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♪ ♪ Worse for the weather around here tonight ♪ ♪ So put on your brave heart ♪ ♪ Put on your thickest skin ♪ ♪ It's a fight to the end ♪ ♪ ♪ First bad habit I fell into ♪ ♪ ♪ Was wanting it all the time from you ♪ ♪ ♪ If I have to ask ♪ ♪ I'll ask for more.

♪ ♪ Like a beggar at your door.

♪ ♪ The need is endless, but it won't take much.

♪ ♪ One drop of rain and we're soft to the touch ♪ ♪ One drop of rain and we're soft to the touch ♪ ♪ ♪ Mercy's all I have to share ♪ ♪ Now I'll bring it to you and I'll keep it there ♪ ♪ ♪ in the broken spaces.

♪ ♪ The spirit moves ♪ ♪ ♪ It comes pouring through.

♪ ♪ I can feel the pain, open me right up ♪ ♪ One drop of rain and we're soft to the touch ♪ ♪ One drop of rain and we're soft to the touch ♪ ♪ So cover me over ♪ ♪ Cover me over.

♪ ♪ Cover me over ♪ ♪ Hold me under tonight and tell no lies ♪ ♪ ♪ And I'll tell no lies ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Put your hands on me baby ♪ ♪ and feel me breathe ♪ ♪ There's a storm raging inside of me ♪ ♪ If I shed one tear I'd flood this town ♪ ♪ ♪ And together we would drown ♪ ♪ Hearts grown hard ‘til they turn to dust ♪ ♪ One drop of rain and we're soft to the touch ♪ ♪ And only love could make us so damn tough ♪ ♪ One drop of rain and we're soft to the touch ♪ ♪ One drop of rain and we're soft to the touch ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ One drop of rain ♪ ♪ ♪ One drop of rain ♪ ♪ ♪ One drop of rain ♪ ♪ Well thank you, y'all Welcome to the Anne Close Greenway We're the Steep Canyon Rangers, and uh.

Sure is good to see you.

How's the weather out there?

(applause) It's pretty good out there?

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I dug my share of treasures ♪ ♪ Dug so deep that they called it a crime ♪ ♪ There might be pleasures I've never tasted.

♪ ♪ But I ain't wasting no more time ♪ ♪ Cause the furnace is burnin' white-hot ♪ ♪ And the hammer is swinging with the weight of the world.

♪ ♪ Now's the time, like it or not To stand and deliver ♪ ♪ Stand and deliver ♪ ♪ ♪ That old pig's so proud lyin' in the mud ♪ ♪ And Miss Chicken's just happy ♪ ♪ that she ain't been fried.

♪ ♪ The buzzards ain't ♪ ♪ worried about no flood ♪ ♪ But I'm not ready to be satisfied ♪ ♪ Cause the furnace is burnin' white-hot ♪ ♪ The hammer is swinging with the weight of the world.

♪ ♪ Now's the time like it or not ♪ ♪ to stand and deliver.

♪ ♪ Stand and deliver.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I got a picture of Teddy Roosevelt ♪ ♪ Hangin' on the wall in my home on the range ♪ ♪ But I felt a strange wind blowin' ♪ ♪ Tellin' me something is about to change ♪ ♪ Cause the furnace is burnin' white-hot ♪ ♪ And the hammer is swingin' with the weight of the world ♪ ♪ Now's the time like it or not ♪ ♪ To stand and deliver ♪ ♪ Stand and deliver ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Some folks keep their heads in the clouds ♪ ♪ Straining for the sound of the angels strumming ♪ ♪ I've been known to pray out loud ♪ ♪ But I ain't waitin' for the second coming ♪ ♪ Cause the furnace is burnin' white-hot ♪ ♪ And the hammer is swingin' with the weight of the world ♪ ♪ Now's the time like it or not ♪ ♪ To stand and deliver ♪ ♪ Stand and deliver.

♪ ♪ ♪ Stand and deliver.

♪ ♪ Stand and deliver.

♪ ♪ ♪ Stand and deliver.

♪ ♪ Stand and deliver ♪ ♪ ♪ Stand and deliver.

♪ ♪ Stand and deliver.

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♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (animal sounds) >> Jack Anthony here South Carolina Public Radio.

And we are speaking to Steep Canyon Rangers We have Aaron.

We have Barrett.

We have Mike who are joining us today at the Anne Springs Close Greenway in Fort Mill celebrating the 50th anniversary of South Carolina Public Radio.

Thanks for joining us.

Barrett> Thanks for having us.

Jack> When I spoke to Barrett in 2016, you were the new guy.

Barrett> Mm hmm.

That's right.

Jack> I guess you were getting hazed at that point.

Now we've got another new guy.

Barrett> Yep.

Jack> Who is Aaron?

Barrett> Yep.

Jack> Tell me how you hazed Aaron.

(laughing) Aaron> Well, it's, you know, it's a tough enough gig that I felt pretty well hazed just showing up.

(laughing) Jack> So there was a, I guess your first trial by fire was quite interesting.

Where was that?

Aaron> It was the Hollywood Bowl...We... Jack> We didn't try in some backwoods club.

We tried you at the Hollywood Bowl... Aaron> Well, actually, there was one night in front of about 5 or 6000 at Stanford the night before.

So yeah, that was the backwoods inconsequential gig.

Jack> Was that with Steve and Martin?

Aaron> It was.

It was.

Jack> They played with Steve Martin and Martin Short and some of your dates, about a third of them are with those two?

Aaron> Something like that.

Yeah.

Jack> How different is it playing for them than it is doing a show with just you guys?

Mike> It was a lot a lot more music in our show.

And it's a comedy show that they do.

Jack> Right.

>> That incorporates music.

And obviously when they do the music, when Steve does his banjo portion of the show, we're the band and they let us do a couple of songs of our own in the show, too.

It's a lot of fun.

Jack> Now we've seen Steve playing banjo ever since he, you know, wild and crazy guy days.

How did Steve Canyon hook up with Steve?

How did that end up coming to be?

Mike> So we actually knew his wife before they were married She was a friend of ours and she lived in New York City and we used to go to New York.

You know, like through the years and play shows up there.

And...and she would always come to the shows.

And one time we even crashed on her apartment floor early on in our career.

And I remember one of the last times we went up there, she said, "Yeah, I'm dating Steve Martin."

And we were like, "Oh, really?

Like, "Steve Martin, Steve Martin?"

Jack> Yeah, right.

Mike> And she said, you know, he plays the banjo and you guys should play together some time.

And so, her family likes to vacation in Brevard, North Carolina, where I live.

And so she actually brought him down to Brevard one year.

This would have probably been in like 2008, I think, something like that.

And in our old guitar player, Woody and I went over to the house that they were staying in and had a little dinner and played some music with him afterwards.

And then he had just released or was about to release his album The Crow , which is his first all music record he'd made, and it's in many years.

And his agent said, "Well, you've got to go on the road now" "and promote this new record."

"And so you either need to hire a bunch of musicians "from Nashville or something, "or you need to, you know, take a band out as your band."

He said, "Well, I only know one band."

(Jack laughs) And that was us.

Shortly after that, after I had met him, we went to New York City and played our own show and invited him to come sit in with us and we played The Crow , I remember.

And he said, "That song's never sounded better."

And that's kind of how... that's kind of how it started.

(applause) Band member> Make him welcome on the guitar here.

He's the newest member of the Steep Canyon Rangers, and he's from just down the road here.

He's from Saluda, North Carolina.

(applause) Oh, yeah, they all came.

Aaron> Saluda contingency is out, apparently.

Band member> Make him welcome here to Fort Mill here tonight.

This is Mr. Aaron Burdette right here on the guitar, y'all.

Aaron> Hey, thanks very much.

(applause) (guitar tuning) Audience member> Tell us a story.

Aaron> All right, I'll tell the story.

So it's been about a year that I've been playing with these fellows.

We actually did an interview earlier today and I was reminded that they called me about mid-June... and July 4th, they decided to try me out on a run out at the Hollywood Bowl in, well...Hollywood.

That's a pretty big bowl right there.

Biggest bowl I had been in.

It was a very, very quick.

It was very quick.

Let's just say that.

And so after it was one of the Steve Martin tours and we went to a party, a pool party at one of the musician's houses up in the hills on a Sunday afternoon.

And we drove up there and everybody knew I was the new guy.

Everybody knew there was a new guy walking around, "Watch out."

So I go to the door and his wife answered the door and I said, "Hey, I'm Aaron.

I'm here for the pool party."

And she said, "Oh, you're Aaron."

You're the fellow that jumps in the deep end.

I said, "Yes, I am."

This song is called Deep End.

(applause) Treading Water.

♪ Hung up the phone ♪ ♪ and I hit the ground running.

♪ ♪ ♪ Got a jump like you want it ♪ ♪ when the good things are coming ♪ ♪ Packed up my dirty laundry right off the floor, ♪ ♪ batten down the hatches and lock the front door.

♪ ♪ Bought a suit so I'd look real good ♪ ♪ And pointed out west towards Hollywood ♪ ♪ I'm the guy who jumps in the deep end, ♪ ♪ Find out quick if I'm sinking or swimming ♪ ♪ Long ago threw caution to the wind ♪ ♪ And I'm the guy who jumps in the deep end.

♪ ♪ ♪ I've been charging ahead ♪ ♪ since I was a child.

♪ ♪ ♪ Grab a tiger by the tail ♪ ♪ and hold on tight.

♪ ♪ ♪ Doesn't take a but crack in the doorway.

♪ ♪ I'll be pushing through, running blindly.

♪ ♪ What's up ahead is better than what's behind me ♪ ♪ Say the word.

♪ ♪ Watch out, I'm coming.

♪ ♪ I'm the guy who jumps in the deep end.

♪ ♪ Find out quick if I'm sinking or swimming.

♪ ♪ Long ago threw caution to the wind.

♪ ♪ And I'm the guy who jumps in the deep end.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I've never known when to stop ♪ ♪ Here I come ready or not ♪ ♪ Like a bull in a china shop.

♪ ♪ ♪ Take no counsel for the moves I make ♪ ♪ Stand back, make room, get out of my way.

♪ ♪ I'm the guy who jumps in the deep end, ♪ ♪ Find out quick if I'm sinking or swimming ♪ ♪ Long ago threw caution to the wind and ♪ ♪ I'm the guy who jumps in the deep end.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I'm the guy who jumps in the deep end.

♪ ♪ Find out quick if I'm sinking or swimming.

♪ ♪ Long ago threw caution to the wind and ♪ ♪ I'm the guy who jumps in the deep end.

♪ ♪ ♪ Deep end ♪ ♪ ♪ Deep end ♪ ♪ ♪ music ends ♪ (applause) ♪ song begins ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Yeah, find a little sweet spot ♪ ♪ About a mile wide ♪ ♪ Through the eye of the needle ♪ ♪ To the other side.

♪ ♪ Get your motor running.

♪ Not too high.

♪ ♪ Find a little sweet spot.

♪ ♪ Just let it ride ♪ ♪ ♪ Find a little sweet spot.

♪ ♪ That's not bought or sold.

♪ ♪ In the heat of the desert.

♪ ♪ In the ice and snow.

♪ ♪ Where the peace and quiet ♪ ♪ gets out of control.

♪ ♪ Find a little sweet spot ♪ ♪ and watch the river roll.

♪ ♪ Find a little spot ♪ ♪ and watch the river roll.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Find a little sweet spot ♪ ♪ when the band kicks in ♪ ♪ All together now like birds in the wind.

♪ ♪ Just one beat, just one breath ♪ ♪ Let it out.

Let it in.

♪ ♪ ♪ Find a little sweet spot ♪ ♪ And get down again.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Find a little sweet spot in the heat of the day.

♪ ♪ Let her take your hand ♪ ♪ and lead you into the shade.

♪ ♪ She laid down in the cool grass ♪ ♪ Until your worries fade.

♪ ♪ Yeah, find a little sweet spot with the love you made.

♪ ♪ Yeah, find a little sweet spot with the love you made.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Find a little sweet spot ♪ ♪ Where it feels just right.

♪ ♪ Right there in the middle ♪ ♪ Between the heavy and the light.

♪ ♪ Lord, you gotta make a living.

♪ ♪ And you got to make a life.

♪ ♪ Find a little sweet spot where it feels just right.

♪ ♪ Yeah, find a little sweet spot on down the road.

♪ ♪ Like a new beginning ♪ ♪ where you never grow old.

♪ ♪ Where the rules are broken.

♪ ♪ It's a brand new day.

♪ ♪ Yeah, find a little sweet spot where they know your name.

♪ ♪ Find a little sweet spot where they know your name.

♪ ♪ Find a little sweet spot.

Find a little sweet spot.

♪ ♪ Where they know your name.

♪ ♪ Find a little sweet spot.

Find a little sweet spot.

♪ ♪ With the love you made.

♪ ♪ Find a little sweet spot.

Find a little sweet spot.

♪ ♪ Watch the river roll.

♪ ♪ Find a little sweet spot.

♪ Find a little sweet spot.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ music ends ♪ (applause) ♪ song begins ♪ ♪ Two Cherokee scouts ♪ ♪ were tracking General Rutherford's ♪ ♪ march through the Swannanoa Hills ♪ ♪ ♪ The Yanks got wise and poisoned Caney Creek ♪ ♪ the and one of them braves got killed ♪ ♪ ♪ He was buried sitting underneath that oak tree ♪ ♪ Sitting up so he could keep his watch ♪ ♪ Over Hominy Valley.

♪ ♪ ♪ I think he's watching me.

♪ ♪ ♪ And all I've got to go on is ♪ ♪ Three lines in a book that nobody reads ♪ ♪ And a gash in the crook of the tree that never heals.

♪ ♪ ♪ Sure enough, there's a rise about three feet high ♪ ♪ And I can follow the line of his eyes out across the field ♪ ♪ ♪ Over Hominy Valley ♪ ♪ ♪ I think he's watching me still.

♪ ♪ ♪ The neighborhood fought him with some money from Charlotte ♪ ♪ bought up that river bend ♪ ♪ ♪ But the church owned the land and they needed the cash ♪ ♪ And the lawyers got an easy win.

♪ ♪ ♪ So look who's moving in now ♪ ♪ Who am I to run my mouth about Hominy Valley ♪ ♪ ♪ I think he's watching me now.

♪ ♪ ♪ And all I got to go on ♪ ♪ Is three lines in a book that nobody reads ♪ ♪ And the gash in the crook of the tree that never heals ♪ ♪ ♪ Sure enough, there's a rise 'bout three feet high ♪ ♪ And I can follow the line of his eyes out across the field ♪ ♪ ♪ Over Hominy Valley ♪ ♪ ♪ I think he's watching me still.

♪ ♪ ♪ The gate by the road stays locked, ♪ ♪ But you can still walk up to get to where he sleeps.

♪ ♪ ♪ A tree crew is making their way through the hood ♪ ♪ They're doing good work and doing it cheap.

♪ ♪ ♪ One of those guys speaks English alright ♪ ♪ And I asked him if they had their sights ♪ ♪ on that oak on the hill ♪ ♪ Over Hominy Valley ♪ ♪ ♪ All I've got to go on ♪ ♪ Is three lines in a book that nobody reads ♪ ♪ And the gash in the crook of the tree that never heals ♪ ♪ ♪ Sure enough, there's a rise 'bout three feet high ♪ ♪ And I can follow the line of his eyes out across the field ♪ ♪ ♪ Over Hominy Valley ♪ ♪ I think he's watching me still.

♪ ♪ I think he's watching me still.

♪ ♪ I think he's watching me still.

♪ ♪ music ends ♪ (applause) ♪ Bird on a high wire singin to me.

♪ ♪ Let me out of this town.

♪ ♪ Cries from the beggars and the in-betweens.

♪ ♪ Let me out of this town.

♪ ♪ ♪ Sun burns hotter than it did before.

♪ ♪ Let me out of this town ♪ ♪ ♪ Boys on the block shouting civil war.

♪ ♪ Let me out of this town.

♪ ♪ ♪ Me I aint nothing but a native son.

♪ ♪ Lost in a change that may never come.

♪ ♪ Stay with me, Jody.

Just one more night.

♪ ♪ Hold on tight.

♪ ♪ Hold on tight.

♪ ♪ ♪ Down at City Hall, it's the same old sound ♪ ♪ Let me out of this town.

♪ ♪ ♪ They're folding up the favors and passing around ♪ ♪ Let me out of this town ♪ ♪ ♪ Like the dime store dealers they're all one and the same.

♪ ♪ Let me out of this town.

♪ ♪ ♪ Shadows on the corner calling your name ♪ ♪ Let me out of this town.

♪ ♪ ♪ Me, I ain't nothing but a sinner's son ♪ ♪ Lost in the change that may never come.

♪ ♪ Stay with me, Jody, just one more night ♪ ♪ Hold on tight.

♪ ♪ Hold on tight.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Dead in the street alone and cold.

♪ ♪ Fighting off a fever that will steal your soul.

♪ ♪ Never had nothing in this high-rise world.

♪ ♪ Don't take my heart.

♪ ♪ Don't take my girl.

♪ ♪ Bird on a high wire singing to me ♪ ♪ Let me out of this town.

♪ ♪ Out of this town, Let me out of this town.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Out of this town.

Out of this town.

♪ ♪ Let me out of this town.

♪ ♪ ♪ Out of this town, out of this town.

♪ ♪ Let me out of this town.

♪ ♪ ♪ Out of this town, out of this town.

♪ ♪ Let me out of this town, let me out of this town.

♪ ♪ music ends ♪ (applause) ♪ ♪ ♪ She startles so quick ♪ ♪ ♪ Like a little bird in a patch of thorns ♪ ♪ ♪ And she comes flying out of a dream ♪ ♪ Back into the room with me with the TV on ♪ ♪ ♪ Under her breath theres still something left of a song ♪ ♪ ♪ Somewhere she thought she'd be ♪ ♪ ♪ Never thinking it would take so long.

♪ ♪ ♪ So long.

♪ ♪ And shes singing all her roadside anthems ♪ ♪ Singing all her broke down hymns ♪ ♪ Talking about that Golden Gate ♪ ♪ Sure sounds handsome ♪ ♪ ♪ Tell me how do we get there?

♪ ♪ ♪ This American blood ♪ ♪ ♪ Won't let you find no rest.

♪ ♪ ♪ It comes running through your veins ♪ ♪ Like an eight lane highway into the west ♪ ♪ ♪ Hot on the trail ♪ ♪ where the freedom is real as the miles, ♪ ♪ oh the miles ♪ ♪ ♪ Never thinking about settling down ♪ ♪ Just to catch her breath for a little while.

♪ ♪ For a little while ♪ ♪ And she's singing all her roadside anthems ♪ ♪ Singing all her broke down hymns ♪ ♪ Talking about that Golden Gate ♪ ♪ Sure sounds handsome.

♪ ♪ Tell me how do we get there ♪ ♪ Tell me how, tell me how ♪ ♪ Do we get there?

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ She can hear the voices as they roll by ♪ ♪ ♪ Singing the same songs.

♪ ♪ So many voices in harmony ♪ ♪ ♪ Halfway gone, halfway home ♪ ♪ And shes singing her all her roadside anthems ♪ ♪ Singing all her broke down hymns ♪ ♪ Talking about that Golden Gate ♪ ♪ ♪ Sure sounds handsome ♪ ♪ ♪ Tell me how, do we get there?

♪ ♪ Oh, tell me how, tell me how ♪ ♪ Do we get there?

♪ ♪ Oh, tell me how, tell me how ♪ ♪ Do we get there?

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ music ends ♪ (applause) >> All right, all right, all right.

We're going to get cozy here, y'all we're gonna crowd around the mic We'll do you a couple of more songs from our record coming up here This one, is the only song right here that we did not write on the record It was a fella named Robbie Fulks wrote this song And uh, The first time that our producer, Darrell Scott, played this song for us and suggested we recorded it, I didn't think much of it And, uh The second time we listened went back and listened to it.

It just kind of knocked my socks off and kind of tore me down and uh I hope you like it here.

It's one called Carolina Gals .

♪ instruments tuning ♪ ♪ tuning continues ♪ ♪ ♪ Those loose-limbed gals ♪ ♪ They swing their feet down the ♪ ♪ airport side of Franklin Street, ♪ ♪ I watch them in the not quite innocent way, ♪ ♪ I'm looking at them this evening ♪ ♪ ♪ Thinking about the plans I put on hold ♪ ♪ While the days got longer and the ♪ ♪ ♪ There ain't but two stories told ♪ ♪ And this one's about leaving ♪ ♪ ♪ I remember Katie, then Rosa Lee.

♪ ♪ I was pressing my luck when I tried for three.

♪ ♪ Some shrink from a shameful deed.

♪ ♪ Me.

I'll do it gladly ♪ ♪ If I hand you a line, you know that's true ♪ ♪ If I give you a couple, it's yours to choose ♪ ♪ One story from a total of two ♪ ♪ It's got a good chance to end badly.

♪ ♪ ♪ So fare thee well, Carolina gals.

♪ ♪ I'm going where you can't find me.

♪ ♪ There'll be trouble in the days to come.

♪ ♪ And a lot more fools behind me.

♪ ♪ ♪ I was just a lad about yay tall ♪ ♪ Sniffin' that glue in the Northgate Mall ♪ ♪ Down where the anchorman say "you all" ♪ ♪ And kindness is a show for strangers ♪ ♪ All them B-school boys and old hippie men ♪ ♪ Sweating in the sun to no clear end ♪ ♪ I made a medium to poor boyfriend ♪ ♪ And a pretty good house painter ♪ ♪ ♪ So fare thee well, Carolina gals ♪ ♪ I'm going where you can't find me.

♪ ♪ There'll be trouble in the days to come.

♪ ♪ And a lot more fools behind me ♪ ♪ ♪ From his home, dad's heart couldn't be hewn ♪ ♪ Like a simple phrase in a well-made tune ♪ ♪ Stagger Lee will sound good on the moon ♪ ♪ You don't need a cane chair and a hound dog.

♪ ♪ ♪ He'd sing the blues, I'd just smile.

♪ ♪ I was such a calm and settled child ♪ ♪ Thanking the Lord, never dreaming the while ♪ ♪ He was laying out my downfall ♪ ♪ ♪ So with my hair in my eyes and my chest out-swelled ♪ ♪ I stood on the porch and buzzed the bell ♪ ♪ Peekin' round the blind, knowing full well ♪ ♪ that her folks was gone to Boston ♪ ♪ ♪ And they mean "quiet" when they say "lights out" ♪ ♪ But that was love making and it made me shout ♪ ♪ ♪ Daddy would have come home fast, no doubt ♪ ♪ If he knew what the weekend had cost him ♪ ♪ ♪ So fare thee well, Carolina gals ♪ ♪ I'm going where you can't find me ♪ ♪ There'll be trouble in the days to come ♪ ♪ And a lot more fools behind me ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Now if a cruel word escapes my mind ♪ ♪ Don't worry, baby.

It's just the wine.

♪ ♪ On second thought, it's not the wine.

♪ ♪ It's just me talkin.

♪ ♪ ♪ We men pour out our problems ♪ ♪ like we think that they're unique.

♪ ♪ We cheer when a baby starts to speak ♪ ♪ Ought to give them a prize for stoppin' ♪ ♪ ♪ Baby, don't you be too surprised ♪ ♪ if I cash in the farm after Mama dies.

♪ ♪ Get a Cadillac and just ride ♪ ♪ 'Till the Pacific meets the bumper ♪ ♪ ♪ Stop looking at me like I've lost a screw.

♪ ♪ Like things had to lead where they led to ♪ ♪ With the house half gone to kudzu, ♪ ♪ I'd be lucky to get a clunker.

♪ ♪ ♪ By luck, I landed in the upper south.

♪ ♪ By God, I gotta make my own way out ♪ ♪ Should have read the signs by now ♪ ♪ Should have heard the locusts buzzing.

♪ ♪ For old Tommy Thompson's dead and gone ♪ ♪ And I've been feeling not so strong ♪ ♪ Chapel Hill hadn't done me wrong.

♪ ♪ It was fine until it wasn't ♪ ♪ ♪ So fare thee well, Carolina gals ♪ ♪ I'm going where you can't find me ♪ ♪ There'll be trouble in the days to come ♪ ♪ And a lot more fools ♪ ♪ Fare thee well, Carolina gals ♪ ♪ I'm going where you can't find me ♪ ♪ There'll be trouble in the days to come.

♪ ♪ And a lot more fools behind me.

♪ (applause) Jack> We've got an album coming out called Morning Shift .

This is the first post-pandemic record for you.

Barrett> I guess it would be.

Mike> Yeah, yeah, Barrett> Yeah, it was, I mean, it's always exciting, you know, it's always a big deal to create and then put out an album.

So this is just another one here in a way.

But it's particularly exciting.

It's the first one we've done with Aaron.

And then the process of recording it was unique.

You know, we like, we moved into a space, you know, a little bit like this.

It wasn't a recording studio and built a recording studio and then lived together for like a week and made an album.

Jack> Now, the cover of the album.

Is that the building?

Is that a house?

Is it a house?

Aaron> It's an inn.

It's an old historic inn.

In Bat Cave.

Jack> Bat Cave, North Carolina.

Aaron> Correct.

Jack> Boy!

That's fun.

That's a fun drive.

Getting down to that.

Aaron> Yeah.

Barrett> Yes, it's out there.

Jack> Do they bring the bus out or you guys just drive there in cars.

Barrett> No, couldn't get the bus there.

Mike> You can barely get your car there.

Barrett> Yeah, right.

Jack> Now Aaron, Did you have some input as to the some of the compositions on the new album?

Aaron> Yeah.

Yeah.

Yes, certainly.

Matter of fact, a couple that I wrote made it on there and Mike helped with a couple others that...made it on there.

They've been really gracious to allow some of the new guys Mike> Don't get used to it.

(all laugh) ♪ harmonica plays ♪ ♪ guitar joins ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ banjo plays ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Anna Lee, what's in your past?

♪ ♪ The little town that you've outgrown ♪ ♪ You just laugh when someone asks, ♪ ♪ When's the last time you've been home?

♪ ♪ ♪ The fact that you were one of us ♪ ♪ Ain't as bad as knowing you still are ♪ ♪ You sat beside me on that bus ♪ ♪ But I never thought you'd ride this far ♪ ♪ ♪ Alabama's calling, Alabama's calling ♪ ♪ Alabama's dragging you down ♪ ♪ ♪ Alabama's calling, Alabama's calling ♪ ♪ Alabama's dragging you down ♪ ♪ She needs you now ♪ ♪ She needs you now ♪ ♪ ♪ Always one to make a scene.

♪ ♪ You're the queen of righteousness ♪ ♪ Anything to keep your conscience clean ♪ ♪ But you sure did leave an awful mess.

♪ ♪ ♪ Wasn't what you told yourself ♪ ♪ Hard as hell to believe your eyes ♪ ♪ From your Heaven, all the angels fell ♪ ♪ And left you in your lonely sky ♪ ♪ ♪ Alabama's calling, Alabama's calling ♪ ♪ Alabama's dragging you down ♪ ♪ ♪ Alabama's calling, Alabama's calling ♪ ♪ Alabama's dragging you down ♪ ♪ She need you now ♪ ♪ She needs you now.

♪ ♪ ♪ You were never one to hold your tongue ♪ ♪ ♪ Are we spoiling for a fight?

♪ ♪ ♪ You're daddy's girl since you were young.

♪ ♪ But what if we can't both be right ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Alabama's calling, Alabama's calling ♪ ♪ Alabama's dragging you down ♪ ♪ ♪ Alabama's calling, Alabama's calling ♪ ♪ Alabama's dragging you down ♪ ♪ ♪ She needs you now.

♪ ♪ ♪ She needs you now.

♪ ♪ ♪ A couple new tunes, we're gonna do you one Go back a few records with you We made a record up in MerleFest.

You've heard of MerleFest, haven't you?

Right up the road in North Wilkesboro.

We were up there, I don't know, four or five years ago, and we did a set of all I'm walking the thin line here, but where we were, we did it, the said of all North Carolina songwriters up there.

And uh... And we did that record And...then didn't think much of it.

We just when recorded it and thought maybe we'd maybe we get something out of it.

We ended up releasing it and it ended up getting nominated for a Grammy Award in Bluegrass (applause) Came in second place.

It was awesome.

(applause) And, uh, we'll do you one of those songs right now This fella right here, he's originally from Columbia, SC lives up in Asheville.

He's going to do this one on the guitar for you.

Make him welcome here, Mr. Barrett Smith, everybody.

(applause) (instruments tuning) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ There is a young cowboy.

♪ ♪ He lives on the range.

♪ ♪ ♪ His horse and his cattle are his only companions ♪ ♪ ♪ He works in the saddle ♪ ♪ and he sleeps in the canyons.

♪ ♪ Waiting for summer, ♪ ♪ his pastures to change ♪ ♪ ♪ And as the moon rises, he sits by his fire.

♪ ♪ He's thinkin' about women and glasses of beer ♪ ♪ ♪ Closing his eyes as the doggies retire ♪ ♪ He sings out a song which is soft, but it's clear ♪ ♪ Just as if maybe someone could hear.

♪ ♪ ♪ He sings Goodnight, you moonlight ladies ♪ ♪ ♪ And rockabye, sweet baby James ♪ ♪ ♪ Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose ♪ ♪ Won't you let me go down in my dreams ♪ ♪ and Rockabye sweet baby James ♪ ♪ ♪ Now, the first of December was covered with snow ♪ ♪ ♪ So was the turnpike from Stockbridge to Boston ♪ ♪ ♪ Though the Berkshires seemed dreamlike ♪ ♪ on account of that frosting ♪ ♪ with ten miles behind me ♪ ♪ and ten thousand more to go ♪ ♪ ♪ There's a song that they sing ♪ ♪ when they take to the highway ♪ ♪ The song they sing when they take to the sea.

♪ ♪ ♪ A song that they sing of their home in the skies ♪ ♪ Maybe you can believe it if it helps you to sleep ♪ ♪ But singing works just fine for me.

♪ ♪ ♪ Sing goodnight, you moonlight ladies ♪ ♪ And rockabye, sweet baby James ♪ ♪ ♪ Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose ♪ ♪ Won't you let me go down in my dreams?

♪ ♪ And rockabye, sweet baby James ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ We sing, goodnight you moonlight ladies ♪ ♪ And rockabye sweet baby James ♪ ♪ ♪ Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose.

♪ ♪ Won't you let me go down in my dreams?

♪ ♪ And rockabye, sweet baby James.

♪ ♪ ♪ And rockabye, sweet baby James.

♪ ♪ (applause)