Tuesday, June 5, 2012

The Delta

Last weekend, we drove up to Antioch to play a gig at the Contra Costa County Fair, an extremely friendly and well-run event (and stage, thank you sound man Tom). Antioch isn't very far from Alameda — about an hour's drive north — but the Delta is a different world than the Bay. Despite it being the tributary major California Rivers including the Sacramento and the San Joaquin, I've somehow passed through and over this part of the state in a fog for most of my life. Having studied the map a little more this go, we headed toward the water after the gig, which was less than 10 minutes away, and found a bunch of boats, a wetland preserve and a restaurant named for Humphrey the Whale (if you lived in California in the 80s you remember the animal who went off course and literally upriver). Next time we're up there without the guitars, we'll likely do more exploring. Speaking of guitars and Delta's, anyone remember this song? I was pretty small when this came out but it nonetheless got lodged in my neocortex.

Delta Dawn by Larry Collins and Alex Harvey (and made famous by Tanya Tucker)

Powered by mp3ye.eu Delta Dawn
Delta Dawn, what's that flower you have on
Could it be a faded rose from days gone by
And did I hear you say he was a-meeting you here today
To take you to his mansion in the sky

She's forty-one and her daddy still calls her "baby"
All the folks around Brownsville say she's crazy
'Cause she walks around town with a suitcase in her hand
Looking for a mysterious dark-haired man

In her younger days they called her Delta Dawn
Prettiest woman you ever laid eyes on
Then a man of low degree stood by her side
And promised her he'd take her for his bride

Delta Dawn, what's that flower you have on
Could it be a faded rose from days gone by
And did I hear you say he was a-meeting you here today
To take you to his mansion in the sky

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