Ev’rybody’s building the big ships and the boats
Some are building monuments
Others, jotting down notes
Ev’rybody’s in despair
Ev’ry girl and boy
But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here
Ev’rybody’s gonna jump for joy
Come all without, come all within
You’ll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
Shepherds Bush Empire Theatre
London, England
23 November 2003
Bob Dylan (vocal & piano)
Freddie Koella (guitar)
Larry Campbell (guitar, mandolin, pedal steel guitar & electric slide guitar)
In 2006, during the first Jazz Fest after Hurricane Katrina, Springsteen delivered what was arguably one of the most powerful and emotional performances in the festival’s four-decade history.
~Keith Spera, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
Bruce and the band open the tour with a well received, emotional show at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. The city was still recovering from the effects of Hurricane Katrina, and Bruce’s comments about the government handling of the crisis were appreciated by the audience. “How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live” is dedicated to President ‘Bystander’.
~brucebase
Start of the “Seeger Sessions” tour
Great versions of “Poor Man” (Great intro as well) & “My City In Ruins”.
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
New Orleans Fair ground
New Orleans,LA
April 30, 2006
Bruce Springsteen (vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica)
Marc Anthony Thompson (acoustic guitar, backing vocals)
Patti Scialfa (backing vocals, acoustic guitar)
Frank Bruno (acoustic guitar, backing vocals, washboard)
Early one mornin’ the sun was shinin’
I was layin’ in bed
Wond’rin’ if she’d changed at all
If her hair was still red
Her folks they said our lives together
Sure was gonna be rough
They never did like Mama’s homemade dress
Papa’s bankbook wasn’t big enough
And I was standin’ on the side of the road
Rain fallin’ on my shoes
Heading out for the East Coast
Lord knows I’ve paid some dues gettin’ through
Tangled up in blue
My doctor tells me I should start slowing it down – but there are more old drunks than there are old doctors so let’s all have another round.
~Willie Nelson
We create our own unhappiness. The purpose of suffering is to help us understand we are the ones who cause it.
~Willie Nelson
He [Willie Nelson] takes whatever thing he’s singing and makes it his. There’s not many people who can do that. Even something like an Elvis tune. You know, once Elvis done a tune, it’s pretty much done. But Willie is the only one in my recollection that has even taken something associated with Elvis and made it his. He just puts his sorta trip on it…
~Bob Dylan (28 April 1993)
Willie Nelson Induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame (1993):
If it sounds good and feels good, then it IS good!
~Duke Ellington
Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous you don’t want it.
~Duke Ellington
By the time of his passing, he was considered amongst the world’s greatest composers and musicians. The French government honored him with their highest award, the Legion of Honor, while the government of the United States bestowed upon him the highest civil honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
~allaboutjazz.com
Take The “A” Train (Reveille with Beverly from 1943):
