This is the first song I’ve finished, enjoy :)

Another moment from The Woods Tea Company at the Vergennes Opera House: “There Were Roses.”

A moving song of friendship, loss, and our shared humanity. We’re glad to share this performance from the concert archives and hope you’ll take a few minutes to listen.

If this song holds a special memory for you, we’d love to hear it in the comments.

#WoodsTeaCompany #ThereWereRoses #FolkMusic #LiveMusic

Blackberry Blossom - Americana Revue Duet

Irish ballad we got from our old mentor Gerry McCrudden of the Falls Road.

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operator_(That's_Not_the_Way_It_Feels)?wprov=sfti1#:](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cash_Box)

[Cash Box](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CashBox) described the lyrics saying that "in [James Taylor](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Taylor) fashion, Croce tries to track down his long lost lover with the help of the operator."[[3]](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operator(That's_Not_the_Way_It_Feels)#cite_note-3)

The song relates one side of a conversation with a [telephone operator](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operator_assistance). The narrator is trying to find the phone number of his former lover, who has moved to Los Angeles with his former best friend. The narrator wants to demonstrate to both of them that he is well and over their betrayal, but admits to the operator that he is not. After the operator has given the narrator the number, he is unable to read it, apparently due to the tears in his eyes. The narrator then changes his mind and tells the operator not to place the call, appreciatively adding "you can keep the [dime](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dime_(United_States_coin))" (the then-standard toll he had deposited in a [payphone](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payphone)).

The story was inspired during Croce's military service, during which time he saw lines of soldiers waiting to use the outdoor phone on base, many of them calling their wives or girlfriends to see if their [Dear John letter](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DearJohn_letter)was true.[[4]](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operator(That's_Not_the_Way_It_Feels)#cite_note-4)

[Record World](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RecordWorld) called the song a "strong story-telling tune in the [Chuck Berry](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Berry) '[Memphis](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis,Tennessee(song))' vein" and said that "the single is a near-perfect matching of this singer to the song."[[5]](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operator(That's_Not_the_Way_It_Feels)#cite_note-rw-5)

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Another moment from The Woods Tea Company at the Vergennes Opera House: “There Were Roses.”

A moving song of friendship, loss, and our shared humanity. We’re glad to share this performance from the concert archives and hope you’ll take a few minutes to listen.

If this song holds a special memory for you, we’d love to hear it in the comments.

#WoodsTeaCompany #ThereWereRoses #FolkMusic #LiveMusic

Over The Garden Wall OST

For nearly 50 years, I have occasionally listened to folk and progressive bands featuring female vocalists—for, in a sense, "the voice" is inherently feminine, being the very first sound that all of us—men and women alike—ever heard while in our mothers' wombs. While I am quite fond of Annie Haslam and others, my two ultimate icons remain Sandy Denny and Jacqui McShee. The former possesses an intimate, hushed timbre—a sense of such profound closeness that it feels as though you are entering her very body. The latter, meanwhile, often carries an angelic, at times almost otherwordlu, quality.