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DAN CUNNINGHAM - LIVE AT BLACK BEAR
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Recorded live at the Black Bear in downtown Morgantown, West Virginia on September 10, 2014.
Straight on guitar and vocal with original tunes and other favorites: Rocky Raccoon (Beatles),
Country Roads (John Denver) and Dan's unique version of I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Hank Williams).
There's also the old classic, Angel Band and the Battle Cry Of Freedom on solo guitar.
Straight on guitar and vocal with original tunes and other favorites: Rocky Raccoon (Beatles),
Country Roads (John Denver) and Dan's unique version of I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Hank Williams).
There's also the old classic, Angel Band and the Battle Cry Of Freedom on solo guitar.
REACTIONS TO LIVE AT BLACK BEAR:
"... a real tour de force in the art of solo guitar and vocal performance" - Duncan Lorimer
"Five stars. Two thumbs up" - Nathan Wilson (Jenny Wilson Trio)
"Nice album Dan. Thx!!!! - Jim Canales - WWSP FM
"... a real tour de force in the art of solo guitar and vocal performance" - Duncan Lorimer
"Five stars. Two thumbs up" - Nathan Wilson (Jenny Wilson Trio)
"Nice album Dan. Thx!!!! - Jim Canales - WWSP FM
LIVE AT BLACK BEAR Song Notes
BACK TO MORGANTOWN
A jazzy little tune with a moving bass line about visiting great places like New York, Chicago, LA, and Nebraska – but still finding it a good thing to be back in Morgantown.
VIDEO
I AIN'T NO PRETTY BOY NO MORE
Set in the 50's and 70's, this song brings up an unpleasant fact: we might not get better looking as the years pass. It's all in fun tho, as you'll see.
VIDEO
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW
A great song originally performed and co-written by EmmyLou Harris
KAYLABEE
With a bluesy guitar feel, this song is narrated by a not-to-sensitive guy bemoaning the loss of his gal; Kaylabee, the Queen of Tennessee. I got the idea for the song years back when I saw a Volkswagon Cabriolet convertible (remember those?) with a KAYLABEE vanity license plate.
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ROCKY RACCOON
Paul McCartney's great little story song about a jealous lover in the Dakotas who resorts to violence. Is Rocky a real raccoon?
MABEL
Some rural blues about hard times and poor young Mabel. Maybe she will run away with her admirer to escape her situation...someday.
VIDEO
I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY
The classic Hank Williams song. A new way to approach this classic.
ANGEL BAND
A short version of this old classic originally a segway in the live performance.
BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM
Solo guitar – other recordings of this arrangement have been streamed often and viewed thousands of times on YouTube.
VIDEO
OUT OF MY MIND
A song set in the West Virginia Mine Wars of the 1920's. A violent time, and any union activity may get you and your family evicted from your company house.
This song has been recognized in many quarters, including these songwriting competitions:
New Song / Mountain Stage Contest
Independent Music Awards
Acoustic Roundtable Worldwide Search
Song Of The Year Contest
East Coast Songwriters Contest
"OUT OF MY MIND" is a very cool, dark, murder ballad. Artful. Your voice is very compelling" -John Francis (2006 ASCAP Sammy Cahn Lyricist of the Year)
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I AM AN ORPHAN
A great one from Gillian Welch – she wrote it as ORPHAN GIRL
PLANE WENT DOWN
Years ago a small corporate plane crashed deep in the hills of West Virginia. A $10,000 reward was offered to anyone who located the wreckage. Even with the reward, iit took 10 years too find it. This is the absolutely factual and altogether true story of the incident...maybe.
COUNTRY ROADS / WEST VIRGINIA MY HOME
This medley starts out with that famous John Denver song and finishes up with Hazel Dickens' fine tune about the state that is always home for a West Virginian, no matter where you roam. This track has been streamed over 65,000 times on Amazon Music.
ANIMATED MIND (bonus track)
Not a live track, but it is a simple recording with vocal and guitar (like the other songs on this recording) about the classic cartoons that stuck in our brain, even as we became adults. Who is here? How about Bugs Bunny, Heckle and Jeckle, Mickey Mouse, Woody Woodpecker..., and remember those old rabbit ear antennae we used to mess with to get good TV reception?
VIDEO
BACK TO MORGANTOWN
A jazzy little tune with a moving bass line about visiting great places like New York, Chicago, LA, and Nebraska – but still finding it a good thing to be back in Morgantown.
VIDEO
I AIN'T NO PRETTY BOY NO MORE
Set in the 50's and 70's, this song brings up an unpleasant fact: we might not get better looking as the years pass. It's all in fun tho, as you'll see.
VIDEO
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW
A great song originally performed and co-written by EmmyLou Harris
KAYLABEE
With a bluesy guitar feel, this song is narrated by a not-to-sensitive guy bemoaning the loss of his gal; Kaylabee, the Queen of Tennessee. I got the idea for the song years back when I saw a Volkswagon Cabriolet convertible (remember those?) with a KAYLABEE vanity license plate.
VIDEO
ROCKY RACCOON
Paul McCartney's great little story song about a jealous lover in the Dakotas who resorts to violence. Is Rocky a real raccoon?
MABEL
Some rural blues about hard times and poor young Mabel. Maybe she will run away with her admirer to escape her situation...someday.
VIDEO
I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY
The classic Hank Williams song. A new way to approach this classic.
ANGEL BAND
A short version of this old classic originally a segway in the live performance.
BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM
Solo guitar – other recordings of this arrangement have been streamed often and viewed thousands of times on YouTube.
VIDEO
OUT OF MY MIND
A song set in the West Virginia Mine Wars of the 1920's. A violent time, and any union activity may get you and your family evicted from your company house.
This song has been recognized in many quarters, including these songwriting competitions:
New Song / Mountain Stage Contest
Independent Music Awards
Acoustic Roundtable Worldwide Search
Song Of The Year Contest
East Coast Songwriters Contest
"OUT OF MY MIND" is a very cool, dark, murder ballad. Artful. Your voice is very compelling" -John Francis (2006 ASCAP Sammy Cahn Lyricist of the Year)
VIDEO
I AM AN ORPHAN
A great one from Gillian Welch – she wrote it as ORPHAN GIRL
PLANE WENT DOWN
Years ago a small corporate plane crashed deep in the hills of West Virginia. A $10,000 reward was offered to anyone who located the wreckage. Even with the reward, iit took 10 years too find it. This is the absolutely factual and altogether true story of the incident...maybe.
COUNTRY ROADS / WEST VIRGINIA MY HOME
This medley starts out with that famous John Denver song and finishes up with Hazel Dickens' fine tune about the state that is always home for a West Virginian, no matter where you roam. This track has been streamed over 65,000 times on Amazon Music.
ANIMATED MIND (bonus track)
Not a live track, but it is a simple recording with vocal and guitar (like the other songs on this recording) about the classic cartoons that stuck in our brain, even as we became adults. Who is here? How about Bugs Bunny, Heckle and Jeckle, Mickey Mouse, Woody Woodpecker..., and remember those old rabbit ear antennae we used to mess with to get good TV reception?
VIDEO
