Greg Brown @ Falcon Ridge 2003 - "Rexroth's Daughter"

[leafnosecanada]

@rexdr64: Rexroth refers to Kenneth Rexroth, an american beat poet who wrote a few famous poems about his daughters.

[rexdr64]

hi my name is doug rexroth and i would truly love to know what this song is about i also have a daughter heather rexroth so someone please tell me cause any rexroth i`am related to thank you....

[eyesoftheworld0]

"What is real but compassion, as we move from birth to death?" Thank you Greg Brown for that. I think of those words often in my life.

[gergsar]

it would be no surprise if he was singing about her...he can see value in anyone.

[apbIII]

@gergsar you decide value? wonderful song. if he sings of her or another, who are you to judge? you are a right wing republican? or just adopt their values?

[gergsar]

@apbIII you completely misunderstood me... I meant that Brown can see the value

(the good) in anyone. BTW, I am a liberal.

[scwylder]

Kenneth Rexroth's daughter Mary starred in a few pornographic films in the early 1970s. She later changed her first name to Mariana. However, she was and is a lifelong San Franciscan, so I'm not certain whether Brown is singing about her.

[whitefeet1]

Huh! How did you know I've been thinking about this song?

[hewholiveinmoment]

Thank you for posting such pastures of folk narrative and melodic gritty-tooth joy!!

[gergsar]

Rexroth is a poet...