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OT: Songs About Water in any Form - Rain, Ice, Snow, Fog, T- Storms, the Sea, etc.

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64Zcode said:
He is (was?) quite an interesting artist. Thanks for the introduction!
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He was, he died in 2011 officially of heart disease but essentially it is thought he drank himself to death. The last time I saw him live he was so drunk he forgot the words to one of his signature songs, “Birches”. I love all his work but recommend “Something I Saw or Thought I Saw” whose songs are centered around his divorce from his second wife. He also published two novels; I read the first one, “Edson”, which was a good read.
 
St Louis Blues, sung by Bessie Smith. It's not just the line, "My man's got a heart like a rock in the sea." The line "I hate to see that evenin' sun go down" refers to a lament by folks who lived on the bank of the Mississippi. When the sun went down over the bank it got cold fast. When I visited St Louis many years ago I made a point to visit that area.

 
Debussy's La Mer it ain't, but in honor of Her Majesty's jubilee:
 
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Bigboote said:
St Louis Blues, sung by Bessie Smith. It's not just the line, "My man's got a heart like a rock in the sea." The line "I hate to see that evenin' sun go down" refers to a lament by folks who lived on the bank of the Mississippi. When the sun went down over the bank it got cold fast. When I visited St Louis many years ago I made a point to visit that area.

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This is an extraordinary video of the great Bessie Smith.
 
Cold Rain and Snow by the Grateful Dead
my first concert as a 10 year old with my loving dad
B&C
 
Here's Eliza Carthy with a great version of a fairly well-known folk song.

 
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The Dead - "Lost Sailor"

Some days the gales are a - howlin'
Some days the seas are as smooth as glass.....

 
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