Jan27
Still working on the title for this one and thinking it might need a bridge. Hmmmm…we’ll see. Played it out a few times and really like using my fuzzy overdrive pedal that Zac gave me when I play it. Makes it a little more badass. The song is kind of about the humiliating point when a friend or loved one points out something you are doing that isn’t right. Jealousy, gossip, greed, anger, etc. To you it might feel justifiable, but then you get a big smack in the face. I have a love hate relationship with moments like those. Oh, and I may have accidentally stole the very beginning of the guitar line from a Sarah Jarosz song. I think I was listening to hear album every day when I wrote this song. Hehe.
Enjoy!
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Jan26
It’s that time of year again, and every year I seem to get some kind of nomination in the sommies (Spokane’s local music awards). Named after the person that started them, Som (Isamu) Jordan. Som used to write for a weekend paper called Spokane 7 that unfortunately went under a while back. They did a lot of coverage on local bands, live podcasts and such. Som started his own thing at www.thesomshow.com and still shows strong commitment to promoting good music in Spokane. I appreciate him a lot! He is relentless and doesn’t show much favoritism in a small city where it can be easy to just promote your friends.
So, this is just a friendly reminder to vote for the Sommies!! http://thesomshow.com/som/ballet
Jan15
I wrote this song a few months ago when I was desperately missing a certain long-distance special friend of mine. Sometimes distance can feel so defeating in a relationship. I tried to capture that feeling but still remember that there is a light at the end of the tunnel and love can conquer a multitude of dissuasions.
Magnolia Trees
May hope fill my lover’s heart, that we again will meet
Under blooms of magnolia trees.
May joy fill his longing heart, alone under sheets so grim
That one day and soon my love
We will meet again.
Though it’s dark in this house, a new day brings new light
And the chance that the form of my love
is in sight.
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The recording of the song is from a live show I played with my brother, Zac Fairbanks at a wonderful venue in Boston called Club Passim. I guess Bob Dylan used to play there, and many other great performers.
