Echo Sessions
Greensky Bluegrass | Echo Sessions
Season 6 Episode 13 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Bringing bluegrass to a whole new generation.
The Kalamazoo, Michigan quintet of Anders Beck (dobro), Michael Arlen Bont (banjo), Dave Bruzza (guitar), Mike Devol (upright bass) and Paul Hoffman (mandolin) have unassumingly progressed into a phenomenon on their own terms with the undying support of a devout audience. They’ve earned critical acclaim from Rolling Stone who hailed them as “representing the genre for a whole new generation.”
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Echo Sessions is a local public television program presented by PBS NC
Echo Sessions
Greensky Bluegrass | Echo Sessions
Season 6 Episode 13 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
The Kalamazoo, Michigan quintet of Anders Beck (dobro), Michael Arlen Bont (banjo), Dave Bruzza (guitar), Mike Devol (upright bass) and Paul Hoffman (mandolin) have unassumingly progressed into a phenomenon on their own terms with the undying support of a devout audience. They’ve earned critical acclaim from Rolling Stone who hailed them as “representing the genre for a whole new generation.”
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[piano intro] - [Female Announcer] Greensky Bluegrass is a five-piece band from Kalamazoo, Michigan, playing what they call their version of bluegrass music, mixing the acoustic stomp of a string band with the rule-breaking spirit of rock and roll.
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[upbeat jazzy rock] ♪ [etheric acoustic music] ♪ Bring out your dead, the law is coming ♪ ♪ And there's nowhere left to hide ♪ ♪ Big black suit is coming down ♪ ♪ Gonna clean out from the inside ♪ ♪ People being killed for what they made ♪ ♪ Taking on more than they can carry away ♪ ♪ Bring out your dead, the law is coming ♪ ♪ There's nowhere left to hide ♪ ♪ Big black suit is coming down ♪ ♪ Gonna clean out from the inside ♪ ♪ People being killed for what they made ♪ ♪ Taking on more than they can carry away ♪ ♪ Bring out your dead, the law is coming ♪ ♪ And there's nowhere left to hide ♪ ♪ Big black suit is coming down ♪ ♪ Gonna clean out from the inside ♪ ♪ People being killed for what they made ♪ ♪ Taking on more than they can carry away ♪ ♪ Somebody pushed me in a hurricane ♪ ♪ 'Cause I can't stand standing still ♪ ♪ I've got a whole shitload of trouble ♪ ♪ But I still ain't had my fill ♪ ♪ I've got sin covering my lies ♪ ♪ Good God I've got nothing to hide ♪ ♪ Left town a block up not nearly far enough ♪ ♪ I'm not well, it's unsafe and I think I've had too much ♪ ♪ Gonna push back and make noise today ♪ ♪ I'm gonna be heard coming in this way ♪ ♪ Taking fire from behind it's not safe to be in this land ♪ ♪ Show them the driver, show them his gun ♪ ♪ It's in your able hand ♪ ♪ Gonna live free or dead tonight ♪ ♪ One foot one fight at a time ♪ ♪ Bring out your dead, the law is coming ♪ ♪ And there's nowhere left to hide ♪ ♪ Big black suit is coming down ♪ ♪ Gonna clean out from the inside ♪ ♪ People being killed for what they made ♪ ♪ Taking on more than they can carry away ♪ - Yeah Glen.
- Hey Glen.
- Yeah, a lot of these songs were born in this studio.
That one's from Glen Brown's studio in Lansing, Michigan.
He was teaching us all about Echoplex and [indistinct] and space.
Solar flares.
- Glen Brown is a wizard, like a real wizard.
- One two three four.
♪ I wanna be a bad guy in a silent film ♪ ♪ Lit up by candles and the space between the shadows ♪ ♪ I wouldn't have to say nothing, or sound mean ♪ ♪ I just wouldn't smile or look too pleased ♪ ♪ They can't all be good ♪ ♪ My guess, better that they should ♪ ♪ What if sorrows swim ♪ ♪ Good God, I'm gonna need to burn them ♪ ♪ Gonna cut my hair off and shave my beard ♪ ♪ Stop wearing white and keep nothing clean at all ♪ ♪ What a relief from the pressure to just be hated ♪ ♪ And learn that being bad ain't nothing but a pleasure ♪ ♪ They can't all be good ♪ ♪ My guess, better that they should ♪ ♪ What if sorrows swim ♪ ♪ Good God, I'm gonna need to burn them ♪ ♪ Good God, I'm gonna need to burn them ♪ ♪ Good God, I'm gonna need to burn them ♪ ♪ I could rob some worse guys done up like good ones ♪ ♪ And hide a pile of money, and never have to worry ♪ ♪ Maybe give it all away for a reason to steal ♪ ♪ Another chance to keep from keeping still ♪ ♪ They can't all be good ♪ ♪ My guess, better that they should ♪ ♪ What if sorrows swim ♪ ♪ Good God, I'm gonna need to burn them ♪ ♪ They can't all be good ♪ ♪ My guess, better that they should ♪ ♪ What if sorrows swim ♪ ♪ Good God, I'm gonna need to burn them ♪ ♪ Good God, I'm gonna need to burn them ♪ ♪ Good God, I'm gonna need to burn them ♪ - Man, two choruses at the end, what a great idea.
♪ Started fleeing comfort for something closer ♪ ♪ To the edge for the view in contempt of the conscience ♪ ♪ Thoughts abandoning my shoes ♪ ♪ But I turned to walk towards home instead ♪ ♪ Though I am not without weakness ♪ ♪ I will define what lies ahead ♪ ♪ I'm not out of control ♪ ♪ I'm not out of control ♪ ♪ Now I'm swerving in and out ♪ ♪ To feel the force ♪ ♪ Of the curve unchecked ♪ ♪ I'm fond of the danger ♪ ♪ Nothing's really out of line ♪ ♪ Everyone should make the time to find it ♪ ♪ Will you ride beside me now ♪ ♪ Or have I frightened all the words away ♪ ♪ I'm not out of control ♪ ♪ I'm not out of control ♪ ♪ I'm not out of control ♪ ♪ If we could focus now ♪ ♪ I'm certain this would all be clearer ♪ ♪ Couldn't we last for a while ♪ ♪ What if we can't ♪ ♪ Everything around me now will be reduced to the ground ♪ ♪ At the cost of my foolish nature ♪ ♪ Consequence and conditioning all weighing at me ♪ ♪ To slow my patience ♪ ♪ It could all be worth it though ♪ ♪ How the hell are we to know ♪ ♪ We try ♪ ♪ It could all be worth it though ♪ ♪ How the hell are we to know ♪ ♪ We try ♪ ♪ I'm not out of control ♪ ♪ I'm not out of control ♪ ♪ I'm not out of control ♪ ♪ I'm not out of control ♪ ♪ Can't say I didn't know what I was doin' ♪ ♪ And I can't pretend the things just got out of hand ♪ ♪ I should've slowed me down before push came to shove ♪ ♪ But I was already fallin', now I'm deep in love ♪ ♪ And it's too late, baby, can't stop now ♪ ♪ Well, I walked right in with my eyes wide open ♪ ♪ I was blind when you told me you'd be mine ♪ ♪ Just as soon as you were free ♪ ♪ I should've kept my distance while I was still strong ♪ ♪ But I got caught up in the feeling, I was carryin' along ♪ ♪ And it's too late, baby, can't stop now ♪ ♪ Can't stop now ♪ ♪ It's my crazy heart running out of control ♪ ♪ Can't stop now ♪ ♪ I'll be falling apart somewhere down the road ♪ ♪ I might be headed for a breakdown ♪ ♪ I can't stop now ♪ ♪ Well, I'm sitting here wondering ♪ ♪ Why I ever let myself fall ♪ ♪ Yes, I keep hearing promises ♪ ♪ But it don't seem nothing changes it all ♪ ♪ Well, the love we made ♪ ♪ It's got a life of it's own ♪ ♪ It'll keep on going, baby, long after you're gone ♪ ♪ And it's too late, I can't stop now ♪ ♪ Can't stop now ♪ ♪ It's my crazy heart running out of control ♪ ♪ Can't stop now ♪ ♪ I'll be headin' for a fall somewhere down the road ♪ ♪ I might be headed for a breakdown ♪ ♪ I can't stop now ♪ ♪ I might be headed for a breakdown ♪ ♪ Can't stop now ♪ ♪ I might be headed for a breakdown ♪ ♪ Can't stop now ♪ ♪ Breakdown ♪ ♪ Breakdown ♪ ♪ Breakdown ♪ ♪ I might be headed for a breakdown ♪ ♪ Can't stop now ♪ ♪ I might be headed for a breakdown ♪ ♪ I can't stop now ♪ ♪ I might be headed for a breakdown ♪ ♪ I can't stop now ♪ [upbeat jazzy rock] ♪ ♪ On the wheels of love we'll roam ♪ ♪ It's a Subie thing ♪ - [male announcer] "Echo Sessions" is made possible by Prestige Subaru.


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