i had made a cd of a lot of my most favorite gospel stuff to be played at my wake. it is in my file cabinet with other instructions awaiting my departure.
i had made a cd of a lot of my most favorite gospel stuff to be played at my wake. it is in my file cabinet with other instructions awaiting my departure.
Well, as long as we're dreaming, I'd like Bruch's violin concerto #1 and Scottish Fantasy and, as long as we ARE #dreaming, I'd like it played by Heifitz and backed by Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra!
Can't have that?
OK, I'll take Jim Kweskin's jug band. #
Will Maria Muldaur be playing in Jim Kweskin's band like in the old days?
Richard Michaud
"Last Words" by Mark Graham, of course....
The curtain of darkness is falling
And my friends are all here at my side
Are those the sweet voices of angels
As I rise on that heavenly tide?
All hearts overflowin with sadness
And those words left so often unsaid
Then I heard a voice whispering softly
"Could I have all your stuff when you're dead?
Could I have your TV and your pickup
And I've always admired your shoes
Could I have that old dinin room table
And there's a couple of chairs I could use
Well, I know that you're headed to glory
And like a star up to heaven you'll shoot
When they write the last page of your story
Could I try on that seersucker suit"
It was the voice of my dear brother Thomas
He was kneelin down close by my side
His breath had just come from a funeral
For a mouthful of teeth that had died
Well, I prayed my last prayer for salvation
I was feeling the touch of God's hand
But I could still hear the voice of my brother
As they struck up that old angel band
"Could I have your old ski boots and surfboard
And maybe that 4-poster bed?
Would you mind if I took a few records
Just Nirvana, the Stones and... the Dead?
Well, you know that you can't take it with you
To your heavenly home up on high
When you pass through those gates and they hand you your wings
Could I have all your stuff when you die?"
But the angels consulted St. Peter
And flew me back to my hospital bed
My life was a new day a-dawning
And the angels took Tommy instead.
Orcas Island Tonewoods
Free downloads of my mandolin CDs:
"Mandolin Graffiti"
"Mangler Of Bluegrass"
"Overhead At Darrington"
"Electric Mandolin Graffiti"
" will you miss me?" and "The Singer"
Dang right Rich! While I'm dreaming, she could play along with Heifitz too!
something that will go good with the party my friends will be havin...it'll be a smokey, bottle strewn affair, Im sure! Another one bites the dust? Won't matter much to me so long as they enjoy it they'll be fine...
Look up (to see whats comin down)
"Who Will Sing For Me" for one, "Amazing Grace" done a'capella at the end of the service. Others; "Canaan Land (Where The Soul Never Dies)", "Will The Circle Be Unbroken", "Keep On The Sunny Side", "Angel Band", "Old Country Church" and "I'll Be Waiting On The Far Side Banks Of Jordan".
Certainly, a jam for my friends left behind, would be very nice
No brainer here..."How Can I Miss You When You Won't Go Away" by Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks.
Hoping none of us hear our selections anytime soon.
Rob
Back in March a good old friend passed away. He had owned a music store in our town for a generation, hosted jams bi-weekly for years, and played and sang in many a band. He lived a good long life and went to his reward.
At the funeral home the night before the funeral, his body was laid out in the chapel for visitors to see. Up in the balcony we had a great upbeat jam session and the music filled the chapel.
The next day the church was filled to overflowing for the funeral. At the family's request, several of us sat in a semi-circle at the front of the auditorium (like a jam) and played a few gospel numbers he had enjoyed singing including "Family Bible." The really cool part was his old 50's shaded-top D-28, the well-worn old workhorse, sitting on an empty chair in the middle... sort of the bluegrass version of the riderless horse.
The service concluded with twin fiddlers playing Ashokan Farewell. It was truly a memorial service. I want one like it.
Wayfaring Stranger or this one from Blue Highway:
SOME DAY
(Words by Olive Stockton; Music by Tim Stafford)
Some day when my last line is written
Some day when I’ve drawn my last breath
When my last words on earth have been spoken
And my lips are sealed in death:
Don’t look on my cold form in pity
Don’t think of me as one dead
It will just be the house I once lived in
My spirit by then will have fled
I’ll have finished my time here allotted
But I won’t be in darkness alone
I will have heard from heaven
The summons to come on home
And when my body is in the grave
Don’t think that I’ll be there
I won’t be dead, but living
In the place Jesus went to prepare
And after all is said and done
Know that my last earnest prayer
Was that my loved ones be ready
Some day to meet me there
© Daniel House Music, BMI
Go Vandals!
"she was bitten on the udder by an adder" by homer and jethro.
"well she never died so suddenly before
and i guess she'll never do it anymore..."
"it's not in bad taste, if it's funny" - john waters
I've already put it in my will and testament --- Harbour of Love by the Stanley Brothers, sung by my brothers (since I plan to go first).
I sang at my mother-in-law's funeral a few years back and my wife selected The Darkest Hour is Just Before Dawn and Going Up Home (aka Troubles and Trials). Did I mention one ingredient of a happy marriage is joint obsession with Stanley Bros. gospel music?
In this order.
Just a closer walk with thee (yeah it's a standard, but I love it.)
Vigilante Man (gotta have some Woody)
Maggot Brain
Please Please Please (It'd be my last joke.)
I want My Last Days on Earth played buy some real close friends.
"Well, Yes, It is true that it did have random Hippie Sanding done to it"
"It's about the journey and not the destination."
"What'd I Say, Parts 1 and 2" by Ray Charles,to test that I'm actually dead - 'cause once that intro gets rollin', I might just get up and start groovin' with The Genius. #If I stay put, then maybe somebody could do Walls of Time.
Clark Beavans
Hubba, hubba, hubba, hubba, hubba!Originally Posted by (mad dawg @ Oct. 18 2005, 11:13)
2015 Chevy Silverado
2 bottles of Knob Creek bourbon
1953 modified Kay string bass named "Bambi"
Jimmy Martin singing "Drink up and Go Home". That song contains my entire philosophy of life.
Aaron Garrett
Oh Burry me beneith a willllow, a weeping willow tree.......
Then a really swinging Swing 42. -gotta leave on a happy note.
Anything but Amazing Grace !
Precious Lord Take My Hand
I will do my last singing in this land - Rev Gary Davis
Pilgrim - Steve Earle
Who will sing for me - The Three Pickers
While I'm on my journey {don't you weep after me}- The Weavers
Be Thou my vision
You can't see your future in a rear view mirror.
Dang, Willard. That almost brings tears to my eyes. Nice post.
I'd want Angel Band. Or, "Won't You come and Sing for Me"
I feel the shadows now upon me
And the angels beckon me
Before I go dear sisters and brothers
Won't you come and sing for me
Sing those hymns we sang together
In that plain little church with the benches all worn
How dear to my heart how precious the moments
We stood shaking hands and singing a song
My burden is heavy my way has grown weary
I have traveled a road that is long
And it would warm this old heart my dear brother
If you come and sing me one song
chorus
In my home beyond the dark river
Your sweet faces no more I will see
Until we meet where there's no more sad parting
Won't you come and sing for me
chorus
Love that song. Hazel did it right when she wrote that one.
David Mehaffey
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...I wonder how the old folks are at home...
"Tango 'Til They're Sore" - Tom Waits (Rain Dogs)
"Lonely At The Top" - Randy Newman
"Dirt In The Ground" - Tom Waits (Bone Machine)
"The Harder They Come" - Jimmy Cliff
"Earth Died Screaming" - Tom Waits (Bone Machine)
<span style='font-size:8pt;line-height:100%'>"Get Off of My Cloud" - Rolling Stones
"Strange Affair" - Richard Thompson
"Black Muddy Water" - Grateful Dead</span>
Randy Newman - awesome! #How 'bout "I'm Dead (But I Don't Know It)"?
Clark Beavans
Interesting question. Not that I think about it much at all, but just a week or so ago I had on Matt Flinner's Latitude cd. One tune, with Todd Phillips on bass, is a duet between Matt and Jerry Douglas on the dobro. The tune is Altitude, and has some mournful qualities, but more than that, it's simple (well, not that I could play it) and beautiful. And I thought - "you know, that would be a nice tune to play at my funeral." And to live a simple life and enjoy the beauty in it would be a life well lived.
And whatever gathering may take place after the services, there had better be some Professor Longhair....
I want my body donated to Science...hmmm... Mandodebbie the Bride of Frankenstein!
You are only young once, but you can be immature forever.
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