I mentioned earlier in the week that my husband and I went to a Darrell Scott show at our favorite Asheville music venue, The Grey Eagle, this past weekend. If you’re not familiar with Darrell Scott, his style is a bit hard to define, but when he can stand on a stage and rip your heart out with his soulful, powerful lyrics, it doesn’t really matter whether you want to call it roots, Americana, blues, country, folk, or whatever. It’s just really, really, really good.I’ve seen Scott before, but I was just utterly blown away Saturday night as he stood on the stage, all alone, hopping from instrument to instrument, belting out the most powerful songs with such intensity; it was absolutely electrifying. Most of the time, when you go to shows, even shows where there really is a great appreciation for the music (not just bar hoppers looking for background music), there is an undercurrent of conversation, people moving around, and so on. Not Saturday. It was almost like being in a church (well, not exactly), but the entire crowd was so captivated and so intently focused on the performance….it was really amazing.
Even though Darrell Scott is perhaps best known for his incredible, literary songwriting, his latest album, Modern Hymns, (the CD that has been playing nonstop in my car for the past few weeks), is actually a collection of “cover” songs, selected by Scott from his various songwriting heroes, like Leonard Cohen, Gordon Lightfoot, Kris Kristofferson, Joni Mitchell, Guy Clark, Bob Dylan, and others. I love the concept of an inspiration album, because whenever I find an artist I admire, I’m always interested to know the idols and influences that guided them on their artistic journey. It sets off an inspiration chain where you discover all sorts of new artists and genres. I guess it's the old rule of thumb, that if you like one artist, chances are, you'll appreciate artists' they admire as well.If you can’t tell, I always sort of struggle when writing about music. Really there’s not a whole lot of point to it that I can see. I suppose the best thing to do would be to just point you to some links where you can listen and decide for yourself, so that’s just what I’m going to do! :) Enjoy!
You Tube Videos of two of my favorite songs from the show Saturday
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