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Like a Rolling Stone - Michael Hedges

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All Along The Watchtower - Michael Hedges

Good morning and happy Thursday

Day 4 of Watchtower Week and we got a good one. Michael Hedges played with such passion. This is a very cool take. Have a wonderful day.

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A Gift

Thank you, Windham Hill Records for sharing the gift of Michael Hedges.  

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A Year Of Songs #59: “The Rootwitch > I Carry Your Heart”

Joseph Campbell put the zap on a lot of heads in the late 1980s. Visionary guitarist-composer Michael Hedges, spiritually switched-on by Campbell, took his recommendation to “write your own mythology” to considerable lengths, composing an unpublished autobiographical mythology with an accompanying score, 1990’s Taproot. 

The backstory is unnecessary to enjoy Taproot but it adds rings and tendrils to know Hedges is Taproot, the central protagonist, family members & friends appear as stalks and cuttings, and “The Rootwitch” is his chiropractor. 

The pleasant snap, crackle and pop of the instrumental suggesting deep tissue work and bold adjustments, the piece showcases Hedges’ vibrant, frequently flashy style as he knocks the wood percussively whilst making the strings dance in a manner seemingly impossible for only two hands. While John Fahey and Oregon’s Ralph Towner pioneered many elements Hedges was celebrated for, his bold individuality is evident on “The Rootwitch.”

This aggressive exuberance gives way to a nicely underplayed, consciously simple musical setting for e.e. cummings’ poem “i carry your heart with me (i carry it in).” Hedges’ sweet, earnest voice takes lead with pals David Crosby and Graham Nash chipping in backing vocals. Longtime Hedges collaborator fretless bass wonder Michael Manring further boosts the skipping warmth of Taproot’s closer.

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Michael Hedges All Along the Watchtower Live

Michael Hedges rest in peace..

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Filmmakers Seeking Funds for Windham Hill Documentary

- $47K of $56.5K raised thus far

Windham Hill Records is due for a documentary.

And if director Tal Skloot can raise $56,500 by Aug. 2, “A Quiet Revolution: The Story of Windham Hill Records” will be made.

Established as a blowback against disco and the frenetic pace of life in the 1970s and home to such artists as Michael Hedges, George Winston, Darol Anger, Liz Story and others, the label released music that “allowed for a sense of introspection, contemplation and harmony,” Skloot said in a statement.

Or as mandolinist and Windham Hill recording artist Mike Marshall put it: “Sometimes, a whisper is the greatest way to get somebody’s attention,”

Filmmakers plan to use modern interviews, archival footage and recordings and fan testimonials to explore the label’s genesis and influence.

“We were a definition,” label founder Will Ackerman says in the trailer for the in-the-works film. “People called it ‘Windham Hill music.’ So the name became a genre.”

The Kickstarter campaign for “Quiet Revolution” had raised $47,000 as Sound Bites went to press.

6/24/24