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Tracy has done this as her live show encore many times. This is the recording we have been waiting for a long time. The recording of it is just outstanding. Tracy has a spot-on sense of production.
* The #2 most-played song on folk radio for March 2020! *
Tracy Grammer has been performing "If I Needed You" as an encore for years. She originally recorded the song in her home studio the winter of 2019-2020 as a "thank you" to the fans who supported her after an accident in 2019 forced the cancellation of two months worth of tour dates. Engineered, performed, and mixed entirely by Tracy, the song is now available to anyone looking for a fresh version of a Townes Van Zandt classic, one which serves as an uplifting reminder of our interdependence -- and our vulnerability -- during a time when contentiousness and conflict seem to rule the day.
About TRACY GRAMMER: Called “one of the finest singers and musicians anywhere in folkdom” (Boston Globe) and “a musician and singer of dazzling versatility” (No Depression), Tracy Grammer is among contemporary folk music's most beloved artists. Renowned for her pure voice, deft instrumental work, and incantatory storytelling, she has recorded and performed with Joan Baez and Mary Chapin Carpenter and enjoyed 13 years as one of folk radio's 50 top-played artists. Her highly-anticipated eleventh album, LOW TIDE, is the first full-length recording to feature her original songs and charted in the top 10 on Folk Radio, FolkAlley.com, and Fish Records UK for 2018.
Look for more digital singles from Grammer later this year. See tracygrammer.com for tour dates and more.
lyrics
If I needed you, would you come to me?
Would you come to me for to ease my pain?
If you needed me, I would run to you
I'd swim the seas for to ease your pain
In the night forlorn the morning's born
The morning shines with the lights of love
You will miss sunrise if you close your eyes
That would break my heart in two
If I needed you, would you come to me?
Would you come to me for to ease my pain?
If you needed me, I would run to you
I'd swim the seas for to ease your pain
The lady's with me now since I showed her how
To lay her lily hand in mine
Loop and Lil agree she's a sight to see
A treasure for the poor to find
If I needed you, would you come to me?
Would you come to me for to ease my pain?
If you needed me, I would run to you
I'd swim the seas for to ease your pain
Writer. Actor. Storyteller. Singer. Multi-instrumentalist. Former head cheerleader, now a fearless navigator of the
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“One of the finest pure musicians anywhere in folkdom.” - Boston Globe
“A brilliant artist.” - Joan Baez
“Her gifts as a musician are like that of a painter who is a master of chiaroscuro, offering light and shadow at every turn.“ - Mary Chapin Carpenter...more
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I've come to your music a little late, but better late than never! Great songs--even better harmonies <3 . I hope the next time you get together it will be sooner than 20 years! sylvia_s
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John Drumbo French from Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band worked with Thompson on two albums along with Fred Frith and Henry Kaiser.
Those two French, Frith, Kaiser and Thompson albums led me to this.
Also, Richard Thompson taught Hugh Cornwell (of The Stranglers) how to play the bass guitar in a band when they were both at the same school (Emil and The Detectives?).
With a career spanning 50 years and playing with two of my heroes (French and Cornwell) Thompson has produced a fascinating EP. yellowcakeuf6
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The best I've heard from Steve Earle in a while. The songs have a subtler, earthier tone, tastefully rendered in authentic sounding country/blues/bluegrass stylings. 'J.T' reminds of earlier records like 'Feel Alright' or 'Train a Comin'.
Deep grief, love and compassion is felt on the final track, the only composition from Steve, seemingly written for his son. The rest, composed by JT, do confirm what a great songwriter he really was. tideracer
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Old-fashioned fiddles harmonize with rippling synths on the Scottish singer-songwriter's latest collection of original folk songs. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 30, 2022
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These songs are the kind of gems that rarely come about for anyone without a long practice of songwriting. The language of the lyrics is always original, connecting commonly felt things in new ways. The music, delivery, and band are perfect vehicles for these wonderful songs. pdxshinn