Michael Peter Smith does "The Dutchman" Gainesville FL May 2010 + back-story

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  • Michael Peter Smith at a house concert produced by Paul Wales and Annie Orlando in Gainesville, FL May 9th 2010.
    Plus a little front and back story on the song from the author's mouth.
    For more of Michael's music go to his web site at:
    michaelpetersmi...
    Lyrics can be seen here:
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    Thanks to Bob McPeek for great work recording the evening and providing the great audio for this clip!
    Video by David Beede
    www.davidbeede.com

КОМЕНТАРІ • 124

  • @Silverbasso
    @Silverbasso 5 років тому +38

    I’ve known and loved this song for over 40 years. I sang it every night to my daughters (along with Puff). Now sometimes I sing it to their children. The older I get, the more meaningful this song becomes to me. Thank you, Michael.

    • @maevemadden6871
      @maevemadden6871 5 років тому +1

      Check out the Brendan Grace version. Beautiful and pure also.

  • @4ththe5th46
    @4ththe5th46 4 роки тому +23

    So sorry to hear of Michael's passing...I remember going to see him at folk club outside Chicago...after hearing Steve Goodman's cover of this song...then learning to play it...still feel it's one of the greatest folk songs of all!!! RIP, Michael 😪 BUT...the music lives on 🎶❣🎶❣🎶❣🎶❣🎶

  • @GHGuy-tn9ls
    @GHGuy-tn9ls 6 років тому +15

    I never thought I'd have kids, but finally I did in my late 40s. I think his line about her seeing his unborn children in his eyes was subconsciously a major reason. Thank God for him.

    • @stevejohnston8543
      @stevejohnston8543 11 місяців тому

      I’m in my fifties and haven’t given up yet

  • @HonestlyAnnaFun
    @HonestlyAnnaFun 5 років тому +12

    I literally just burst into tears. My parents played this when I was a kid.

  • @rerenaissance7487
    @rerenaissance7487 3 роки тому +6

    Decades old, this song. But could be an anthem for all those living with a partner with dementia. Not a tragedy, just two people who remember above all how to love.

  • @4thThe5th
    @4thThe5th 9 років тому +19

    HOW WONDERFUL TO HEAR HIM TELL THE "BACKSTORY" OF THIS MARVELOUS SONG...AND SING IT...THIS IS "ONE FOR THE AGES"...THANK YOU!!!

  • @atahulpa3584
    @atahulpa3584 6 років тому +9

    Michael taught me The Dutchman at The Flick Coffee House in Miami, Fl. and I've played it for over 40 years .. /
    Thanks Michael ...

  • @edog1955
    @edog1955 6 років тому +26

    Can't hear it without a tear in my eye.

    • @jq5596
      @jq5596 5 років тому +2

      Same here

    • @Legnerps
      @Legnerps 3 роки тому +1

      or 2...

    • @LazyIRanch
      @LazyIRanch Рік тому +2

      How do I get this lump outta my throat now?? 😭

    • @David-ig8of
      @David-ig8of Рік тому +1

      E'tu brute'

  • @52topper
    @52topper 10 років тому +7

    Beautiful song! I love it! I'm a widow and miss my late husband.

  • @jimchevallier528
    @jimchevallier528 Рік тому +2

    For many of us, this will always be a Steve Goodman tune. Saw him do it more than once.

    • @rdvqc
      @rdvqc 2 дні тому

      Stevie often used to kid that Michael had never been to Holland

    • @jimchevallier528
      @jimchevallier528 2 дні тому

      @@rdvqc It is absolutely a fantasy version of Holland. And of a relationship.

  • @docfoolery
    @docfoolery 2 роки тому +3

    One the very greatest American Songwriter's of our time sadly now gone, but never to be forgotten.

  • @patriciadelabretonne1600
    @patriciadelabretonne1600 4 роки тому +6

    I heard Michael sing this when he was quite a young man, in LA in the early 70s I think, at the Icehouse in Pasadena and other venues around LA. Beautiful even then..

  • @josephelden4573
    @josephelden4573 6 років тому +10

    Went to see him twice with my Dad in the early 2000's and I still get goosebumps during the last refrain when the audience starts singing. They always seem to do it with great reverence.

  • @lynnmckenna9934
    @lynnmckenna9934 5 років тому +7

    Exquisitely written song❤️

  • @josephmyers8717
    @josephmyers8717 6 років тому +13

    Love, when time has passed by. A wonderful, powerful, emotional song. Michael Peter Smith wrote it when he was young, and he had never been to Amsterdam. It made this aging guy cry a few tears.

  • @08shortstop
    @08shortstop 5 років тому +4

    I think sometimes as a songwriter it all comes together and the result is a perfect song like this.

  • @richardperkins5046
    @richardperkins5046 6 років тому +8

    Beautiful, he almost brings himself to tears. That's what the song does to me when I hear it and sing it.

    • @Zeckellin
      @Zeckellin 5 років тому +1

      You know it, Richard - same here. If I want to have a good cry, all I have to do is try and sing this song. The way Margaret takes care of him has me bawling away in no time - it's pretty embarrassing, I must say.

    • @markrush5013
      @markrush5013 4 роки тому

      by now he has played this song many hundreds of times...why would he cry? he is a performer..an actor ,if you will, on stage .

    • @richardperkins5046
      @richardperkins5046 4 роки тому

      @@markrush5013 I guess you don't read people very well.

  • @Hollcall
    @Hollcall 4 роки тому +4

    Beautiful Song. As a child we lived near a couple of Dutch Families. Great people . They liked my last name-lol { Holland } . Partied a few times with Tommy Makem & Liam Clancy. Great Guys.........very plain & down -to - earth. CHEERS

  • @Imissthepostoffice
    @Imissthepostoffice 8 років тому +20

    It's like if I wanted to get away from Michael Peter Smith and move on .. well it's like he always seems to somehow just come back to me. Just a great singer songwriter .. his voice ! and he's not too damn bad on guitar either. I've seen him play around here in Chicago more than a few times, and have more than a few of his albums (CD's). The man is just brilliant. What a gift for all of us to enjoy !

    • @nbenefiel
      @nbenefiel 8 років тому +2

      my memories of him go back to the late 60's. Dear Margaret remembers that for me

    • @Imissthepostoffice
      @Imissthepostoffice 7 років тому +1

      Margaret is neat ! I wish that all of us would have such a person.

    • @gerardluif1158
      @gerardluif1158 6 років тому +2

      Being 85 I've a girl like that!

  • @jq5596
    @jq5596 5 років тому +10

    Truly beautiful.
    Never tire of this song.
    What a treat to hear the author sing it!! Magic!!

  • @soldier2297
    @soldier2297 6 років тому +51

    As an Irish man who has always listened to Liam Clancys version I can't believe it was you who wrote this. Well done sir. Thanks for writing such a beautiful song.

    • @sharonsurbaugh-painter5164
      @sharonsurbaugh-painter5164 4 роки тому +4

      Thank you deeply, Mr.Smith, for writing an All~Time Classic LOVE song. . . one of THE best ever!! I must claim our fellow Chicagoan, Stevie Goodman, as my ALL-TIME, HeartSong version, though! ~next to your's. . . It must be a Chicago thing. . .with all due respect to Mr.Clancy. . .STEVE GOODMAN 4ever 🎸

  • @dimurray9325
    @dimurray9325 4 роки тому +5

    I'm so sorry to hear that Michael is very unwell just now. Blessings for your wonderful music - may you travel easily

  • @paulrolland134
    @paulrolland134 5 років тому +6

    There's always something special about hearing a song you love performed by the person who wrote it.....especially a song for the ages like this one..... Truly a great post!

  • @garoldamadon1926
    @garoldamadon1926 10 років тому +9

    Thank you Michael Peter Smith for this song! It's been a cover in my gigs for nearly 30 years. I do hope to keep it going with total appreciation and always give your name as the author... Just a beautiful piece! Played it for a community dinner just last month. Yup. Thank you...

  • @Bing6813
    @Bing6813 7 років тому +9

    I Love this song , it speaks to getting old and never forgetting what true love is

  • @Bjohnson1945
    @Bjohnson1945 9 років тому +15

    I love love love this song. Stevie Goodman's version is my favorite... though they are all great. Had the great fortune to know Steve. We spent some time together in Athens Georgia when he was there performing at "The Last Resort". Such a great talent and great person.

    • @ttwillow9073
      @ttwillow9073 6 років тому +3

      Lucky you. I sure miss Steve Goodman

    • @edcasey9738
      @edcasey9738 5 років тому +2

      Steve Goodman version is best.

    • @olivetg1
      @olivetg1 5 років тому +1

      aka Cool Hand Leuk

  • @Zeckellin
    @Zeckellin 5 років тому +3

    I cry like a baby everytime I hear this song, everytime I try to play it.

    • @markw4206
      @markw4206 2 роки тому

      Same! Every dang time. :)

  • @bobrussell9839
    @bobrussell9839 7 років тому +8

    A beautiful, wonderful, love song.

  • @loojishtc9899
    @loojishtc9899 5 років тому +2

    Sometimes, the gift is being able to write the music, and sometimes, the gift is being able to sing the song.

    • @raindog2262
      @raindog2262 5 років тому +2

      And sometimes, it's a gift just to be able to hear it.

  • @markrush5013
    @markrush5013 5 років тому +3

    thru the threads of the mysterious musical universe many years ago david allen coe brought me here..

  • @elsakoczan9479
    @elsakoczan9479 7 років тому +2

    Wow! Could listen to this guy forever! He's one of my top ten all-time performers to listen to ( and I'm an amateur entertainer all of my 70 yrs of life so I listen to a lot of performers and music)on my bucket List to see him perform live andhearhis stories as well Elsa Koczan

  • @cash12347
    @cash12347 9 років тому +2

    What a great song. Thank you Michael Peter Smith for writing it. Isn't it wonderful how a wonderful song just comes through you and lives on for years and years as a classic. Bravo!

  • @vestertube1
    @vestertube1 4 роки тому +2

    LOVE this! RIP Michael

  • @brucewatsonmusic
    @brucewatsonmusic 8 років тому +4

    Beautiful song - and the version with the most integrity. Michael Peter Smith - Come to Australia!!

  • @agalli908
    @agalli908 6 років тому +3

    So a magical Song. ....thank Michael

  • @carlkuss
    @carlkuss 3 роки тому +3

    I worked as a priest for twenty´three years in Holland (now in Mexico) and this reminds me of real people...

  • @JenniferOgle
    @JenniferOgle 4 роки тому +1

    Great song from a master song-writer. He will be missed...

  • @DavidRothMusic
    @DavidRothMusic 4 роки тому +3

    On the Mount Rushmore of folk songs.

  • @trilobyte51
    @trilobyte51 4 місяці тому

    Too many UK fans of this flawless lyric think Liam Clancy wrote it. In the US, they think Steve Goodman. While that's certainly a tribute to these deeply evocative performers, I'm relieved to have lived long enough to embarrassingly recently exit the latter group. Apologies and gratitude, Mr. Smith. Brilliantly done and RIP.

  • @susanedmond2826
    @susanedmond2826 6 років тому +4

    A very emotive song, I love it! Love at its'purist!

  • @jackodoherty1458
    @jackodoherty1458 8 місяців тому

    Beaytifulsong that will be sung for hundreds of years.

  • @johnwhelan1193
    @johnwhelan1193 7 років тому +4

    beautiful the best version I ever heard

  • @ssgtsouth
    @ssgtsouth 9 років тому +2

    What a great song, sometime you just stumble on to it a fall in love with it. This is just such a song...Wonder if I'm reflecting on my young years?

  • @mouseman6942
    @mouseman6942 Рік тому

    It is true, Life creates music and music creates life. Great song, wonderful story...

  • @paullubin6730
    @paullubin6730 8 років тому +1

    As I get older I cry every time I hear it, especially by Anne Hills and Michael.

    • @Imissthepostoffice
      @Imissthepostoffice 8 років тому +1

      +Paul Lubin I have the CD. Actually, I could have done without Anne Hills. She was fine and all, but seemed to override Michael with her overpowering voice.
      (And I've seen them both live, too). Somehow, at least for me, Michael's voice is all I needed to get the point across.

    • @Imissthepostoffice
      @Imissthepostoffice 7 років тому +1

      no need to cry . pass it on. all of us are getting older at the same pace. never feel distant. none of us likes it, but let's all sing together. Okay ?

  • @kennymcadams9295
    @kennymcadams9295 4 роки тому +2

    thank you for a great song

  • @Legnerps
    @Legnerps 3 роки тому

    I 1st heard this song and loved it when I was still a young man ...but now it really gets to me.

  • @jimburnham7282
    @jimburnham7282 2 роки тому

    Love this presentation by Michael Peter Smith. Saw him do a similar cover (wonderful) here, several times in the past 10 years or so.

  • @anneruddy3539
    @anneruddy3539 2 роки тому

    Many happy memories of hearing this song in the pubs in Westport.

  • @DIDYOUSEETHAT172
    @DIDYOUSEETHAT172 5 років тому +1

    Great story about a wonderful story. Thanks for sharing.

  • @jonjames5561
    @jonjames5561 Рік тому

    Love!

  • @ziziroberts8041
    @ziziroberts8041 5 місяців тому

    Just. Beautiful. ❤

  • @chikipiki1
    @chikipiki1 11 місяців тому

    Awesome - good to see you David :)

  • @bestwishes9435
    @bestwishes9435 11 років тому +1

    The Dutchman, beautiful song
    . I look forward to seeing you at the house concert on Feb 17th.

  • @DimeStoreMusic
    @DimeStoreMusic 10 років тому +1

    Great job. I love this song.

  • @mcinadr
    @mcinadr 4 роки тому

    BRAVO Best tribute to Liam from a very talented writer

  • @pubmgr
    @pubmgr 2 роки тому

    Lovely song. Wonderful performance.

  • @kenoflaherty8769
    @kenoflaherty8769 5 років тому +1

    Magnificent,...this is going in my repertoire

  • @spacemissing
    @spacemissing Рік тому

    Of all the great songs ever written, this one is probably the most realistic in terms of humanity.
    Steve Goodman's album version is the best rendition of it I've heard.

  • @geoffbing42
    @geoffbing42 6 років тому +1

    Thanks for sharing this David, it's wonderful.

  • @jhnyrok
    @jhnyrok 2 роки тому

    Incredible! Thank you!!

  • @jnich16
    @jnich16 5 років тому +1

    “The Dutchman” has been one of, if not the powerful and meaningful songs for me for reasons sad and beautiful 40 years long. So I hate to admit this but I always thought it was a Steve Goodman tune.

    • @davidrumpler5528
      @davidrumpler5528 4 роки тому +1

      Don't worry.... a lot of people still think that Arlo Guthrie wrote “City of New Orleans”....its funny how these things work😊

  • @452susieq
    @452susieq 6 років тому +1

    Great story!

  • @dadama925
    @dadama925 9 років тому +1

    I did something impromptu tonight related to this song. I juxtaposed Dutchman with Daisy a Day, replacing the chorus of Daisy with that from the Dutchman. Try it, you will be surprised how well they fit. Both are in C Major.

  • @ELMASLAD
    @ELMASLAD 11 років тому +1

    As an ecstatic immigrant to Vermont and new warehouse manager for the then Independent Music distributor, Silo/Alcazar Records, picking LP orders to ship across the USA, I inevitably got to listen to many of the recordings. There used to be a show on the BBC in England called Desert Island Discs where well known people chose, and had played, their 10 favorite recordings. I would have to cheat and take the entire collections,Time and Michael Smith both with me. I'd insist it only count for 2 !

  • @joeharl2006
    @joeharl2006 2 роки тому

    Lovely song

  • @GeorgePossley
    @GeorgePossley 2 роки тому

    I woke up thinking about this song. I think my first exposure was from Steve Goodman's recording that I stole on Napster. It is one of my favorite songs ever and it frustrates me that I haven't even thought of it for years. I last covered it on UA-cam ten years ago. I'll do it again, maybe today. I can't do all that fancy finger picking but I'll strum it and sing it like the Steve Goodman version that I first heard with the multiple guitars.

  • @12345688587
    @12345688587 7 років тому +1

    Wonderful song..............

  • @kkoo3247
    @kkoo3247 3 роки тому

    Great song

  • @LaCanadaMike
    @LaCanadaMike 10 років тому +2

    Great song with a lot of wonderful versions here on UA-cam. Listen to Jerry Jeff Walker.

  • @Egmond67
    @Egmond67 11 років тому +1

    Ewan McColl wrote "Dirty Old Town" about his home town Salford, near Manchester. Lots of towns have old canals and gaswork walls, so the song has been variously claimed by Derry, Dublin and Belfast and no one really minds. Dublin used to have the nickname "Dirty Dublin" - no longer deserved by the way. Phil Coulter's song "The Town I loved so Well" is definitely about Derry.

  • @RicksTastyLicks
    @RicksTastyLicks 5 років тому

    I was turned onto your music by TFIA and played guitar on their version of "Dead Egyptian Blues." When Ezra played this song for me the first time, I cried unabashed tears. You're a most remarkable songwriter, Mr. Smith and I'd really love to hear from you if possible!

    • @DavidBeede
      @DavidBeede  5 років тому

      Rick Gordon , David Beede here. I made this video of Michael at a house concert. I doubt he checks it for comments, but he does have a FaceBook page. You might try messaging him there.

    • @RicksTastyLicks
      @RicksTastyLicks 5 років тому +1

      @@DavidBeede I'll see if I can hunt Michael up on FB. My comment was a hail mary pass and I hoped someone might catch it:) Thanks so much for the info and the suggestion.

  • @bzockster
    @bzockster 13 років тому +5

    Wonderful tune. Listen also to Steve Goodman's version.

    • @richardperkins5046
      @richardperkins5046 4 роки тому +1

      I have, many times. Jerry Jeff Walker does a decent version too.

    • @markw4206
      @markw4206 2 роки тому

      Also John Gorka. Very good one.

  • @Egmond67
    @Egmond67 13 років тому +1

    Wonderful performance of a marvellous song. I love the before and after comments. Go into any pub in Ireland and ask can anyone sing this song. Just about everybody will belt out the chorus; however most will struggle with the verse as the melody here is quite subtle. Irish people like claiming songs as being traditional old songs. For example most Irish people think that Ewan MacColl's song Dirty Old Town is about Dublin, whereas it was actually written about Salford in England

    • @theresakennedy893
      @theresakennedy893 5 років тому

      No one sang the Dutch man like Liam Clancy , god rest him

    • @claoftheninesausages
      @claoftheninesausages 5 років тому +1

      and Tony, everyone will know the chorus of Dirty Old Town but very few will know the verse even though they think it's a Dublin song but The Dutchman is an absolute classic.

  • @yvonnemolina6352
    @yvonnemolina6352 4 роки тому

    R.I.P dear sir.

  • @MrA259
    @MrA259 6 років тому +4

    Love Steve Goodman;s version--but this is slightly better

  • @connopv
    @connopv 8 років тому +1

    Nice.

  • @mikesmith7898
    @mikesmith7898 9 років тому +1

    Bless you, dadama925, Forewarned is forearmed. I've never heard "A Daisy A Day" but still, believe me, I SO hope I never have to listen to this.

  • @ub1846
    @ub1846 3 роки тому

    Great cover of this beautiful song by Bob Shane - performed live with The New Kingston Trio (Lost Masters 1967-1972). Check it out on UA-cam; it's my favorite rendition.

  • @Rivergull
    @Rivergull 11 років тому +1

    Hmmmm. I always thought Dirty Old Town was about Derry City, Ireland.

  • @markrush5013
    @markrush5013 4 роки тому

    all of us old men know its coming. . .

  • @DougGrinbergs
    @DougGrinbergs 3 роки тому

    1:45 start

  • @sidney4329
    @sidney4329 3 роки тому

    One thing that could have given credibility to the "shell-shocked" theory is the mention of Rotterdam, which was heavily bombed by the Nazis in 1940.

  • @clintjordan5846
    @clintjordan5846 Рік тому +1

    Do yourself a favor and listen to Steve Goodman version
    C

    • @DavidBeede
      @DavidBeede  Рік тому

      I've heard Goodman's version and I appreciate it. However I heard Michael play it first and in addition to gravitating to the writer's interpretations of their own work, I notice I/we have a tendency to feel the first version of a song we hear performed is the "right" way to play it. Humans are funny that way. Plus, I like the funny back story.

  • @Imissthepostoffice
    @Imissthepostoffice 9 років тому

    When you s

  • @henharro
    @henharro 10 років тому +1

    Better not listen to versions of Steve Goodman and Liam Clancy

    • @bmwldr
      @bmwldr 10 років тому +3

      Why is that? All versions are different and may appeal to different tastes. I had the privilege of seeing Steve perform this live and his version is still a favorite. But, I like hearing other versions as well. I love hearing from the actual writer of the song.

    • @henharro
      @henharro 10 років тому

      Liam's story to it is ridicolous pathetic and added falsely, Steve's version is much too fast and not hitting the sense of this beautiful song

    • @bmwldr
      @bmwldr 10 років тому +2

      I agree about Liam's back story, not so much about your opinion of Steve's version. To each our own!

  • @Imissthepostoffice
    @Imissthepostoffice 8 років тому +4

    I watched the Clancy's version (referring to the dutchman as being shell-shocked). Yea, I agree it puts a negative take on the song .. takes away from the substance and beauty of the song. And especially, somehow degrades the character of the dutchman.

  • @hansvancoby
    @hansvancoby 10 років тому

    Pissant