I will never forget the morning after Dave and Tracy played Tom Noe's house in Wylie, TX. Tom Noe (house concert host), the proselytizing athiest and Dave Carter, the shaman got into a discussion in front of Tom's wife (Linda Silas), JP Morere (Uncle Calvins long time volunteer), Me (Bill Nash) and Tracy Grammer sitting at the brunch table. They started going at it, and our jaws were dropping at the conversation... an amazing sight to watch. A few weeks later, Dave called Tom and said to him, "last night I sat down and wrote a song about the conversation we had, and the song tells the tale of the universe and the history of the last 4 billion years, and it's a 3 and a half minute song!" A few days later we heard the song, and the rest is history! I am blessed to have witnessed it's birth!!
The week Dave passed, I saw a eulogy performance of tons of the greatest folk musicians I've ever heard of in my life, but this performance changed my life and this song changed my relationship to the world. My life is richer thanks to you both, Dave and Tracy.
interesting to find this here...who knew there was so much D&T youtube!!? I managed Dave & Tracy early in their career. I was there the night he played it for the first time (after writing it that morning!) at white eagle saloon in portland oregon. it knocked us all over that night. But I also confess - i never liked the version they recorded either. this version is much closer in spirit to the way I remember it best.
I saw Dave & Tracy when they toured with Joan Baez. I am so glad I did. Dave announced, "Whatever else we do in our folk music career, touring with Joan Baez will always be the highlight." A few months later he died. I now own all of Dave & Tray's CDs and cherish their music.
I used to listen to the CD that this song was on back when it originally came out -- a little less than half my lifetime ago. I never remembered liking this song much, but my dad recently told me something I said when listening to this song back then. He told me that I was singing, and turned to him and asked him if he'd ever looked at the lyrics. These are some of the most beautiful lyrics ever penned. That anyone could capture this grace and beauty with mere words astounds me to this day.
BRILLIANCE = intense brightness of light, vividness of color., exceptional talent or intelligence, and Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer . There music is intertwined with destiny . Thanks for sharing this .
I am SO BLESSED to have seen these two perform live before Dave passed. I still feel the hole in the universe his death left. I hope I'll run in to him some day where all the angels are cowboy singers.
A great song about sanctuary and he got all the evolution of life in it as well! He was one of our great songwriters that most people don't know. You have some great videos of Dave and Tracy!
This song is powerful beautiful. I remember back in the day when Drum Hat Buddha was sampled frequently on the venerable WNCW. And the shock when David passed. I'm so glad (s)he gave us this, and so much more.
Awesome, awesome, awesome! What a great way to remember Dave on this day. Watching him here reminds me to keep sharing his music with everyone I can. Thanks so much for sharing.
My dear friend Benjy Wertheimer introduced me to his friends Dave and Tracy at one of their concerts in Portland about a year before Dave's passing. I was to glad to have experienced them live. Two hearts dancing together. I was hiking in Forest Park years later and stumbled on a memorial plaque just by the side of the trail. It started "Rock me Goddess in the Gentle Arms of Eden." I just dropped right there. Yes, it was a memorial to Dave. I sure miss Dave but glad Tracy has continued.
God.... I feel like a kid on Christmas morning finding these videos of Dave & Tracy! I saw them live at The Tractor Tavern in Seattle for the first time, where my friend Christoph DRAGGED ME, before I had herd their music. Little did I know how fortunate I was to have heard them and to have met Dave before his passing. Thank you for this clip.
Julie Felix sang this song with great emotion at the Great British Folk Festival 2018. She talked about falling in love with the song after hearing Dave Carter's version on the radio many years earlier, while in travelling through California.
The song sounds so much better when it's slowed down so that it doesn't sound so rushed, but I can understand that he hadn't figured that out yet since it was only three months old.
I only heard this yesterday for the first time and fell in love with it. As much as I know tons of folk singers, I had never heard of Dave Carter and I am so sorry I didn't. I could have seen him at Folklife, or Portland, or lots of places. :( :( :(. What a gift. I will return here often. Thank you to whoever posted this. By the way, I heard it sung by a woman's chorus in Portland, OR- Aurora Chorus.
music is an attempt to bring disharmony into concord ,its not a contest ,every moment has its moment ,I just stumbled across this by accident, very grateful
is it the holiday season? or does everything make me cry now? i love thi9s song and have been listening to him for a long time, just never thought to find him here. a dj has said he was a prophet.. i agree.. thanks..
*This* is absolutely the best version of this happy and hopeful song; the one on the album comes across as slow and perhaps a tad overproduced (someone thought it needed drums? really!?) If they ever make a "Best of Dave and Tracey", I hope the producer has enough sense to put this live performance on it.
I wonder what the date was of this recording. Dave Carter says this is a new song, about two months old. It was on the 2001 "Drum Hat Buddha" album, and several significant words were different. I think this is a song that would have changed and grown over the years, if Dave Carter had lived.
After returning his early morning run, Dave Carter had a heart attack in his hotel room in Massachusetts and died in July, 2002, at the age of 49. I was happy we were able to include four of his songs in the "Rise Again" Songbook: "The Mountain," "Tanglewood Tree," "Gentle Arms of Eden," and the haunting "When I Go." The copyright date we have for "Gentle Arms of Eden" is 2001. It could be that Dave and Tracy sang the song many times while it was in development, before it was published on the "Drum Hat Buddha" album in 2001. [I was the researcher for the "Rise Again" Songbook]
I will never forget the morning after Dave and Tracy played Tom Noe's house in Wylie, TX. Tom Noe (house concert host), the proselytizing athiest and Dave Carter, the shaman got into a discussion in front of Tom's wife (Linda Silas), JP Morere (Uncle Calvins long time volunteer), Me (Bill Nash) and Tracy Grammer sitting at the brunch table. They started going at it, and our jaws were dropping at the conversation... an amazing sight to watch.
A few weeks later, Dave called Tom and said to him, "last night I sat down and wrote a song about the conversation we had, and the song tells the tale of the universe and the history of the last 4 billion years, and it's a 3 and a half minute song!" A few days later we heard the song, and the rest is history! I am blessed to have witnessed it's birth!!
The week Dave passed, I saw a eulogy performance of tons of the greatest folk musicians I've ever heard of in my life, but this performance changed my life and this song changed my relationship to the world. My life is richer thanks to you both, Dave and Tracy.
interesting to find this here...who knew there was so much D&T youtube!!?
I managed Dave & Tracy early in their career. I was there the night he played it for the first time (after writing it that morning!) at white eagle saloon in portland oregon.
it knocked us all over that night.
But I also confess - i never liked the version they recorded either. this version is much closer in spirit to the way I remember it best.
Holy crap the bit about thinking about goddesses hits a looooot harder after we've learned more. Long live this beautiful music.
And the searching for transformation and a place of home...
god bless my guitar teacher for playing this song for me.. i instantly fell in love with it.
thank you Dave Carter
This song is unspeakably beautiful, it makes me sad. RIP Dave.
We've adopted this incredible song as the anthem for our eco-spiritual community. Thank you Dave for this gift.
I saw Dave & Tracy when they toured with Joan Baez. I am so glad I did. Dave announced, "Whatever else we do in our folk music career, touring with Joan Baez will always be the highlight." A few months later he died. I now own all of Dave & Tray's CDs and cherish their music.
I used to listen to the CD that this song was on back when it originally came out -- a little less than half my lifetime ago. I never remembered liking this song much, but my dad recently told me something I said when listening to this song back then.
He told me that I was singing, and turned to him and asked him if he'd ever looked at the lyrics.
These are some of the most beautiful lyrics ever penned. That anyone could capture this grace and beauty with mere words astounds me to this day.
Dave couldn't stay around somehow, but left these songs to help us laugh and maybe cry, but mostly be inspired. Thanks Dave and Tracy!
BRILLIANCE = intense brightness of light, vividness of color., exceptional talent or intelligence,
and Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer . There music is intertwined with destiny . Thanks for sharing this .
I am SO BLESSED to have seen these two perform live before Dave passed. I still feel the hole in the universe his death left. I hope I'll run in to him some day where all the angels are cowboy singers.
This never gets old.
A great song about sanctuary and he got all the evolution of life in it as well! He was one of our great songwriters that most people don't know. You have some great videos of Dave and Tracy!
This song is powerful beautiful. I remember back in the day when Drum Hat Buddha was sampled frequently on the venerable WNCW. And the shock when David passed. I'm so glad (s)he gave us this, and so much more.
What beautiful words... brilliant... lovely.... a poet of the ilk of Bob Dylan, yet singularly unique.
I was at this show in St. Pete, FL..they both are amazing..
Still to this day, I miss Dave Carter..🫶🏻🫶🏻
Rest in peace Dave Carter and Tom Noe. Thank you for this song.
This song was part of our Earth Day service yesterday - very glad to have discovered it.
Awesome, awesome, awesome! What a great way to remember Dave on this day. Watching him here reminds me to keep sharing his music with everyone I can. Thanks so much for sharing.
My dear friend Benjy Wertheimer introduced me to his friends Dave and Tracy at one of their concerts in Portland about a year before Dave's passing. I was to glad to have experienced them live. Two hearts dancing together. I was hiking in Forest Park years later and stumbled on a memorial plaque just by the side of the trail. It started "Rock me Goddess in the Gentle Arms of Eden." I just dropped right there. Yes, it was a memorial to Dave. I sure miss Dave but glad Tracy has continued.
God.... I feel like a kid on Christmas morning finding these videos of Dave & Tracy! I saw them live at The Tractor Tavern in Seattle for the first time, where my friend Christoph DRAGGED ME, before I had herd their music.
Little did I know how fortunate I was to have heard them and to have met Dave before his passing.
Thank you for this clip.
Julie Felix sang this song with great emotion at the Great British Folk Festival 2018. She talked about falling in love with the song after hearing Dave Carter's version on the radio many years earlier, while in travelling through California.
The song sounds so much better when it's slowed down so that it doesn't sound so rushed, but I can understand that he hadn't figured that out yet since it was only three months old.
RIP dave. 8 years ago today he left our fragile planet. We miss you.
I only heard this yesterday for the first time and fell in love with it. As much as I know tons of folk singers, I had never heard of Dave Carter and I am so sorry I didn't. I could have seen him at Folklife, or Portland, or lots of places. :( :( :(. What a gift. I will return here often. Thank you to whoever posted this. By the way, I heard it sung by a woman's chorus in Portland, OR- Aurora Chorus.
music is an attempt to bring disharmony into concord ,its not a contest ,every moment has its moment ,I just stumbled across this by accident, very grateful
Home is where the heart is.
Madam and Sir
I salute your highest and best
how blessed are we to have this great recording of an early version of this song. :) Thank you for posting!
Miss you, Dave!
Thanks so much for this post. What a great song. I never knew of Dave Carter until after he passed. Seeing this makes me miss him. Thanks again.
Love this song. Heard it played by
Beautiful song.
You had the honor of knowing him. I missed both shows at Lawrence for one reason or another. I missed so much.
Better than most out today, sadly gone
omg what a great song !!!
13 years.... RIP
is it the holiday season? or does everything make me cry now? i love thi9s song and have been listening to him for a long time, just never thought to find him here. a dj has said he was a prophet.. i agree.. thanks..
Wow, I love this! I do think I'd like it even better if it was slower, and a bit sad and wistful... Lovely!
Sisters, Oregon
*This* is absolutely the best version of this happy and hopeful song; the one on the album comes across as slow and perhaps a tad overproduced (someone thought it needed drums? really!?) If they ever make a "Best of Dave and Tracey", I hope the producer has enough sense to put this live performance on it.
Thank you for posting this.. I am sharing on my Facebook page today..
beautiful
willy
Now the world is ill with greed and will
I wonder what the date was of this recording. Dave Carter says this is a new song, about two months old. It was on the 2001 "Drum Hat Buddha" album, and several significant words were different. I think this is a song that would have changed and grown over the years, if Dave Carter had lived.
when did he die?
After returning his early morning run, Dave Carter had a heart attack in his hotel room in Massachusetts and died in July, 2002, at the age of 49. I was happy we were able to include four of his songs in the "Rise Again" Songbook: "The Mountain," "Tanglewood Tree," "Gentle Arms of Eden," and the haunting "When I Go."
The copyright date we have for "Gentle Arms of Eden" is 2001. It could be that Dave and Tracy sang the song many times while it was in development, before it was published on the "Drum Hat Buddha" album in 2001. [I was the researcher for the "Rise Again" Songbook]
This is one of my favorite songs of all times--I love that it's in "Rise Again." Thank you!
Long intro ..... starts at 1:20
Hey Tdub, what year is this?
you're sick man
Vance Gilbert does it better
What a bunch of boomers