Song of the Day #4,748: ‘Tears of Rage’ – The Band
In a nice bit of Random Weekend serendipity, today’s 4th of July selection starts with the line “We carried you in our arms on Independence Day.” Funny how things work out sometimes.
‘Tears of Rage’ has shown up as on Random Weekends once before, only then it was the version performed by Bob Dylan on The Basement Tapes. As I wrote back then, Dylan wrote this song with The Band’s Richard Manuel.
Song of the Day #4,747: ‘Pheasant Feather’ – Josh Rouse feat. Jessie Baylin
Two Josh Rouse songs over the past three Random Weekends. Can’t complain about that!
Today’s track comes from Rouse’s 2015 album The Embers of Time, which he described as his “surreal expat therapy record.” These tracks find him battling depression and coming to terms with his own mortality. But while a couple of songs are on the morose side, this is mostly a life-affirming collection.
Meet Me In Montauk 