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No Strangers Here
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People come together during bad times. This song celebrates that simple fact of human nature.
alternative blues comedy
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Alternative. Blues. Comedy. Acoustic. Folk. Jazz. Protest. Country. Car songs. Motorcycle songs. Horse songs. Songs about mothers. Songs about being a mother.
Musically, I'm a storyteller. As a storyteller, I use music. Note, 5/10/06: I just took "Ridin' In Alone" off the page, because in my studies (I'm doing my Master of Arts in Humanities, with a Storytelling emphasis, at Prescott College) I have begun to do archival research, and that was one of several songs that were just not correct. Bits and pieces of it were, but the whols thing was incorrect... Damn! And it was one of my favorites! I have rewritten the lyrics, keeping the melody and chorus, and centered on Father Kino, an amazing man who did indeed ride alone throughout Apacheland in the late 1600's, building missions and bringing cattle, wheat, and orchards to Alta Pimeria. Gotta re-record it. I am mostly working by myself right now, although Bill Vasquez (keyboard, small brass, flutes) and I have long-range plans for recording and performing some wildly jazzy stuff. Working to pay the bills, unfortunately, gets in the way of musical time together at this point.
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Charts
Peak #772
Peak in subgenre #128
Author
MaryK
Rights
2002, 2003
Uploaded
February 24, 2004
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MP3 2.2 MB 128 kbps 0:00
Story behind the song
Writen during the Rodeo-Chedisky fire, we were lucky to live just downhill from the evacuation zone. But we helped where we could.
Lyrics
When trials and tribulations And acts of God or man Hardships that we're facin' Are more than we could stand... Now when disaster strikes us We must look hard to find The strength that is within us Of body, heart, and mind We all can do it We can get through it The way is perfectly clear Help one another Like sister and brother-- For there are no strangers here. At some point in our lives We're all put to the test Not merely to survive, But be mutually blessed... (chorus)
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