Thomson. The album art was designed by Sidney Maurer.

· There are some notes, accompanying the lyrics, probably from Donovan himself.

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I'm Important

I think much of the worlds sorrows, people's sorrows come from the amount of significance or consequence we place
on ourselves.  Too much makes a fool of yourself and not enough consideration or notice will lead to desperation of
spirit when emotions go unexpressed.  The things said  and the reasons behind said feelings and who you are talking to
are better to come across when you say them with love and respect to others.  First asking the questions or thoughts to
yourself then preparing them with much thoughts about how they will be received.

Who are you important to? you ask, to yourself first and foremost.

I see drunks & drug adicits not preparing their thoughts.  Clouded & impaired saddened when the connections aren't
made then emotions go unexpressed and come back to them in ugly ways.

You say, you have none of these problems.  Well, I am speaking from me and what I've learn from living & the ways of
man.  People, are made for each other.  It's in these connections we find and make with others shape ourselves into
who we really are under the surface.

Lastly, when we are a positive considerable influence, we take on the task of a helper and that in return makes me
important.  Remember, each day is a precious chance to do better than yesterday and to get it right.  This optimism
that I preserve towards others makes life more exciting with the opportunity for friendship.

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Come Back To Us Woody Guthrie(Deluxe)

Old Crow Medicine Show- Ain't It Enough

Ain't it Enough

Show me a river I'll show you an ocean
show you a castle turn into sand
for we rise and we fall and we crash on the coastline
only our love will last till the end
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fortune is fleeting your time is deceiving
our bodies are weak and they turn into dust
though following blindly but love is like lightning
strikes only one time, but ain’t it enough

Chrous:
Ain't it enough to live by the ways of the world
to be part of the picture, whatever it's worth
throw your arms round each other and love one another
it's only one life that we got, and ain't it enough

surely all people were made for each other 
so let the prison walls crumble and borders all tumble
there's place for us all here and ain't it enough

Chorus

Bridge:
Late in the evening, feeling the wind blow
tall(?) through the treetops, warm in the sun
lying beside you, watching the moon rise
that's all there is babe, and ain't it enough?

Show me a river I'll show you an ocean
stars just like diamonds shining above
where the heavens are beaming and all the world's dreaming
peace everlasting and ain't it enough.

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One Draw: Wailers Forver

1. Peter Tosh/The Wailers- Can't Blame the Youth
2. Peter Tosh- I Am That I Am
3. Rita Marley- One Draw
4. Bob Marley- One Love
5. Peter Tosh- Humiliations
6. Bob Marley & the Wailers- Easy Skanking
7. Bunny Wailer- Bide Up
8. Stephen Marley- Mind Control
9. Peter Tosh- Legalize It
10. Bob Marley- Pass It On
11. Peter Tosh- Here Comes The Sun
12. Peter Tosh- His Start in Music/Meeting Bob Marley and Bunny Wailer
13. Bob Marley- Rasta Man Chant
14. Bob Marley- Sun Is Shining
15. Peter Tosh- Pick Myself Up
16. Bob Marley & The Wailers- No Woman No Cry
17. Bunny Wailer- Blackheart Man
18. Peter Tosh- Whatcha Gonna Do
19. Bob Marley & the Wailers- Redemption Song
20. Lust- Flowers On The Wall

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George Waldrop- The Girls In The Summer Time Clothes

The Girls In The Summer Time Clothes

they keep me lost in reverie
oh, the reverie of underneath
the fond gentleness
of woman kind
oh, to be young in love
in summertime

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Woody Guthrie- This Land Is Your Land (Alternate Version)

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Luke The Drifter- Men With Broken Hearts

by Luke the Drifter/Hank Williams

You will meet many just like me upon life's busy street.
with shoulders stooped and heads bowed low and eyes that stare in defeat.

Poor souls that live within the past where sorrow plays all parts,
for a living death is all that's left for men with broken hearts.

You have no right to be the judge, to criticize and condemn.
Just think but for the grace of God it would be you instead of him.

One careless step, a thoughtless deed and then the misery starts
and to those who weep death comes cheap, these men with broken hearts.

Oh so humble you should be when they come passing by,
for its written that the greatest of men never get to big to cry.

Some lose faith in love and life when sorrow shoots her darts,
with hope all gone, they walk alone these men with broken hearts.

You've never walked in that man's shoes or saw things through his eyes,
or stood and watched with helpless hands while the heart inside you dies.

Some were paupers, some were kings, some were masters of the arts,
but in their shame they're all the same, these men with broken hearts.

Life sometimes can be so cruel that a heart will pray for death.
God why must these living dead know pain with every breath?

So help your brother along the road, no matter where he starts!
For the God that made you, made them too. These men with broken hearts!

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Hank Williams- Just Waitin'

JUST WAITIN'
Recorded by Hank Williams, Sr.
Words and music by Hank Williams, Sr. and Bob Gazzaway

The [G] old maid's waitin' for leap year to come
The crooner's Just Waitin' to [C] sing
The [D7] old cow's standin' by the Bull Durham sign
Just a-Waitin' for the grass to turn [G] green.

The [G] bar-fly's waitin' for an easy mark
'N' the hitch-hiker's waitin' for a [C] ride
The [D7] life-termer's waitin' for a prison break
The beachcomber's waitin' for the [G] ride.

Farmer's daughter's waitin' for the salesman
To take her into town
The city slicker's waitin' for the country boy
To lay all his money down.

You know ev'rything comes to a standstill
Nothin' seems to make a turn
Worm must be waitin' for the early bird
I guess the early bird's waitin' for the worm.

Nobody wants to do nothin'
Just Waitin' to get a finger in the pie
Waitin' for a call from a big quiz show
Or hopin' and a-waitin' and for some rich uncle to die.

Katy, she's waitin' at the garden gate
The moonshiner's waitin' at the still
'N' the gambler's still waitin' for that Ace in the hole
I guess Jack's still waitin' for Jill.

Ev'rybody's waitin' for som'thin'
Nothing seems to turn out right
'Cause the night shift's waitin' for mornin'
And the burglar Just Waitin' for night.

The congregation's waitin' for the preacher
Preacher Just Waitin' for the groom
The groom's Just Waitin' for the June bride
And the bride's Just Waitin' for June.

Sunflow'rs waitin' for the sunshine
Violets Just Waitin' for dew
Bees Just Waitin' for honey
And, honey, -- I'm -- Just -- Waitin' -- for -- you.

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Two Lonely Souls Lost In Reverie of Love

1. 

1. Peter Case - This Could Be The One
2. Peter Case- I Hear Your Voice
3. Peter Case- Moves Me Deeply
4. Peter Case- Pair Of Brown Eyes
5. Peter Case - Beyond The Blues
6. Peter Case- Ain't Gonna Worry No More
7. Peter Case - First Light (Live)
8. Peter Case With David Perales- Travelin' Light
9. Peter Case- The Open Road Song
10. Peter Case- Drunkard's Harmony
11. Peter Case- Entella Hotel
12. Peter Case- North Coast Blues
13. Peter Case- Hidden Love
14. Peter Case- Rose Conolly
15. Peter Case- Lakes of Ponchartrain
16. Peter Case- 4th of July / Christmas Rag
17. Peter Case- Two Heroes
18. Peter Case- Black Crow Blues

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