"She opened her Box for me to listen on an unseasonably warm October day. She held true to the stories told throughout the ages of being made for the gods by the gods with great and wonderful gifts. She left us with a box - a box filled with hope. Thanks for this website. :http://www.pandora.com/ you can crack open it's top and listen in..like I did, one particularly frustrating afternoon. Out of it came this tune from a voice I've fallen for...
Mr. Peter Bradley Adams was first with East Mountain South, who toured with Tracy Chapman in 2003.
It seemed to me, as I listened to his latest record "Leavetaking", there was a theme of rest and of sleep. Whether it was "Lay My Head Down" or "Los Angeles", which tells the story of the City of Angels, or "Teresa", which speaks of a modern-day saint, this man understood that with age comes responsibility and with responsibility comes inhibitions to refreshing sleep or an afternoon nap. Even, perhaps, a deep rest - a rest that knows there is, indeed, One who bears life's burdens and allows us the solitude we need in the midst of chaos and frustration.
So, when I saw Mr. Adams in concert last week I had to talk to him, sure that he would exclaim, "You are the first one to recognize that undertone. Yes!" And then, we would launch into some great philosophical, maybe even God-centered conversation. But, no. The conversation didn't go that way. So, as to not embarrass he or I, I leave the story of our inability to communicate in a loud bar by simply saying, I am "sleeping tight" these days. And, that's enough to make for a good story ending.
Making a long story short, this hasn't been the open-and-shut case I thought it would be. Thanks to a friend and, what I believe was probably, Google Alert, I (or was it Peter? Depends on how you look at it) got a second chance. This time the question was met with a far more desirable and indeed, thorough answer. :wink: Here's a little excerpt from him within our longer conversation.
Mr. Peter: you're totally right about the "resting" theme...one song you didn't mention is "Keep Us" which i think is the most pointed... It seems like all my love songs have that idea of someone being broken or worn down and being held up by the other. like the connection is almost... I've never tried to articulate it [the connection] (except writing the songs) but i guess it speaks to a kind of longing. a kind of melancholy...
So, I got my answer! Thought I'd let you all know. Thanks, Peter!
