(upbeat music) -[Crew] Check, Check.

(upbeat music) -[Josh] I just want to give love and be loved in return.

♪ When I realize my place, my cosmic place.

♪ -[Josh] Music's in the blood.

(jazz music) When I got into this, I didn't create music to make a living.

I created music because I needed to, because I wanted to.

♪ I just want to give love and be loved in return ♪ -[Josh] It's something that comes from a genuine, honest place to try to connect people to something better.

(jazz music) We forget the magic of being alive sometimes, I think.

♪ Yeah, you know it's a dirty world.

♪ - That's all you want to do is express that love and and feel it back from other people.

♪ When I realize my place, a cosmic place.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ In this universe.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I see a little clearer.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I dig a little deeper.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ A spiritual rebirth.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ And no more pushing left, pushing right.

♪ ♪ Pushing black or pushing white.

♪ ♪ I love my colors.

♪ ♪ So many beautiful colors.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Nature's beautiful mystery.

♪ ♪ I see it clear through history of this world.

♪ ♪ It's magic.

♪ ♪ You see.

♪ ♪ I just want to give love and be loved in return.

♪ ♪ I just want to give, wanna give, wanna give to ♪ ♪ my love.

♪ ♪ I just wanna give love and be loved in return.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ When I realize this ♪ ♪ space, this time and space.

♪ ♪ I feel clearly averse.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ To circumstance ♪ ♪ steering, my deepest feelings.♪ ♪ See it's a conscious choice.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ And no more pushing left, or pushing right.

♪ ♪ Pushing black or pushing white.

♪ ♪ I love my colors.

♪ ♪ So many beautiful colors.

♪ ♪ And it's just beautiful mystery.

♪ ♪ I see it clear through history of this world.

♪ ♪ It's Magic.

♪ ♪ See, I just want to give ♪ ♪ love and be loved in return.

♪ ♪ I just wanna give, wanna ♪ ♪ give, wanna give you my love.

♪ ♪ I just wanna give love and be loved in return.

♪ ♪ I just wanna give, wanna ♪ ♪ give, wanna give you my love.

♪ ♪ I just wanna give love and be loved in return.

♪ ♪ I just wanna give love, give love.

♪ ♪ Going to give you my love.

♪ ♪ I just wanna give love and be loved in return.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I see a little clearer.

♪ ♪ I see a little clearer, clearer, clearer.

♪ ♪ I just want to give love and be loved in return.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Ooh.

Can you feel that people.

♪ ♪ I just want to give love and be loved in return.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Going to give you my love.

♪ ♪ Everybody.

I just want to ♪ ♪ give love and be loved in return.

♪ ♪ Come on everybody get together.

Sing now.

♪ ♪ I just want to give love and be loved in return.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Come on.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I just want to give love and be loved in return.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I want to give you my love, everybody.

♪ ♪ I just want to give love and be loved in return.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Ooh.

♪ ♪ I... ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Hey, come on down.

♪ ♪ Sing it baby.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I just wanna give love, give love.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Oh.

♪ ♪ Yeah.

♪ ♪ ♪ (upbeat music) - When I started writing music, It was just for me.

And I would sit in the basement.

I would create.

(keyboard music) I needed to express what I was feeling and what I was seeing in the world.

And I think that the greatest music, that's how it's made.

And I'm trying to turn this into a song.

We'll see.

Songs are like seeds.

You get these beautiful small ideas throughout your waking existence, often right before bed or right as you wake up.

And these dream states.

(upbeat music) Either lyrically might be a rhythm, might be a melody.

They all come differently.

There's some songs that are written that you know, people are going to like, and then there's some that come directly from a really deep, deep place that are really beautiful and powerful.

Those are the ones I want to write.

(soulful music) ♪ Clara Jayne ♪ ♪ You're a mystery.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I will follow you through ♪ ♪ your crystal blue terrain.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ It calls to me.

♪ ♪ Leave my world behind.

♪ ♪ Yours is brighter than mine.

♪ ♪ It's like we're dreaming, ♪ ♪ But we're not sleeping.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ It all sparkles and shines.

♪ ♪ We've escaped from time.

♪ ♪ It's so wild baby.

♪ ♪ So free.

♪ ♪ See with you it's all brand new.

♪ ♪ Clara Jayne.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Lovely Clara Jayne ♪ ♪ dance in the rain.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Shield the pain.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ A lovely Clara Jayne, my lucid lady.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Clara Jayne.

♪ ♪ It's plain to see.

That the World ♪ ♪ hasn't taken your purity.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ It's like the rain shining in the sun.

♪ ♪ Giving life in time.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Nurtures yours and mine.

♪ ♪ It's like you've opened my eyes to see.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ That our strength is ♪ ♪ designed, from an open mind.

♪ ♪ It's so wild, baby.

♪ ♪ It's so free.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ See with you it's all brand new.

♪ ♪ Oh, ♪ ♪ baby.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Don't let 'em take it away.

♪ ♪ Don't take it away.

♪ ♪ Oh, baby.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Don't let 'em take it away.

♪ ♪ Oh.

♪ ♪ Oh, baby.

♪ ♪ Baby, yeah.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Hey, hey.

♪ ♪ Oh, that fool.

Yeah.

♪ ♪ Oh... ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ All right.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Umm... ♪ ♪ Girl.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Hey.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Clara Jayne.

♪ ♪ Lovely Clara Jayne ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Whoa woo hoo.

♪ ♪ Yeah.

♪ ♪ ♪ -[Josh] My music was heavily influenced by the blues, but we don't play straight blues.

(gentle music) It's rhythm and blues.

It's soulful and jazz oriented.

(gentle music) It's soul music.

(gentle music) I've had the great fortune of being able to play with just really, really fantastic musicians.

(gentle music) People have taught me so much.

(gentle music) ♪ I said, somebody needs to see.

♪ There was a point with this band that I wanted to be famous, and I wanted to play the biggest stages.

♪ ♪ ♪ There's something going on here.

♪ ♪ ♪ -[Josh] And the more and more that we had opportunities that were opening those doors, the more I was not into it.

♪ a little New Orleans right before you, alright?

♪ ♪ Give it up!

♪ ♪ ♪ -[Josh] It took some time to kind of reimagine the music as a four piece, and it's really turned into something beautiful.

(upbeat music) I just want to create something that means something to someone else.

(upbeat music) That's what music is for.

It's to connect people.

It's to raise the human spirit.

It's to find what it is that we're missing and talk about it.

(upbeat music) ♪ Deal me in.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ What's the game?

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I got the blinds.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ High Stakes, ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ All night.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ See the dealer.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ He's got more.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Folks like me.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Know what's in store.

Stacked.

♪ ♪ All your benjamins.

♪ ♪ Givin' me the run around.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ What they got cookin' in the kitchen, baby.

♪ ♪ Will leave you dead on the ground.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ And the company store.

♪ ♪ Knows you come back for more.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ But I hope this time we never go back.

♪ ♪ To business as usual.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Oh, never goin' back.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ To business as usual.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Hope I never go back.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Yeah.

All that.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Tight Rope.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ This mess.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Watch your step, now.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ There's no safety net.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Don't get sick.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Or try to shop around.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ It's all the same.

♪ ♪ They'll have to track you down, better ♪ ♪ run rats in the alley way.

♪ ♪ Don't mess around.

♪ ♪ Yeah.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ The buzzards on the front porch, ♪ ♪ waiting just to lock you out.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ The wolves on Wall Street ♪ ♪ are bloodthirsty for more.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ But I hope this time we never go back ♪ ♪ to business as usual.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I hope we never come back.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ To business as usual.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I hope we never come back.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Yeah.

♪ ♪ Why can't we make money and love one another?

♪ ♪ Tell me what's the difference ♪ ♪ between me and your brother?

♪ ♪ I said, why can't we make ♪ ♪ money and love one another?

♪ ♪ Ooh, baby.

♪ ♪ So we never go back to business as usual.

♪ ♪ Make money and love one another.

♪ ♪ Hope we never go back.

♪ ♪ The difference between me and your brother?

♪ ♪ I said, Why ♪ ♪ can't we make money and love one another?

♪ ♪ Oh, I hope we never go back.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Yeah.

♪ - Tonight we're going to make some time for love here in Brussels, y'all.

I would lie to you if I said that it wasn't fun to play big stages.

Playing Europe, They come out in numbers and they come right up to the stage.

I mean, they're just ready to have an experience.

Are you ready to have some fun?

Going from side to side and trying to engage everyone.

(upbeat music) You can feel the energy throb and move.

You feel that in a small venue, which is wonderful.

But on those big stages, you're attempting to make that same energy happen in an expanse that's way bigger.

(upbeat music) ♪ I was born to love you, baby.

♪ -[Josh] That's why I love the zoo bar.

(upbeat music) It's kind of a sacred space for me.

(upbeat music) If you go see a singer songwriter and he's telling your stories, if you really dive in and allow that story to wash over you and have a moment, then you can grow from that.

If you're connecting to the song and it's soulful music and you're really feeling what you're saying, it's going to be heavy and it could get you worked up.

That's the kind of performance I want to hear personally.

(soulful music) ♪ Give me some of that gin, ♪ ♪ but not too much.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Nothing good ever came from overfilling my cup.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Sit down with me brother.

No need to be uptight.

♪ ♪ Let's take it all in ♪ ♪ under the red lights.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ We may never know what everyone here has lost.

♪ ♪ If they lived like us.

♪ ♪ You know it came at a cost.

♪ ♪ The blues is the pain that just won't stay in ♪ ♪ the past.

♪ ♪ But the good times live on ♪ ♪ as long as the memories last.

♪ ♪ I'm giving in to know things may never be right.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ That doesn't mean that I can't see the light.

♪ ♪ Part of growing older if you're blessed with time.

♪ ♪ Is making peace with the blues ♪ under the red lights.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ There's sweet soul music in the air tonight.

♪ ♪ And the smoke rings are dancing ♪ ♪ circles around my mind.

♪ ♪ I know it sounds crazy, but I believe this time.

♪ ♪ There's a place in this world for us.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ There's a place in this world for us.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I'm giving in to know things may never be right.

♪ ♪ That doesn't mean that I can't see the light.

♪ ♪ Part of growing older ♪ ♪ if you're blessed with the time.

♪ ♪ Is making peace with the ♪ ♪ blues under the red lights.

♪ ♪ Oh, I'm not giving up.

♪ ♪ I'm giving in.

♪ ♪ I'm gonna humble myself.

♪ ♪ Wash away my sins.

♪ ♪ I'm holdin' on to love.

♪ ♪ Letting go of pride.

♪ ♪ I'm making peace with the blues ♪ ♪ under the red lights.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ With the blues under the red lights.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ With the blues under the red lights.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ With the blues under the red lights.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Mmm... Yeah, yeah, yeah.

♪ ♪ Sit down brother.

♪ ♪ Oh.

No need to be uptight.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Oh, Baby.

Sit down brother.

♪ ♪ Yeah.

♪ ♪ Take it all in under the red lights.

♪ ♪ Oh, yeah.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Oh.

No need to be on time.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Oh.

Sit down brother.

♪ ♪ Hey, take it all in under the red lights.

♪ ♪ ♪ (applause) -[Josh] I've always been a songwriter, thinking of how the group works together and orchestrating a sound.

(upbeat music) It's writing for a different group, but it's still the same soul.

It's still the same purpose.

(upbeat music) This is Mike Rhian here on the drums.

Give it up for Mike, everybody!

(clapping and cheering) We've been hard at work learning a lot of material.

And he's put a lot on his plate.

And he's doing a fantastic job.

Really thankful to have him in the band.

(clapping and cheering) Mike Rhian is is just a really like, genuine and kind human being.

(upbeat music) Myles Jasnowski is sent from some other plane, I believe, just really in tune with his instrument and very pure as a player.

Mike Keeling, the first time I saw him play, he was a total BA, if you know what I'm saying.

(upbeat music) And I think that as you grow as a human, your art gets better.

So it's all, it's all connected.

And I'm in the right place now.

I'm where I need to be.

(soulful music) ♪ Name droppin' pocket dipper.

♪ ♪ Baby, stay away from me.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Ain't gonna play the fool ♪ ♪ and drop down at your feet.

♪ ♪ You can fool some people.

♪ ♪ You sure not foolin' me.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Name droppin' pocket dipper ♪ ♪ better stay away from me.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ You say you helped my brother.

♪ ♪ make it all the way up the hill.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Some folks know better.

♪ ♪ But some people never will.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ You keep on running your mouth.

♪ ♪ And tell all of your lies.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ You think that it's business, but big shot ♪ ♪ please realize.

You're a ♪ ♪ Name droppin' pocket dipper.

♪ ♪ Yeah, you got the key.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ You can open any door.

♪ ♪ Yeah.

You're gonna sent me free.

♪ ♪ I don't need nobody to tell me what I see.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Name droppin' pocket dipper.

♪ ♪ Better stay away from me.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ The kind of work that I do.

Covers my ♪ ♪ hands in grease and mud.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Before I come to the dinner table.

♪ ♪ I gotta soak 'em down in the suds.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Been working since I been a grown man.

♪ ♪ Just tryin' to get ahead.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Quit your promising and snatching up some of ♪ ♪ my bread.

See you're a... ♪ ♪ Name droppin' pocket dipper.

♪ ♪ Stay away from me.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Ain't gonna play the fool ♪ ♪ and drop down at your feet.

♪ ♪ You can fool some people.

♪ ♪ But you're not fooling me.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Name droppin' pocket dipper.

♪ ♪ Better stay away from me.

♪ ♪ You can fool some people.

♪ ♪ But you're so not fooling me.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Name droppin' pocket dipper.

♪ ♪ Better stay away from me.

♪ ♪ Come on.

♪ ♪ Name droppin' pocket dipper.

♪ ♪ Go on now.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Name droppin' pocket dipper ♪ ♪ go on.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Name droppin' pocket dipper.

♪ ♪ Go on now!

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Name droppin' pocket dipper.

♪ ♪ Go on now.

♪ ♪ Ow... ♪ ♪ Come on.

♪ ♪ ♪ -[Announcer] Jam is funded in part by the Bill Harris and MarySue Hormel Harris Fund for the Presentation of Cultural Programming.

♪ ♪ ♪ Yeah.

Come on baby.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Go on now.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Name droppin' pocket dipper.

♪ ♪ Go on now.

♪ ♪ I said I see you, danger!

♪ ♪ Name droppin' pocket dipper.

Go on now.

♪ ♪ Stay away from me.

Name droppin' pocket dipper.

♪ ♪ Go on now.

♪ ♪ ♪