Ben Sollee @ WFPK Live Lunch - Panning for Gold - June 11, 2008

[michellestonephoto]

so beautiful!!! the part around 5:26 - 5:38 reminds me of Ocean by John Butler.

[ElmerDurrer]

that was amazing

[locustalbatross]

Craig Wagner is a beast

[dennislaux]

This is a work of beauty and inspiration.One of the most beautiful pieces I've ever heard and I just love this song and talent to play it. A gifted artists for sure.

[texasstarnet]

Ben blew us away opening the day in Telluride this June. Every time I see Beauty and feel deep gratitude for it I think of this song/poem. I feel the spark of creative divinity bringing Beauty into the Universe commensurate to and with my awareness of it. Thanks Ben. Keep up the good work.

[idiotiwon]

Alzheimers? I thik it's about God being tired and needing our help

[235RB]

@idiotiwon its about alzheimers.

[rdouglas41]

I think it's more about Alzheimers than God, so I think the title is perfect.

[htc1232]

the song should be called "I saw God", but it is still a good name and song

[htc1232]

I love this song. I went to his concert and was in the front. he is so sensitive and loving. he always smiles. he even smiled at me

[cellolalia]

Thanks for a great sound and picture. Captures Ben Sollee's work beautifully.

[TheEmmacat]

aaaamaaazing. LOVE Ben Sollee. LOVE this song.

[thenozchronicles]

Album version, this version, stop being insane and admit the genius is really in the progression and lyrics: the album has strings, this one has a guitar man, it makes little difference to a song written with such miraculous beauty.

[rdouglas41]

It's all about the song, agreed. Beautiful song. Sounds like you are busting on the "guitar man." I rather like what the guitar man is playing and how he's doing it, so I'll disagree just on the importance/relavance of the performance of the musicians on a given day. I've heard several versions of this song and they are all unique a great, but I relisten to this set the most of Ben's performances. I'm a guitar man, though, if that makes any difference.

[jonathansherry12345]

ben solle is great live

[highlandsdude1]

nice, love it. i go to these quite often

[TheRRIII]

Best lyrics I've heard in a long while

[rdouglas41]

I'm not a cello fan per se. I'm converted. But that guitarist...he weaves in some amazing piece of his own to each song in these performances. They fit so well together.

[inuitkillakilla]

8 string guitar whahhh ?

[iamrockstarrising]

I think there are only 7 strings there. I am pretty sure.

[jroytoy]

something about this guy reminds of Paul Simon.... there's a smoothness, an honesty..... i dunno what i'm talkin bout but i love ben sollee

[alluminumboy]

Im sorry, but I have to say that the album version of this song, is a huge letdown, after hearing this version... even though I agree that he is a pretty good songwriter, the song could have been a little shorter, cause really there is no song after he stops singing..

[ThisIsWar257]

7 string guitar?

[cparis56]

I could listen to this song all the time. His entire CD is amazing, but this, man this, is beyond beautiful.

[melodel2]

Don't you like the sound of just him and the cello better though? with out all the other stuff..you know?

[utsux3]

he makes me cry.. i want to meet him so baddd

[bratschegurl]

he's SUCH a nice guy!!! I met him at a music festival last summer and he offered to JAM... but alas, my cello was three hours away at my house. Broke my heart a little bit. Such an encouraging, genuine, inspiring guy.

[franticmonk]

I just heard this on NPR. It has a wide open beauty about it.

It reminds me of Nick Drake. I wonder if Sollee was influenced by him.

[hayslivesinthedesert]

The guitarist, Craig Wagner, is amazing as well I've seen him play almost every style short of hard rock with remarkable fluency.

[flamboozer]

This guy has two beautiful instruments which he uses nicely. His song writing shows a higher consciousness. Thanks for sharing these videos. I hope more people learn about him soon and I'm sure they will. I heard him on XM radio.

[xxxsusserxxx]

What a perfect way to say it..." His song writing shows a higher consciousness." I just love that.