On Oct 23, 2005, at 6:24 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> Incidentally, have you seen the movie _Grizzly Man_ yet? It was a >> winner at Sundance here. One of my favorite singer/songwriters (and >> brilliant guitarist), Richard Thompson (who is a friend of Bruce's), >> did the soundtrack. If you haven't heard the track that's getting a >> lotta play here on independent radio, you gotta hear "Coyote". It's >> on iTunes Music store. Riveting. >> > > I'll definitely check it out. Thanks. Around here > a documentary called "Le Dernier Trappeur" is also > getting good press.
If you go to: http://www.grizzlymanmovie.com/grizzly.html The song begins playing when the page loads. The song reminds me of when we saw Dave Alvin--another great American singer/songwriter. He played Blue Hill town hall last winter, a small venue, no doubt. He told this story about Everett Reuss. Everett was a young kid who in the 30's just left his family in California and explored the great western wildreness. He kept a journal of poetry and exploits and painted pictures wherever he went--trading his paintings for provisions as he trecked what was the still then the great wild west. He eventually disappaearred into the great Escalante Badlands and was never heard from again. Indian medicine men in the west claim to see him in visions. He was initiated into the Snake dance and numerous other mysteries like the native healing songs. Anyways Dave wrote this song which tells Everett's story. He prefaced it with "imagine your in a campground in the four corners region and this old man walks in and begins telling you this story of his life and how he was thought to be dead." I get the same goosebumps when I hear "Coyotes". "Well I hate your crowded cities With your sad and hopeless mobs And I hate your grand cathedrals Where you try to trap God." EVERETT RUESS Dave Alvin (Blue Horn Toad Music, BMI) I was born Everett Ruess I been dead for sixty years I was just a young boy in my twenties The day I disappeared. Into the Grand Escalante Badlands Near the Utah and Arizona line And they never found my body, boys Or understood my mind. I grew up in California And I loved my family and my home But I ran away to the High Sierra Where I could live free and alone. And folks said He's just another wild kid And he'll grow out of it in time, But they never found my body boys Or understood my mind. I broke broncos with the cowboys I sang healing songs with the Navajo I did the snake dance with the Hopi And I drew pictures everywhere I go. Then I swapped all my drawings for provisions To get what I needed to get by And they never found my body, boys Or understood my mind. Well I hate your crowded cities With your sad and hopeless mobs And I hate your grand cathedrals Where you try to trap God. 'Cause I know God is here in the canyons With the rattlesnakes and the pinon pines And they never found my body, boys Or understood my mind. They say I was killed by a drifter Or I froze to death in the snow Maybe mauled by a wildcat Or Iím liviní down in Mexico. But my end, it doesnít really matter All that counts is how you live your life And they never found my body, boys Or understood my mind. You give your dreams away as you get older Oh, but I never gave up mine And theyíll never find my body, boys Or understand my mind. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
