Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer (HQ) - 03/17/99 - Part 1 of 2

"all-original, postmodern, mystical American folk"

(check out twoodburn's channel for more Dave & Tracy)

Set:

The River, Where She Sleeps (partial)
Farewell to St. Delores (complete)
Don't Tread on Me (partial)
Grand Prairie, TX (partial)

For those of us who love Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer, this is the Dave and Tracy we saw first, fresh from recording "When I Go" and winning songwriting contests throughout the folk world (Kerrville, Napa Valley, Wildflower). The world was theirs and we heard genius instantly. I know I did; it was a beautiful and wholly unexpected experience when I saw Dave and Tracy for the first time, and this is the closest you'll get to seeing Dave and Tracy the way I and so many others saw them: on a simple raised stage in some dark folk club or rec center or converted church sanctuary. It felt like discovering a gem that no one else had even named. It was a thunderclap.

My parents had Bob Dylan -- and though I love Dylan with all my heart, he wasn't (and isn't) mine. Dave's mine.

I can't tell you how sad I was when he died. It's not often that you listen to a song or an artist, and that artist or song becomes yours: not in any sort of ownership sense, but as a piece of your viscera, your best heart. Dave was mine -- in that way, at least.

If you like what you hear, I encourage you to check out Tracy's solo work, which is superlative, along with the four amazing albums recorded by this remarkable duo:

WHEN I GO (1998)
TANGLEWOOD TREE (2000)
DRUM HAT BUDDHA (2001)
SEVEN IS THE NUMBER (2006). Note: This is essentially the duo's re-recording of Dave's debut album SNAKE-HANDLIN' MAN (1995), which Dave released before he met Tracy. I believe they were working on this at the time of Dave's death, with all tracks recorded, and the collection was subsequently mixed and mastered over the intervening three or four years following Dave's passing. It's a gem of an album (as is Dave's debut, which is, sadly, out of print).

Please visit TracyGrammer dot com for more information. (I'm not affiliated with her in any way. Just a huge fan.)

Source: Part 1 of 2 of a tribute documentary comprising interviews and live footage recorded on March 17, 1999, as part of Acoustic Brownbag - a half-hour acoustic performance that once occurred monthly in the lobby of Creative Media Development in Portland, Oregon.

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[Luckydan050]

Thank you for posting this. Is there a video of Dave & Tracy performing ordinary town?

[kenjames64]

@Luckydan050 not that I know of, Dan.

[denitomi]

Thanks for sharing this.

[balrog73]

Rest in Peace Dave.

[semofolkie]

Great! Thank you for this! A real treasure.