Deep River Decoy Sings “Water of Tyne”
by sarah pearsonSo I created this band a few weeks ago when Alanah said she was organizing a “country”-themed mess. We’re called “Deep River Decoy,” and we jammed all together for the first time this afternoon. Here’s a preview of what you’ll be hearing if you come to the Monthly Mess on Sunday.
The song in the recording is a little-known English folk song called “Water of Tyne,” about a long-distance relationship…two lovers are separated by the Tyne River, and the woman sings, “I cannot get to my love if I would die.”
I’m warning y’all - the sound is kinda weird (although it makes for neat effect). I fiddled with input stuff on my ‘puter a few weeks ago, and now I can’t get the levels back right for this kind of live-off-the-floor stuff - I’m totally baffled by what I did, and have no clue how to fix it (I’ll have to ask our trusty sound-guy James Finnerty). Just turn the volume up on your speakers and forgive the the shifting levels. It’s a good taste of our lovely afternoon jam.
Deep River Decoy is:
Sarah Pearson: lead vocals, keys
Andrea Stuart: cello
Amena Ahmad: vocals
Jesika Starnino: vocals, and maybe guitar for future shows (she’s not on this recording tho :-( )
We’ll be singing a 20-minute set of familiar sing-along-able folk songs and traditionals - we’ll even be passing out lyrics for your sing-along enjoyment!!
you guys should drop by sometime. i’ll check out yer macbook and we can make some more recordings. maybe with some guitars….
Posted on March 29th, 2008 at 7:36 pm [permalink]