Living Large (Live EP)
by David Elias & The CasualTees
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Before Those Winter Nights
- David Elias 1/1/04, 6:52 pm
4/4 – strong medium (tune low E to D)
Verse: Dm | Bb Bb C C
Dm | C C C C
four a.m. in the morning
my eyes are open as my mind is closing
city of the golden bridges doesn't
bring me any closer to my resting place
i can always stop for coffee
god knows i need the caffeine
in a blink i can become my witness
witness this you are forever
five-thirty can it be that early
i miss the days that i slept in daylight
always running on an empty track
always tryin to make it through an open door
can i keep up with the landscape
can i rush ahead and never look back
warm my hands beside the engine
i better try to find some gloves with fingers
did she say something i missed
did i really look the other way now
i never could remember dates and first names
but i can't forget those days of autumn
joseph's coat is getting old now
someone else had better rake him over
i better try to get some sunlight
before those winter nights begin to roll me under
C C C C
before those winter nights begin to roll me
C C C C
before those winter nights begin to
C C C C
before those winter nights
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Dm | Bb Bb C C
Dm | C C C C
Ending Instrumental (celtic 4/4)
F C Bb C | F Bb C C |
F C Bb C | C Bb-C Dm Dm |
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'll Never Know Tomorrow
Words & Music by David Elias, all rights reserved worldwide
[ See the video of The CasualTees playing this track
at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLAlQowKSGE ]
I set fire to the page
I burned those words right down
Saw their ashes in the air
Sink right to the ground
Now I don't know if I was there
If I'm lost or if I'm found
Let's begin again I'll never know tomorrow
I saw the rings of Saturn spin
In a dream I had last night
That gold dust ice was thin
I held on with all my might
Now I can't remember where I been
In the early morning light
Let's begin again I'll never know tomorrow
I see the ocean from the trees
And the hilltop from the barn
I sail the seven seas
And never leave the farm
Don't tell me what I need
Don't take me by the arm
Let's begin again I'll never know tomorrow
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Field Of Wood (Live)
05:05
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Field Of Wood
-David Elias
you don't really know anything
and you don't know when the going is good
in the end it means everything
sunday flowers in this field of wood
your glasses are too strong
your vision's far too long
bake it in the sun for a day
your rainy day is here
it never seems to clear
step far away
in the air
you recall that high waterfall
and you remember where that hemlock stood
in the end it's a winter's wall
of sunday flowers in this field of wood
the poetry's real nice
it never breaks the ice
file it away in a dream
your rainy day it's here
it never seemed to clear
step far away
in the air
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If I Had My Way (Live)
07:58
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If I Had My Way - by David Elias
If I had my way I’d be lying in a field
Studying the sky, listen to you breathe
Measuring the blues right up against the greens
Moving to the stones that lie under my feet
But I don’t have a tree to fall under
Or a bag full of stones to crawl under
I’ll smile for awhile at the thunder
And dream about the day I can say I had my way
If I stood my ground I’d be taller than I am
Like running up a hill or running through the sand
Measuring those blues right up against the greens
Moving to the stones that lie under my feet
But I don’t have a tree to fall under
Or a bag full of bones to crawl under
I’ll smile for awhile at the thunder
And dream about the day I can say I had my way
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about
Living Large in San G. live EP featuring The CasualTees in La Honda style splendor, March 2007. High energy, lots of kinetic everything between the band members. Recorded live in the San Gregorio General Store, Hwy 1 & Woodside Road, California. Thanks to all in the room for the chance to play straight from the heart.
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Why An EP?
While there may be a full LP version of this particular show with The CasualTees, I chose to release these 4 tracks at this time, with these ideas in mind:
First, I love the "Before Those Winter Nights" performance. It's hard to ever capture that kind of raw energy in a studio even if it's all live which nearly all my studio recordings are. The crowd is a huge factor and big part of the whole chemistry and performance.
A similar huge wave of energy is encapsulated in the next track "I'll Never Know Tomorrow". But to me the 2nd track has a lot more subtle messages going on between the band members. In fact I can't hear much of it without headphones. When you are performing you don't get to hear all of the subtleties going on. Over time, these hard-to-hear artistic commentaries going on, not just as notes played, but visceral rhythmic and percussive sounds from guitars, horns, bass and voice get assembled for me at least, into a bigger picture about what the given song has momentarily become. It's purely temporal.
The last 2 songs take almost an about-face approach and hit some of the very open, subtle ways the band could perform. Hugely anti-climatic in some ways, yet not so (assuming Less is More) in others. That bipolar contrast wasn't my intention exactly (at first I had the song order different). Trying to present the full dynamics of a band in 4 songs is tough. But that's the "record" I wanted to leave of this particular period with this particular band. In fact the ending trail of the 4th song "If I Had My Way" is barely above a whisper across the entire band. Decrescendo to the limit.
Over some time and many listens I began to hear more and more of the subtle messages between band members in these last 2 songs. While both songs have particular meaning for me as far as songwriting, this goes beyond that as far as choosing them for the EP. If someone (let's say me) were to carefully analyze the chemistry and mechanics of the band with just these 4 songs, I think they (again, me in my example) would come away with a realization that there were no limits to this type of band.
The CasualTees could spontaneously create a mood and an environment to express the mood. All through the song that will and did sound a hundred different ways in a hundred different performances.
This is the essence of the band that came to be known as The CasualTees.
- David Elias, 5/12/2023
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Why An EP?
While there may be a full LP version of this particular show with The CasualTees, I chose to release these 4 tracks at this time, with these ideas in mind:
First, I love the "Before Those Winter Nights" performance. It's hard to ever capture that kind of raw energy in a studio even if it's all live which nearly all my studio recordings are. The crowd is a huge factor and big part of the whole chemistry and performance.
A similar huge wave of energy is encapsulated in the next track "I'll Never Know Tomorrow". But to me the 2nd track has a lot more subtle messages going on between the band members. In fact I can't hear much of it without headphones. When you are performing you don't get to hear all of the subtleties going on. Over time, these hard-to-hear artistic commentaries going on, not just as notes played, but visceral rhythmic and percussive sounds from guitars, horns, bass and voice get assembled for me at least, into a bigger picture about what the given song has momentarily become. It's purely temporal.
The last 2 songs take almost an about-face approach and hit some of the very open, subtle ways the band could perform. Hugely anti-climatic in some ways, yet not so (assuming Less is More) in others. That bipolar contrast wasn't my intention exactly (at first I had the song order different). Trying to present the full dynamics of a band in 4 songs is tough. But that's the "record" I wanted to leave of this particular period with this particular band. In fact the ending trail of the 4th song "If I Had My Way" is barely above a whisper across the entire band. Decrescendo to the limit.
Over some time and many listens I began to hear more and more of the subtle messages between band members in these last 2 songs. While both songs have particular meaning for me as far as songwriting, this goes beyond that as far as choosing them for the EP. If someone (let's say me) were to carefully analyze the chemistry and mechanics of the band with just these 4 songs, I think they (again, me in my example) would come away with a realization that there were no limits to this type of band.
The CasualTees could spontaneously create a mood and an environment to express the mood. All through the song that will and did sound a hundred different ways in a hundred different performances.
This is the essence of the band that came to be known as The CasualTees.
- David Elias, 5/12/2023
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credits
released May 11, 2023
All Songs by David Elias
The CasualTees are:
David Elias, acoustic, vocal, harmonica
Scott Beynon, electric bass
Ken Owen, drums
Reid Dennis, shaky things
Gary McArthur, flute, sax
Charlie Natzke, guitar, backup vocal
John Havard, guitar
Album cover photo by Peter Buranzon, graphics by David Elias
All Songs by David Elias
The CasualTees are:
David Elias, acoustic, vocal, harmonica
Scott Beynon, electric bass
Ken Owen, drums
Reid Dennis, shaky things
Gary McArthur, flute, sax
Charlie Natzke, guitar, backup vocal
John Havard, guitar
Album cover photo by Peter Buranzon, graphics by David Elias
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