HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT....
One phenomenon of the PANDEMIC, is that artists have found an alternative. To what? To performing for small sums in small venues, touring all over the place getting into car accidents and eating lousy fast food and sleeping in uncomfortable beds in crappy hotels....
They get to be on their FACEBOOK page, with a link to DONATION websites such as Paypal, and perform hour-long concerts. They ALSO can be found on FACEBOOK adjusting the tripod and the camcorder, giving a bit of a wan chat, and then launching into a song.
Kind of sad, isn't it, that Dame Vera Lynn isn't around anymore? Surely, if she was a mere 100, she would've had her daughter set up that camcorder (in a dark room, of course, with ambient blur) and reassure everyone, "We'll meet again...without distancing....without masks...don't know where, don't know when...."
But here's Tift Merritt. You might remember her from the fantastic, catchy and only SLIGHTLY dirty song "I am Your Tambourine" years ago, or for the equally great "Shadow In the Way." She's on FACEBOOK, y'all. And she very nicely has offered amusing anecdotes about her mom, some songs, and...well, here's a small sample.
Here, she talks about a small circle of menopausal friends who get their kicks by looking at 1970's pictures of Kris Kristofferson. NO KIDDING. And, for the sake of Kris, AND for the comfort it brings to all of us who aren't getting out much (and the 2020 Kris is one of those), the uplifting and soothing song, "Help Me Make it Through the Night."
Watch or download. Visit Tift on FACEBOOK.
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