Sorry for the slow posting over the last week or so. Actually I’m sorry that I probably won’t have anything new after this post until next Monday. I’m leaving in a bit for a weekend out of town, job interview and car test drive included, and I doubt I’ll be able to post something else before I’m back home. That being said I’m posting a brilliant song that should tide you over until I return.
Born by Over The Rhine is the second song on their 2005 album Drunkard’s Prayer (amazon) (itunes). The story behind the song is wonderful. As I understand it Linford Detweiler and Karin Bergquist, the married couple who make up Over The Rhine, were on tour when they realized that their schedule and the stress of playing live sets and traveling all the time was fraying their relationship. In order to remedy this problem they stopped their tour, apologized to their close knit fan base, and went home for some long and potentially painful conversations. At this point they bought a case or two of wine and at night they would sit at their dinner table vowing not to sleep until the conversation, and the bottle of wine, was completely done.
mp3 : Over The Rhine - Born
The song tells the story of those conversations and how their choice to take a break, sit down, and actually learn to communicate with each other again saved not just the band but their marriage as well. Maybe it can serve to save your weekend.
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A well written, tidy blog. A joy to have come across (via Hype Machine). If you wanna peek at my efforts, you will locate my UK blog here - http://therecommender.net
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I’ll keep popping back. All the best,
Mike
Over the Rhine’s music is forever.