I swear, this man could sing a page out of any phone book and when he was done there'd be tears on my face...
On the banks of the old Bandera where roams the barefoot child On Sunday go to meetin' shortcuts out along the high wire lines down a dusty road The hills there were bluebonnets like a printed cotton gown And summer rain falls down like honey sweet magnolia blossoms grow and old men dance Once we ran barefooted through a clover full of dew Once we learned to play like lone Comanches running loose What it made you feel like is a song But what it feels like now is gone I can hear the screen door slamming Run a foot race to the creek You can see clean to the bottom and deeper just depends on how you look, maybe where you stand Monkey vines and swimmin' holes lay just around the bend The rope we used to swing on now hangs tattered in the wind What it made you feel like is a song And what it feels like now is gone What it made you feel like is a song
Date: April 14, 2025 at 13:35:27 From: ao, [DNS_Address] Subject: Re: Willie Nelson -- Banks of the Old Bandera
Yeah, there's something in that voice, that perspective, that love bathed in empathy and humility that makes a soul so attractive.. so able to reach beyond, around, through all the barriers.. and touch our hearts.
His whole gang, genre, when these guys gave us this..
Date: April 15, 2025 at 19:54:24 From: ao, [DNS_Address] Subject: Re: Willie Nelson -- Banks of the Old Bandera
oh, yeah ;)
I like the way.. in that vid.. Willie does the least to even pretend to play the guitar.. but I really like their combined voices.. and the slice of our lives their presence evokes.
But for sure.. Willie crossed a barrier.. and (from my perspective) is iconic of something more expansive.. our 'tribe'?
Sorta the way Jerry held the door for those that had to go and wrestle with becoming a life.. the family, work and all that.. to come back when they got settled and the creative once again had the wherewithal to emerge..
I particularly like the Highwayman for the image.. the miracle in a single drop of rain..