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00:26Right about now.You are listening to a special holiday broadcast.Here on W.OGA World of Old Gods of Appalachia Radio,I'm your beloved narrator, and today you're intrepid DJ, Steve Shell.Just letting y'all know that the family is gathering one more time in the flesh before2023 is over.The weekend of December 16th and 17th, we have two final live shows at the Orange Peel in Asheville, North Carolina.Now, Saturday, the 16th, is sold out.
01:05Not a seat to be had, but there are tickets still at.available for Sunday the 17th, head on over to old gods of Appalachia.comslash tour to pick up your tickets and come join us.Because when the family gathers and joins our voices in unison, it is truly something special.But this is more than just a crass advertisement for our final two live shows of2023.Because what we have for you today on W.OGA, World of Old Gods of Appalachia Radio,are three live performances curated from various dates on the Price of Progress tour.
01:35So let's start this program out with the main.who starts every episode of old gods of Appalachia,Brother Land and Blood,performing a brand new song on the stage of the Neptune Theaterin Seattle, Washington,a song about very special employees of a certain coal companyas they get in league with another certain manwearing a charcoal suit.
02:03All right, this next song is a warning.Okay.Every day of his lifeHe said son I love you too muchTo watch a dig for coalBut I found myself in those mindsWith broken handsA broken back out of my mind
03:14And that man rolled in the townHe said come with meSign hereNow I'm a hollow manThese chainsPut rails behind my eyesNow I'm a hollowEver on one more time
05:23ever on word ever.Thank you, Seattle.Performing Hollow Man, a song he had not recordedor performed anywhere else, a song that evolved and changedover the course of the Price of Progress tour.Who knows that that exact version will end up on a record?Or if it'll ever be duplicated,it's those special moments that happen in our live shows
06:01that we encourage you to come out and be a part of.Now, speaking of special moments in people who are amazing at creating them,let's talk about Jacob Danielson Moore.He's been with us since he wrote charcoal,suit and all about the railroad man. He has a brand new song about Jerry Brotherton that wewill get to another time. But right now I need to let him break your heart with a murderballad. From the stage of the egg in Albany, New York, here's Jacob DanielsonMoore with Don't Turn Away.
06:27The greatest man I know, he helped me build my home. He lived just a couple miles away.played piano in the church.He ran the labor union at work,and he never missed a chance to stop and play.Don't turn away.Don't turn away from me.Don't turn away.I love you, but I ain't safe.
07:18Don't turn away.Don't turn away from meDon't turn awayBro, I love you, but I ain't safeWell, down devil's creaking backThe train had lost its trackWe went out to help it find the railIt is blonde
07:54That knocked the wind right out of youand we snuck off to that rhododendron hellDon't look awayDon't look away from meDon't look awayI love you but I ain't safeDon't turn awayDon't turn away from me
08:29Don't turn awayI love you but I ain't safeHe said, no, I love you and all.And maybe we could leave by fall.We won't have to sneak or fool around.And my wife, she even knows.But the boys ain't old enough to just move on.But don't go away.
09:14Don't go away from me.Go away, Bo I love you when I ain't safe.Don't go away, don't go away from me.Don't go away.I love you, but I ain't safe.This brushing mountain cellthink about you every day.Everybody knows
10:06and the boys won't even return my call.my calls these days.You by the track.God, you fell into the drink.But you went away.I told you I wasn't safe.Thank you so much.Jacob Danielson Moore here on W.O.G.A.
11:17with Don't Turn Away live from the Egg in Albany, New York.Very strange building.Beautiful country up there.Beautiful people up in Albany.But such a strange building inside and out.Speaking of being strange inside and out, that brings us to our final performer on this little promo broadcast on W.OGA, World of Old Gods of Appalachia Radio.And of course, you know who it has to be. Brother John, Charles Dwyer.Now, currently in season four, Brother John is responsible for atonement, our outro music that has been occupying the space previously held by those poor bastards.
11:50I cannot escape the darkness.But John came to us in season three, as most of you know, with Panthers on the mountain side.We heard countless number of you lend your voices and sing the chorus of this on all 28 dates of the tour.But on the East Coast tour, something special happened.Going back to those special moments as you only get when you see Old Gods Live.John was joined on stage by fellow musician Michelle Busby, who was with us on the Northeast and Midwest tours.And actor and singer Sarah Doreen McPhee, the voice of Rachel in season three and currently in season four,join John on stage to form the John Charles Choir.
12:33So live from the stage of the Howard Theater at Howard University in Washington, D.C.,I give you John Charles Dwyer and the John Charles Choir Panthers on the Mountainside.All to rest, and the ridge bowed its head, and I tattooed her name on the top of my wrist,Six feet too lowWhen her heart becomes coldThey'll sniff out her bonesAnd see how bright she glowsSee I hear that time is a cold hammer's blow
13:28And the days in this hollerOur caskets to closeSo I watch the sun sinkAnd pray it mayrise and hope in the tails I keep buried in my mind.Anthers on the mountainside, the freedom there comes and know in your bite.So sharp in my teeth, pray my nails become claws to finally dig out of this hole.always called homes
14:24that he's been heretoo longthe years in our wholehammer and earthwrapped in stonewell he's rotten with his sinand the days all cave inthe USMC
14:58fades to greyon his skinnow back in his primewe said reckless and crudeAnd here at the end we say stubborn as a muleSo he'll watch the sun sinkAnd pray it's his lastAnd hope there was light in the tales that he passed
15:26On the mountain sideThe freedom that comesAnd know in your biteSo sharp in my teeth, pray my nails become clawsTo finally dig out of this holeWe've always called homeThe mountainsideThe freedom that comes
16:37And know in your biteSo sharp in my teethPray my nails become clawsto finally dig out of this holeI've always called home.Thank you y'all so much.Thank you, Michelle and Sarah for singing with me.They're badass.
17:01Thank you all so much.John Charles Dwyer, Michelle Busby,and Sarah Doreen McAfee,with Panthers on the Mountainside livefrom the Howard Theater in Washington, D.C.,part of the Price of Progress tour in 2023.This is going to wrap up this special broadcast on W.O.World of Old Gods of Appalachia radio.
17:33Remember, the final live show of 2023 is a holiday spectacular.Three brand new stories.Three musical performances.Come have your own unique, one-of-a-kind experiences at the Orange Peel in Asheville, North Carolina on Sunday, December 17th.Head on over to Old Gods of Appalachia.com slash tour to get your tickets now.We'd love to see you for the holidays, family.So we'll talk to you soon.Talk to you real soon.
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