Slaid Cleaves - Lydia

Karen Poston cover performed at Fitzgerald's, Berwyn, September 5, 2008

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Music

Tags:

• Slaid
• Cleaves
• Poston
• Berwyn
• Chicago

[steptorand]

Karen Poston, formerly of Dayton Ohio and a band called Aunt Beanie's First Prize Beets, wrote this song. A local public radio station had them in the studio to play it. Best version I've ever heard. Slaid does it pretty well on "Broke Down" I try to sing it sometimes myself. Very difficult to get through without getting choked up. Just a hauntingly beautiful song.

[hmc1410]

@steptorand And Karen's version has been released on what I believe is her only album, Real Bad. Fantastic album. Too bad I haven't heard anything more about her since she left Austin.

[sheckyvision]

Classic - where can I hear that on a radio station? Thank goodness for YouTube. I'm off to buy this disc.

[steptorand]

Last I heard Karen is living in Virginia.

[afpm7]

So great....



[otisjfarnsworth]

one of the saddest songs ever written. "when she saw his father's boots, she knew.." makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck. in a good way.

[larrynowlin]

Thank you.

[DJMarksman]

My all time fave,sounds mean on my mp3.

[shinnpick]

Fitzgerald's in Berwyn-great venue-Slade Cleaves-great artist!

[Harleyxsmilesx521]

He's one of my cousins :)