The late, great Dave Carter and the very much alive and vibrant Tracy Grammer performing at the St John's Pub, Portland, Oregon, 2001. Wonderful backing by Benjy Wertheimer. + Informações

Live at Sisters Folk Festival, Oregon.. + Informações

As we approach the 7th Anniversary of his passing, a bittersweet tribute to one of the most amazing songwriters of our time, Dave Carter performing, "Cowboy Singer", with his partner, Tracy Grammer.. + Informações

(check out twoodburn's channel for more Dave & Tracy) If you like what you hear, I encourage you to check out Tracy's solo work, which is superlative, along with the four amazing albums recorded by this remarkable duo: WHEN I GO (1998) TANGLEWOOD TREE (2000) DRUM HAT BUDDHA (2001) SEVEN IS THE NUMBER (2006). Note: This is essentially the duo's re-recording of Dave's debut album SNAKE-HANDLIN' MAN (1995), which Dave released before he met Tracy. I believe they were working on this at the time of Dave's death, with all tracks recorded, and the collection was subsequently mixed and mastered over the intervening three or four years following Dave's passing. It's a gem of an album (as is Dave's debut, which is, sadly, out of print). Please visit TracyGrammer dot com for more information. (I'm not affiliated with her in any way. Just a huge fan.) love is a tanglewood tree in a bower of green in a forest at dawn fair while the mockingbird sings, but she soon lifts her wings and the music is gone young lovers in the tall grass with their hearts open wide when the red summer poppies bloom but love is a trackless domain and the rumor of rain in the late afternoon love is an old root that creeps through the meadows of sleep when the long shadows cast thin as a vagrant young vine, it encircles and twines and it holds the heart fast catches dreamers in the wildwood with the stars in their eyes and the moon in their tousled hair but love is a light in the sky, and an unspoken lie and a .... + Informações

Song: When I Go, by Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer. Images from interfacelift.com. + Informações

Probably my favorite song at the moment. Lyrics: my love is like a red, red rose snake on her shoulder and a ring in her nose sleepin' it off in her swaddlin' clothes innocent as she lies i don't know where she come from hangin' with dealers and slick-back scum dreamin' of a summer that never comes and waitin' for me to die she is the daughter of the joshua tree long time losers and og wannabes mama's in the corn and the fields are fallow soul needs savin' but i'm too damned shallow sweet maria she's a pretty little 9 kicks like a mule but she barks just fine i ain't cleaned her in a mighty long time takin her out tonight dip her in a bucket of kerosene mr. rogers on my tv screen friendliest sucker i ever seen we are precious in his sight 'cause we are the children of the joshua tree longtime losers and og wannabes mama's in the corn and the fields are barren roof needs fixin' but i'm way past carin' ophelia's drowned in the cold, cold flood a thorn by any other name draws blood deep red drops on a scarlet bud daddy we comin' home we don't know where home lies now but we'll turn up there some damned how drawn to the barn and the busted plow and the graves all overgrown because we are the children of the joshua tree longtime losers and og wannabes mama's in the corn and the field's been trampled you can't reason with a soul in shambles RIP Dave Carter. + Informações

"all-original, postmodern, mystical American folk" (check out twoodburn's channel for more Dave & Tracy) Set: The River, Where She Sleeps (partial) Farewell to St. Delores (complete) Don't Tread on Me (partial) Grand Prairie, TX (partial) For those of us who love Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer, this is the Dave and Tracy we saw first, fresh from recording "When I Go" and winning songwriting contests throughout the folk world (Kerrville, Napa Valley, Wildflower). The world was theirs and we heard genius instantly. I know I did; it was a beautiful and wholly unexpected experience when I saw Dave and Tracy for the first time, and this is the closest you'll get to seeing Dave and Tracy the way I and so many others saw them: on a simple raised stage in some dark folk club or rec center or converted church sanctuary. It felt like discovering a gem that no one else had even named. It was a thunderclap. My parents had Bob Dylan -- and though I love Dylan with all my heart, he wasn't (and isn't) mine. Dave's mine. I can't tell you how sad I was when he died. It's not often that you listen to a song or an artist, and that artist or song becomes yours: not in any sort of ownership sense, but as a piece of your viscera, your best heart. Dave was mine -- in that way, at least. If you like what you hear, I encourage you to check out Tracy's solo work, which is superlative, along with the four amazing albums recorded by this remarkable duo: WHEN I GO (1998) TANGLEWOOD TREE (2000) DRUM .... + Informações

'Better Way' is the opening track from a remarkable album called 'Little Blue Egg' (Red House), by Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer. Carter died suddenly of a heart attack in 2002. The tracks on this album come from old living-room tapes that Tracy found. "Listening to the CD, you realize just how much we lost when Carter died," wrote Jeff Burger in No Depression. Tracy Grammer's website: www.tracygrammer.com Tracy Grammer first saw Dave Carter perform at a songwriter's showcase shortly after she moved to Portland, Oregon. "As far as I was concerned, the rest of the room disappeared at that point. I knew instantly that I was in the presence of greatness." They met on their way out the door and by early 1998 had entered into a mutual "marriage in music." Their unique strengths came together in powerful synergy. Carter conjured mystical, romantic true fictions while Grammer complemented his expert guitar, banjo and voice with beautifully intoned violin, guitar, mandolin and emotionally potent vocals. Grammer's budding production skills led them to record their first album, "When I Go," in Grammer's kitchen. The simple, no frills recording built on Carter's impressive songwriting wins (at Kerrville, Wildflower and Napa Valley) and garnered the unknown duo a feature article in the LA Times. The prescient writer declared Carter "a major lyrical talent" and proclaimed their self-released album "discovery of the year." By 2000, they were signed to Signature Sounds and released .... + Informações

Songs: Tanglewood Tree When I Go (check out twoodburn's channel for more Dave & Tracy) I hadn't heard of Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer when I read a review of them in the LA Times Calendar section, sometime in late '98. The occasion for the article was the duo's one-night stand in Anaheim later that week. The writer (I believe it was Chris Willman) quoted a stanza from the song "When I Go," which caught my attention: and when the sun comes trumpets from his red house in the east he will find a standing stone where long i chanted my release he will send his morning messenger to strike the hammer blow and i will crumble down uncountable in showers of crimson rubies when i go I called the phone number included in the article and bought a ticket. Probably the most memorable night of music I've ever witnessed. (Addendum: I looked up the article on the LA Times website, and it turns out I first saw them almost exactly a month before this performance was recorded: On February 20, 1999. The article can be found at: articles.latimes.com/1999/feb/16/entertainment/ca-8686) For those of us who love Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer, this is the Dave and Tracy we saw first, fresh from recording "When I Go" and winning songwriting contests throughout the folk world (Kerrville, Napa Valley, Wildflower). The world was theirs and we heard genius instantly. I know I did; it was a beautiful and wholly unexpected experience when I saw Dave and Tracy for the first time, and this is the closest .... + Informações

Live at Sisters Folk Festival. + Informações

Just a quicky of one of their songs. -Song; Disappearing Man Dave Carter (RIP) and Tracy Grammer No pics, just lyrics. I'll do something nice for it in the future. Obviously, I don't own the tune or the lyrics. I'm not making money off this. + Informações

daveandtracy.com - has the story of how Dave & Tracy came together to create the music you are listening to, as well as many more magical tracks. Their music is available at www.tracygrammer.com - iTunes, Amazon, and music stores around the world. A heartfelt thank you to Tracy Grammer for her permission to use this song. From their third CD "Drum Hat Buddha" Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer - "Gentle Soldier of My Soul" with video from The University of Washington "Quad" and the Japanese cherry trees in bloom on a foggy March morning in 2008. + Informações

Music: from Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer's Tanglewood CD. Song: The Mountain. [Dave Carter (August 13, 1952-July 19, 2002) was an American folk singer-songwriter who described his style as "post-modern mythic American folk music." He was one half of the duo Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer, who were heralded as the new "voice of modern folk music" in the months before Carter's unexpected death in July 2002.] The Mountain I was born in a forked-tongued story, raised up by merchants and drugstore liars. Now I walk on the paths of glory, one foot in ice, one in fire. I see the mountain, the mountain comes to me, I see the mountain and that is all I see. Some poor prophet comes, some find solace, some lay him down in a junkyard bay. Some will chase us and some will call us, gone, gone, gone in a day. gone to the mountain, the mountain comes to me, i see the mountain and that is all I see. Miller take me and miller grind me, scatter my bones on the wild green tide. Maybe some roving bird will find me, over the wall we'll ride. over the mountain, the mountain comes to me, I see the mountain and that is all I see. Some build temples and some find altars, some come in tall hats and robes spun fine. Some in rags, some in gemstone halters, some push the pegs back in line. I see the mountain, the mountain comes to me, I see the mountain and that is all I see. Video: Sequoias, California taken in April Fantastic Beings, Jan 2011. + Informações

Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer perform, "Gun Metal Eyes" at the St John's Pub, Portland, OR, December 2001. + Informações

Enya "On My Way Home" Dave Cartrer & Tracy Grammer "Kate and the Ghost of Lost Love". + Informações

Live at Sisters Folk Festival. + Informações

Please watch in High Quality! Another of my most favorite songs. Sadly, I first heard Dave Carter after he had left us. I remember the elation upon finding him and hearing his songwriting which contained words that spoke to my soul. Then the sadness to find out there would be no more. Fortunately for us, his partner, Tracy Grammer, continues to be the voice that brings us his songs...and so much more. Thank you Tracy! This is their classic, Tanglewood Tree, humbly visualized and brought to you here. If you enjoy this song, please visit these websites to hear and purchase more. Tracy tours constantly and is a fixture at Falcon Ridge Folk Festival and other East Coast venues. If you take the time to see her in concert I have no doubt you will be forever changed, like me. www.daveandtracy.com/ www.myspace.com/tracygrammer/ www.tracygrammer.com/ www.signaturesounds.com/ Tanglewood Tree love is a tanglewood tree in a bower of green in a forest at dawn fair while the mockingbird sings, but she soon lifts her wings and the music is gone young lovers in the tall grass with their hearts open wide when the red summer poppies bloom but love is a trackless domain and the rumor of rain in the late afternoon love is an old root that creeps through the meadows of sleep when the long shadows cast thin as a vagrant young vine, it encircles and twines and it holds the heart fast catches dreamers in the wildwood with the stars in their eyes and the moon in their tousled hair but love is a .... + Informações

For the Shaman I'm glad I had a chance to meet.. + Informações

This is a live sound recording of Dave Carter's song "Grand Prairie TX Homesick Blues." The original song is on Carter and Grammer's 1998 album "When I Go." I found the recording on the Internet several years ago and do not know its date or where it was performed.. + Informações

Music from www.daveandtracy.com - Driving on a country road. Summertime in Minnesota 2006 "Gentle Arms of Eden" "I Go Like The Raven" "Gentle Soldier of My Soul" Written and performed by Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer from their CDs "Drum Hat Buddha" - "Tangelwood Tree" - "When I Go". + Informações

Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer sang "Tanglewood Tree" when touring with Joan Baez in 2002. This is from the Northampton (MA) concert, at the Calvin Theatre, on Feb. 24, 2002. According to someone who attended the concert, Dave Carter said : "Whatever else we do? in our folk music career, touring with Joan Baez will always be the highlight." A few months later, on the 18th of July, he passed away.... + Informações

Surprised to find no songs from Dave & Tracy's Christmas album, "American Noel," online, so I thought I'd remedy that with a compilation of winter images from Colorado - You can order their album at Signature Sounds, www.signaturesounds.com. + Informações

written by Dave Carter. + Informações

A ripping and hilarious D&T take on Little Liza Jane. Dave was in his effects pedal experimentation stage and the results could be wildly, hilariously and brilliantly unpredictable! Sorry for the lousy quality of shooting and video. Super dark in the venue and the back focus on the camera was malfunctioning.. + Informações

Tracy Grammer and Jim Henry perform Dave Carter's "The Mountain" at the Brennan Coffeehouse in Jersey City, New Jersey on Friday evening, March 20, 2009.. + Informações