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Mists of Avalon
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In the English ballad tradition with an electric twist, George Potor plays guitar and sings. Joe DeCristopher adds guitar, bass, electric harpsichord, keyboard-generated flute & shaker.
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George Potor and Joe DeCristopher both were raised in New Jersey in the 1950's and 60's, and schooled and settled in Pennsylvania, but they didn't meet until late 1979. Though they played occasionally as a duo, their first excursion as a band was with the ppits, a motley crew of seven (and sometimes more), full of political irreverence and fun. The ppits morphed into a quintet, Veto and the Hitmen, which like the ppits, performed twice on WVIA's Homegrown Music with a bundle of original tunes, mostly by George, by George. Over the last few years, George and Joe, with Rick Totten, formed Good Without One, the drummerless rock trio fueled by the retrograde administration of Cheney and W, spawning such gems as "Less Scratch, More Itch", "The Ballad of W, M.D. (Ducking Like a Quack)", "Above the Law", "Things Could Get Worse", and "The Gitmo Swing." The winds of change continue to blow, and George and Joe continue to collaborate, sometimes as a duo, sometimes with the help of others. Happily, Fred Strickland has come onboard with his 5-string bass, vocals & songwriting. They look forward to introducing new tunes, some political (George's "Low Infaux Voter", Joe's "Subprime Blues" and Fred's "Fox U"), some not, like the rocking "Inis Mor", named for the island off the coast of Ireland that George visited in the summer of 2008.
Song Info
Genre
Rock Folk Rock
Charts
#845 in subgenre Peak #24
Charts
Peak #155
Author
George Potor
Rights
1984
Uploaded
December 14, 2008
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MP3 3.3 MB 128 kbps 3:34
Story behind the song
Inspired by Marion Zimmer Bradley's 1982 novel THE MISTS OF AVALON which examines the legend of Camelot from the point-of-view female druidic characters
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1 Through the mists of Avalon We see where those in love have gone. Druids with romantic charms Must seek the mists of Avalon Give Galahad your bed, King Arthur; Barrenness will end your reign. �Neath the sheets is only part of Pastures fed with fertile grain. CHORUS: Let them lie, let them beg, Let them find return to clay. Send them Sight, send them plague, Send them sentimental grave. Spell me Merlyn, spell me Morgaine, Christians scorn your ancient way. Quest and torture bless this fortress, Jester, sorcerer, Passion Play. 2 Speak not incest to poor Arthur Keep your hateful litany. Such a penance helps empower Christians through all Brittany. Guinevere, you lie in bed A-cleaving to your Lancelot. Get thee to a nunnery, You�ve lost your precious Camelot CHORUS 3 Merlyn�s wisdom lives forever Though he hears not what you say Plants plucked from the land of Faerie Please the Lady of the Lake Through the mists of Avalon We see where those in love have gone. Druids with romantic charms Must seek the mists of Avalon. Let them lie, let them beg, Let them find return to clay. Send them Sight, send them plague, Send them sentimental grave.
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