Name: Hold On by The Weeping Willows
Duration: 2 min 56 s
Description: An acoustic, folk-laced, country-tinged duo, steeped in bluegrass tradition and draped in gothic Americana imagery.

Les Thomas’s Song for JTE (Justin Townes Earle) is a heartfelt tribute to one of Americana’s finest songwriters, gone too soon. It speaks of the electrifying effect Justin and his songs had on audiences and listeners and extends a message of compassion and condolence to his nearest and dearest. With lavish production by Luke Plumb and musicians including Jy-Perry Banks aka Steelin’ Hearts on pedal steel, Thomas has created the best possible tribute within his powers. Due for online release on Friday May 21, the song will be officially launched at the Brunswick Ballroom in Melbourne on Sunday, May 30 and all proceeds raised will be forwarded to JTE’s bereaved wife and daughter. It’s hoped that this song can testify to the powerful musical legacy Justin has left us with.

Song For JTE (Justin Townes Earle)

Words and Music Peter Gordon - P&C Doghouse Publishing

I saw her standing there that night
under the Tavern welcome light
she was looking for love 
I was looking for one night
she looked me square in the eye
and said that i might be the guy
and I said baby i think i love you
the lord knows i dont lie
I sure am lucky i found you

Im so lucky that i found you
one stolen kiss from those ruby lips and this old boy knew just what to do
Im so lucky i found you
It seems like heaven but this old boy was never ever going to see it through

It must have been a month or more
Marylou kicked in my front door
she stood there with her daddys gun
she said Lester you better come
come and marry me you're gonna be a daddy
i said you must be crazy
aint no way thats my baby
I aint so lucky that i met you

im aint so lucky that i met you
theres nothing that i could have said
and now im wishin i was dead
its true

Im aint so lucky that i met you
I aint ready for no shotgun wedding
so pull that trigger
you know what to do


Small Town Love Song - Deliverance version - Demo

24 Frames

A short teaser for my debut EP set for release in early 2016.

Mitch Power - Vocals, Guitars, Harmonica
Ben Franz - Pedal Steel
Cat Canteri - Drums
Craig Kelly - Bass
Jeff Lang - Backing Vocals
Alison Ferrier - Backing Vocals

Produced/Mixed by Jeff Lang
Mastered by Adam Dempsey

Mitch Power EP Teaser

The realisation of the mistakes and heartless acts we can commit unknowingly at the time. Reflecting on what has happened since that time and understanding that sometimes painful things happen for a reason, to help us grow, to help us respect ourselves and others more. Hearts aren't there for breaking, they work a lot better loved! 

Bridges Burn

Day 100 of my 100 song in 100 days songwriting challenge! I DID IT!!

Day 100 - Sam Newton - Oh My Muse

An acoustic, folk-laced, country-tinged duo, steeped in bluegrass tradition and draped in gothic Americana imagery.

Hold On

“Oh bury me beneath the willows, under the weeping willow tree” - Traditional.

Andrew Wrigglesworth and Laura Coates are a couple of old souls, steeped in bluegrass tradition and draped in gothic Americana imagery.  That kind of description might make them sound like some carefully contrived concept-act but there’s something truly different about The Weeping Willows: they really mean it.

Just like their old-timey forefathers, Laura and Andrew see themselves as simply contributors.  They are cogs in the wheel; part of a long music tradition that emerged years before their own existence and will survive them by hook or by crook.  The old songs they sing are plucked from the canon, the new ones they write are simply added to the book.  The origin of each track is almost irrelevant, as all are performed with an authenticity and vibrancy befitting this most dignified and welcoming genre.  A Weeping Willows performance, whether live on location or caught on tape will always delight.  

Some might call Andrew a virtuoso but he doesn’t see himself that way.  To him, the acoustic guitar (or sometimes the dobro) is just that object that hangs permanently from his shoulders (perhaps it’s really held up by his fingertips?  Or maybe it actually is a part of his body?)  Regardless, he plays it with purpose and authority and it wraps itself around his and Laura’s vocals with warmth and affection, never saying too much or too little.  

Laura, for her part, stays as busy as a post-war housewife; complementing her partner’s skill with a voice that ranges from sugar-sweet to evangelically piercing, whilst regularly adding a little accordion, lap steel or even flute on the side.  She’s in possession of a calm self-assurance, her stoic stage presence the perfect foil for Andrew’s thinly veiled neurosis as they regale their audience with stories of sunshine and romance, God and The Devil, murder and decay.  Real music.  

To answer your question, yes: Andrew and Laura are an item.  Theirs is an uncommon and intoxicating mix of love affair and musical union.  In fact, by the standards of the world from which they appear to have emerged, they are living in sin.  But that’s not so bad.  There mightn’t be a ring, but there’s chemistry aplenty – think Cash and Carter, Sinatra (Nancy) and Hazlewood or even Kristofferson and Coolidge.  Is her name tattooed on the inside of his upper arm?  It wouldn’t come as a surprise. 

With their first official album release due this year, it’s likely we’ll see a fair bit more of The Weeping Willows.  But it seems as though they’d hardly care if we didn’t.  Andrew and Laura would be doing this anyway – writing, singing, harmonising.  And meaning every word of it.  Lucky for us, they’ve chosen to share.  Now we need to listen.
 
~Lachlan Bryan.

Hold On

The Weeping Willows

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