tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632029549152237270.post3064317208662467934..comments2023-11-03T03:46:35.665-07:00Comments on Tom Russell: Notes from the Borderland: GuadalupeTom Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03134977181127153226noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632029549152237270.post-86852412234189299682011-06-14T07:06:28.217-07:002011-06-14T07:06:28.217-07:00This song certainly touches way deeper than skinde...This song certainly touches way deeper than skindeep. It may well reach one's core or what we call the human soul as some mentioned here.<br /><br />Dick<br />http://dimasplace.blogspot.com/2011/01/geloof-of-ongeloof.htmlDimahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04958801911050368762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632029549152237270.post-15655971196072117452009-08-08T16:26:59.965-07:002009-08-08T16:26:59.965-07:00Wonderful. I saw a video on Youtube a while back ...Wonderful. I saw a video on Youtube a while back of TR singing this and have been looking forward to reading a blog post on it. Thanks.MHLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17283981695859909773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632029549152237270.post-13868442914892349802009-08-08T08:02:15.761-07:002009-08-08T08:02:15.761-07:00Mr. Russell, I love the song, and I recommend you ...Mr. Russell, I love the song, and I recommend you to visit the original Guadalupe, the place where the name comes from. It's a little village in the west of Spain, with a huge XIV century monastery, plenty of beauty and faith. Every september 8th thousand of pilgrims go to pray to the Virgen de Guadalupe. <br />My father's family has lived there since XVII century.<br />By the way, Guadalupe is an arabian name, that means "hidden river".<br /><br />Jose Ramon (Madrid, Spain)Badsignhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07221326362777794518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632029549152237270.post-55275851258322228932009-08-06T14:31:47.800-07:002009-08-06T14:31:47.800-07:00An echo from an old comment ... Yes Editor, I reme...An echo from an old comment ... Yes Editor, I remember and of course, dead men cannot fight . . . <br />While small towns all across America languish in murky futures and city hall fights over street repairs and stray dogs the big fight rages on to a chorus of anxiety and petty rivalries ... While [G] od is laughing we swim through a valley of tears ... Melting wax or saline drenched , only the maker knows for sure ... More questions than answers. I wouldn't have it any other way ............Saddle Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15640646036914910941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632029549152237270.post-66316302757798243792009-08-06T13:27:53.074-07:002009-08-06T13:27:53.074-07:00Back in the mid-90s Steve Earle was occasionally d...Back in the mid-90s Steve Earle was occasionally doing Summer Wages in his shows.editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18298399110078317876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632029549152237270.post-77118318477090361612009-08-06T13:13:35.993-07:002009-08-06T13:13:35.993-07:00Well at least Steve gave credit to Ian Tyson on hi...Well at least Steve gave credit to Ian Tyson on his Satellite radio show this last weekend in his left-handed inimitable style. This show was on Canadian songwriters. Of course Gordon Lightfoot was in there along with Steve's story about (unbeknownst to him ) being dropped off at Gordon's Toronto Victorian home and being ( prearranged ) greeted by Gordon and spending 3 hours swapping songs. Gordon also went to watch Steve's show. Steve also mentioned seeing Ian on a regular basis but having to avoid "politics" and the wrangling that evidently ensues. Hard core troubadours. Where's the peace, love and understanding. Ah hell ... Let's have a no holds barred, fistfull of chords, knock down drag out battle of the bands ... I'm betting on the Irishman . . . Fists up ...<br /><br /><br />saddle tramp<br /><br />Via: Stockton, CA on a westcoastturnaround ...Saddle Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15640646036914910941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632029549152237270.post-37975482577406208932009-08-06T08:57:26.554-07:002009-08-06T08:57:26.554-07:00Jeff:
Good luck with that. Steve's pretty bee...Jeff:<br /><br />Good luck with that. Steve's pretty beefy these days :)editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18298399110078317876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632029549152237270.post-16666974473911585172009-08-05T05:51:55.200-07:002009-08-05T05:51:55.200-07:00I too am deeply touched by this song. Guadalupe s...I too am deeply touched by this song. Guadalupe stands with your best..Wing...Gallo.. Sky&Mud..etc.etc.<br /><br />I'm gonna jump up on Dylans coffee table, elbow Steve Earle outta the way and testify....jeffreyjeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15342226647279139000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632029549152237270.post-75963180195281900072009-08-02T19:14:47.344-07:002009-08-02T19:14:47.344-07:00It truly is a great song. I mean, I have no use f...It truly is a great song. I mean, I have no use for religion - you can count me among the ragged disbelievers - but I sure can use some hope as I try to make sense of a 25 year friendship turned sour. There's a song in there somewhere, but I'm not one who can write it. Dogs and cats (mano a mano) and yeah, the mountains here really are shaped like a woman lying on a bed...<br /><br />So put me on the next thing smokin' and play your guitar with a rusty old knife. And sign me the Madman Torn Asunder.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632029549152237270.post-41146224424700072772009-08-02T12:51:36.458-07:002009-08-02T12:51:36.458-07:00[ Camino del Madre Kismet ]
Stopped at Border'...[ Camino del Madre Kismet ]<br /><br />Stopped at Border's Books, etc. in Albuquerque and picked up Van Morrison's " Astral Weeks -Live at the Holywood Bowl " cd. Back on the road I crossed into Guadalupe County and on past Milagro, New Mexico as I was listening to " Astral Weeks / I believe I've Transcended :<br /><br />.. This is a Train ... to be Born ... This is a Train ... This is a Train ... This is a Train ... This is a Train ... This is a Train of Thought ... Get on the Train ... Get on the Train... <br />to the Mystic Church ... to the Brotherhood of the Light ... to the Light in the Head ... Where we can be Free ... Get on the Train ... Get on the Train ... Get on the Train ... I do believe ... I've Transcended ... to be Born Again ... I Have Transcended ... I've Transcended ... I've Transcended <br />TIME ... - Van Morrison<br /><br /><br />Sure wish that I could get on Tom's Train in September ... Get on the Train . . <br /><br /><br />saddle tramp<br /><br /><br />Via: Oklahoma City where the original " End Of The Trail " sculpture now resides. I have also been to the end of the trail in Magdalena, New Mexico where a " New Ager " tried <br />to convince me that Magdalena was [The] center of the universe. I corrected her telling her that she was only half <br />right. I told her that since the universe is infinite that <br />wherever I stood was the center of the universe. Ends of trails and beginnings of trails . . . I drive on . . .Saddle Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15640646036914910941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632029549152237270.post-68184942892001604632009-08-02T03:09:54.590-07:002009-08-02T03:09:54.590-07:00When I heard you sing this song in Las Cruces last...When I heard you sing this song in Las Cruces last year I felt like I was there, praying to the Virgin, although it has been at least twenty years since I was there. <br /><br />We have the three churches on the Mission Trail here in El Paso. I've lived here almost thirty years and just visited them for the first time last year. It's hard for me to comprehend how Catholosism was brought to the Indians by the Spanish. <br /><br />Your albums always have two or three songs that touch my soul more than the others. It seems as if this is going to be one of those songs. <br /><br />Thank you again, Mr. Russell, for sharing your gift.<br /><br />CA<br /><br />Hope to see you in Albuquerque Mr. Russell.Charlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02197092661079358727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632029549152237270.post-60380932547663994262009-08-01T10:25:13.937-07:002009-08-01T10:25:13.937-07:00Personal crisis . . . pure faith . . . skin deep ...Personal crisis . . . pure faith . . . skin deep religion. It is never an attractive mix in it's entirety. The totality of [T] ruth never realized. A song of this stature might be as close as we will get. On NPR's Talk of the Nation yesterday Mavis Staples was a guest ( along with Tom Paxton, Doc Watson, Rambling Jack Elliot & others ) on an hour long show dedicated to the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Newport Folk Festival. Mavis & her Staple Singers only recorded one secular song in their history. All "message" songs she said. However, she said of being part of this other music " you hear the truth ". This is the pure <br />faith aforementioned. As one who has travelled from "A-Z"<br />that beiing atheism to Zionism, I have given it all a fair chance. Many left me empty and others left me confused. Music, literatue and poetry always gave me more. When it came within faith I responded likewise. We know the perverse when we see it. We know pure faith when we see<br /> it. When you are drowning in tears it cannot <br />be denied. That purging of our soul.<br /> <br />Our Lady of Guadalupe :<br /><br />Stopping at a Mexican mercado in Amarillo to buy votive candles to take to the little OLG Church during the week in the middle of the day. Arriving to find a small group of Mexican women reciting the Rosary in Spanish and crying <br />in between decades. Real tears. Real devotion. Real <br />prayers. I returned often.<br /><br />Eureka Springs, Arkansas - Mitchell's Folly Art Gallery & Antiques. Mitchell is an eccenric's eccentric who was in <br />Eureka Springs when it all started as an artist's colony. I purchased a " Madre " that he had picked up some 30 years prior in his travels across Mexico. It had been been fabricated from tin, perhaps a beer can. It was somewhat damaged. I gave it to an artist friend who has been long suffering and to whom Frida Kahlo is a saint and has perhaps endured as much physical and spiritual pain. I <br />offered this folk art gift of Our Lady of Guadalupe as a prayer for my non-catholic friend to inspire her hands to return her to her painting and sculpture. I suggested that she could do some restorative repair to the damage ( just trying to get her out her darkness). Later she told me she <br />chose to leave her as she was. Wounded like her. Nell like Frida, now paints in her bed. Milagro de Madre. Eureka Springs is also home to the only church in the world that you must enter through a belfry . . . <br /><br />TR . . . Gretchen lends so much emotional weight to this song it seems as if she was there with you. Also, maybe <br />Jack told you as he told Talk of the Nation his story about watching the tv monitor back stage at the 69' Newport Festival as Neil Armstrong climbing down the ladder to step foot on the moon as Jack was being called on the stage <br />repeatedly. Jack paced his steps to the stage to that of Armstrong's descent down the ladder announcing to the crowd with his last step " Neil Armstrong has just stepped onto the moon". 1969, what a convergence of events and <br />yes, we are still trying to figure it all out . . .<br /><br /><br />saddle tramp<br /><br />Via: Winslow, AZ on Our Mother Road where Gillian Welch's " Revalator " just came on . . .Saddle Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15640646036914910941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632029549152237270.post-85143142630246184762009-08-01T07:23:14.421-07:002009-08-01T07:23:14.421-07:00only the lyrics and musicians will be in the line...only the lyrics and musicians will be in the liner notes...so this is a seperate endeavor...these 12 blogs....trTom Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03134977181127153226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632029549152237270.post-40567271068394620162009-08-01T06:09:24.609-07:002009-08-01T06:09:24.609-07:00Beautiful. Just beautiful. I remember crying when ...Beautiful. Just beautiful. I remember crying when I first heard this song. My family on my mothers side are deeply religious, but still I find their faith to be shallow. I've drifted away from god and religion becuase I never see anything devine or real in these fast food evangelists on TV and I never saw it up in the pulpit at my grandmother's church where I spendt so much time as a kid. I only heard prejudice, hate and fear disguised as love. I find healing power in many religious songs and texts. Flannery O'Connor, Rev. Gary Davis etc, etc. Pure faith is moving to me. I wish I had it. But I've still got a long way to go so I might find something to hold onto. Who knows.<br /><br />Again, I can't wait to hear this album! Thank you for keeping your fans updated. Are you including these notes in the linernotes?Jan Kristoffer Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09866759256202077331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632029549152237270.post-35566068253867793592009-08-01T06:06:16.339-07:002009-08-01T06:06:16.339-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jan Kristoffer Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09866759256202077331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632029549152237270.post-41488383635013311862009-07-31T08:09:30.928-07:002009-07-31T08:09:30.928-07:00The song itself has the power to heal. I heard it ...The song itself has the power to heal. I heard it first in Elko two winters ago, in the midst of a personal crisis.<br /><br />It brought relief, healing, hope.<br /><br />Thank you.editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18298399110078317876noreply@blogger.com