ATTN OHIO PEOPLE

Go see Dan Bern.

Sat 5/15/10 Canal St Tavern, Dayton, OH 9:30pm

Sun 5/16/10 Rumba Cafe, Columbus, OH 7pm

Go see him if you can at all possibly manage it. I can almost promise that you won't regret it. I can't imagine regretting it. Moneyback guarantee, how about that? I've been brewing a three-song post about him for several days now but I haven't gotten it down here yet and just coincidentally noticed that he's coming to OH.

I don't know where everyone on my FL lives but here's a tour schedule:

http://www.danbern.com/tour.html

Dan Bern

OK, here's what I wanted to post re Dan Bern. I know people rarely listen to songs posted by other people on the internet. Heck, I only listen half the time. It just takes a lot of time and I have to be in the right mindset and...

But I really want to share these with you. If you can spare the time, sit and listen a while. These songs are lyric-intensive, so it's not really a multitasking kind of thing. JSYK.

First, Dan Bern's signature song, Jerusalem. There are some live videos on YouTube but he tends to get sung over because everyone knows this one, so I think it's best to listen to the studio version, which can be found here until 5/31/10:

http://www.lala.com/#song/504684637772524186

Second, a YouTube video of Tiger Woods, a song that's been running through my head for days. It's pre-"scandal" so don't worry about that part... but not work or kid safe, on account of all the vulgarity.

Last, and this is really truly a sit-and-listen thing... this is a long song he wrote after Columbine. It's, um, a change of pace from the last two. And yeah, it's about a sad, but it's beautiful and very sweet and perfect for Mother's Day, too. It takes me apart every time I hear it. This is a link from an in-studio broadcast at KPIG, here outside of Santa Cruz. Utah Phillips was in the studio with him--that's who you hear talking with him at the beginning. It's well worth the listen, I promise. Just maybe have tissues handy, just in case.

http://www.allthepages.org/images/blog/kids.prayer.mp3