I may not know every word to every song, & ive never been in a tribute band, but I can play nearly every dead song on my trusted 12 string..
Ever since 1973, 3 yrs after my 1st show, I've done a lot of thinking... There's so much convo over what the best live seques were, but instead of pondering what songs so best together, howz about thinking of 2 songs that were meant to be sung/played 'together...
,, and realizing how one song 'spawned its 'mate'
After meeting Hunter & me posing my concerns to him, in a rather timely response to my queries, all he could say was "IF you balance things properly in the dimensions currently available to you, they have an uncanny tendency to appear balanced in dimensions you scarcely suspect"ย
By my count, there's only 21 such marriages of songs that 'belong' together, that's 42 songs that by 1999 or so, I finally felt confident that I hadn't left any stone unturned, or any turn unstoned.... This has been a life-changer for me, as now, I've learned to read between the lines, giving me a better hold of stuff in this crazy world of ours...
So, to start off easy, with the most basic of 'partners', think, look, & listen to Candyman & to Sugaree,,, Listen...
"Shake it, shake it" + "Look out, look out"
"Hand me my olde guitar, pass the whiskey round" + "Just one thing I ask of you, just one thing for me"
"Won't you tell everybody you meet that the Candyman's in towne" turns to "Please forget you knew my name, my darling....."
"When they come to call on you" & "Open up your window...."
But to me, the final takeaway is that though in different keys, the songs ARE IDENTICAL,,, in structure, changes, & well,,,, you'll get 'it'...
Yeah, some say I'm 'gone, & the naysayers call me names, while others insist on what drugs I'm on.... Quite the hoot~ Again;
"if you balance things properly in the dimensions currently available to you, they have an uncanny tendency to appear balanced in dimensions you scarcely suspect"ย ๐
kenny