Have heard two sung versions of this story before- love this just as much!

Wonderful tapestry of silence and deepness, great song!

a pretty nice one !!! Great expression.....

this is some AWESOME, trip folk! Holy shit love this, the main deep guitar lick down to the rawness in the vocals!

The mood and tone is just perfect... stunning track.

Delicious guitar. Sublime sensual sorrowful deliverance. Vocal, as I'm finding, consistently, accurately, convincingly, a storytelling Giant. Praise on you Darius Greene for us all.g.

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This is original and not, it's my take on the traditional 'Twa Sisters' ballad which goes back to the 16th century or more (If you've never heard of it, read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twa_Sisters)  Many artists over the years have done their variations, often it is a rather happily sung tune though the tale is rather grim. This is my version of the lyrics, and the music is quite dark, slow, and yes, meditative 10 mins long. All live one take guitar.  

There were two sisters by the sea, called the Wind and the Rain.
One pushed the other down in the waves, crying, "Oh! The dreadful Wind and Rain!"

That boy had gave the young one a ring, didn't give her anything.
Didn't give her one damn thing.

In the dreadful wind and rain.

She floated up into the river, in oh, the wind and the rain.
'That ain't no garbage there,' said Old Ben sitting under the bridge.
He dragged her up on the bank side and took off that shining ring,
then kicked her back out in the water.

In the dreadful wind and rain!
Oh the dreadful wind and rain!

An old one found her, washed up stream.
Oh, the wind and the rain.
He carved tuning pegs from her long finger bones and a violin from her breast.
He cut thirty strands of her long dark hair and made a fine fine bow.
And the sound of that thing - oh it would melt away the greediest heart
of stone!
But the only tune that violin plays, is
Oh, the dreadful wind and rain!
Oh, the dreadful wind and rain!
Oh, the dreadful wind and rain!
Oh, the dreadful wind and rain!

Dreadful Wind and Rain

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