Genius
If you ever - ever - get the chance. Danny Schmidt. A poet of a songwriter. An unconscious genius of a performer. A kind and gentle soul. Thanks to Danny Schmidt. Thanks to Gravity Lounge. Thanks to my dear old friend MT for turning me onto Danny in the first place.
I believe in living smitten
I believe all hearts will mend
I believe our book is written
By our company of friends
-Danny Schmidt, “Company of Friends”
My friend:
by Andrew Hersey
I am such a sucker for good song lyrics. I can much more easily forgive bad music with good lyrics than the other way around. I’ve never heard of Danny Schmidt before, but now I’ll have to check him out. Thanks!
The picture is very cool… Your dog?
Comment by Eve Hesselroth — Friday, 7 December, 2007 @ 9:40 pm
I am definitely enjoying that Danny Schmidt cd. Didn’t see the show at the Gravity, but was listening to snippets of the songs at the radio station this morning before I chose which one to play. Then I, um, acquired my own copy.
BTW, I played the Be Good Tanyas this morning too. Almost called you to tell you to listen, but wasn’t sure you’d be all that appreciative if I did that at 7:15 a.m. on a Saturday. ;-)
Comment by steph — Saturday, 8 December, 2007 @ 12:14 pm