 And since when there's a motive, cause I always see a friend, they'll say don't assume that everything's peachy, don't you ever show us the game is never, can't you see that? Alright, so again I'm Laurie, this is Fred and we play the coffee house circuit and we play benefits and festivals and really anywhere they'll let us is really what it comes down to. So our songs are often have a spiritual sensibility, we write about positivity and self-growth and expansion, expanding your consciousness, positivity, just the good stuff, you know? And this next song has nothing to do with any of those things, so just mixing it up. Actually this song was inspired, it's true, I gotta tell a little something, it's by gossip, right? So as a songwriter it's your job to take something that's negative and pivot it into something creative and to process and express that and share it. So we did get a song out of a negative experience. This is called, it all comes around in just believing the golden rule that really whatever you put out is what you receive in life and really you never have to knock anyone else down to raise yourself up. Can I get an amen in the house for that, right? I mean come on. Here's a little hint, don't ever make a writer angry. Well. Ever. You never know what's gonna come out of it, right? Don't come by me and awake me and shine At your sad enough And try to change how others see Through to yourself, it's about finally getting to the point in life that take obligatory invitations or you just, you just can't bear to live a life that's not authentic. So we hope this resonates with you and it's called true. A little bit of guitar in the monitor. He's right about that. Oh and thank you John Gibson again for providing pristine sound every time here. Thank you. We appreciate you so much. My gosh. You know the first thing that when Laurie said we were playing here, the first thing out of my mouth was, is John running sound? So thank you for that. He smiled, yeah. He said yes. When she read and she all is a little trickle. Our pleasure to share music with you tonight and we'll open her for Reggie and most of you probably know just who he is and you've seen him. And if you haven't, this is a real treat. Well, it's a real treat regardless. But anyway, it's our pleasure to be here and thank you so much for listening. Our last song. As I mentioned, Fred and I play at coffee houses a lot, which are primarily folk venues, many of them. And in doing so, we realized we needed a folk song since we're not really a folk act necessarily. I mean, we're songwriters, but we kind of have a little bit of an R&B flair in case you haven't noticed. So anyway, we needed a folk song. So we picked a really old one out that had been recorded by thousands of artists. Literally, it's been recorded so many times. And one such famous artist who helped to make this song famous was Burl Ives. Not Holly Jelly Christmas. No, it was recorded by Burl Ives. It is not Holly Jelly Christmas. So we were playing this song on WICN one night on a live broadcast. We played our folk song on a folk show. And who called in? But Burl Ives' son. I know. That's what we said, right? And we just, this is cool. And he gave us his blessing to continue to play it. So we decided we would. He said it's about time somebody did something good to that song. Well, yeah, he did say that too. We'll take that. Anyway, so we're going to end our set with our folk song. Again, I'm Laurie Diamond. This is Fred Abatelli. Despite our glamorous appearance, we're very approachable. If you'd like to say hello at any point. Thank you for having us. Thank you for staying. Thank you for coming. Yes. All right. You ready? I'm ready. Of course goes. Sing that. Bob Zellner was the person who adapted this. And he was the first white volunteer for SNCC in the south. From Alabama, made him very popular. But Bob Zellner, and he's still alive today. If you want to check out his story, a compelling story, a person who born in Alabama and born in a racist family and came alive and realized that he had another mission in the world. And he plunged himself into the civil rights movement and did all kinds of things, including leading songs. This is one of the songs that they would sing to talk about the things they were encountering as they helped to protest and helped to teach them schools and register people to vote whenever they could because people understood that to register people to vote often meant you would be killed. So they sang the songs to keep their spirits up. The civil rights movement was fueled by a song. So this is a call and response as well. I'll sing. Well, I've never been to heaven, but I think I'm right. Been down into the south. Folks up there for flackin' white. Been down into the south. Then we go. Hallelujah freedom. Hallelujah freedom. Hallelujah freedom. Been down into the south. Well, I've never been to heaven, but I think I'm right. Been down into the south. Don't want to go with ever civil rights. Been down into the south. We sing. Hallelujah freedom. Hallelujah freedom. Hallelujah freedom. Been down into the south. I've been walking around to spread the news. Been down into the south. Now I got holes in all my shoes. Been down into the south. Sing. Hallelujah freedom. Hallelujah horizon. Hallelujah freedom. Into the south. I've been through hell. Been down into the south. Follow me down to Parchman jail. Been down into the south. Hallelujah freedom. Hallelujah freedom. Hallelujah freedom. Been down into the south. Been down into the south. Stay in the wilderness that ain't too long. Been down into the south. Sing. Ha. Was on that day we took up the fight. Been down into the south. Sing. Ha. Been down into the south. Don't want to go without my voting rights. Been down into the south. Sing. Ha. Can't you see that I'm full?