Friday, October 19, 2012
Music Pump It Up: 10 Songs About Concerts to Inspire a Second Wind for CMJ
Posted by Emily McCullar on Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 4:40 PM
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1. The Band, "W.S. Walcott Medicine Show"
This song was an homage to the F.S. Walcott's Rabbit's Foot Minstrel Shows of drummer Levon Helm's childhood in rural Arkansas during the 1940s. Though Robbie Robertson gets the writing credits (as per usual), it’s Levon and Rick Danko who give the song its heart. Whoever wrote the words, with Helm and Danko singing lyrics like “once you get it, you can’t forget it” and "if you're looking for the real thing/he can show you where it went" we can't help but be a little moved. Their love of live music is contagious and maybe it inspires us to push ourselves harder and enjoy all that the festival has to offer while we have the chance.
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