I Need You – Performed by Act of Congress 2006
Somewhere around 2006 I had a winery. Not the one I have mentioned before but a different one. It was called the Winery on Main. It was located in the heart of a small town close to the Courthouse and the First Baptist Church. (That is a whole “nuther” story.) We did live music on occasion and through a friend of a friend I met some guys fresh out of college who for a few hundred dollars would come and fill the winery with the beauty of their craft. I had written a few songs and hired them to record them for me. I Need You is one of them. Over the years we have remained in contact at least with Chris and Adam and I have watched them become professionals of the highest caliber. They draw large crowds and play all over the world. One of the coolest creative things they have done is integrate their music with live symphony. Their name is Act of Congress. They named it that because it was taking so long for their dreams to be realized. But now as men they command respect, attention, and a whole lot more money than I ever gave them. But we are related by history and love now not dollars. I was remembering those times this morning and thought to introduce them to you. Their music is amazing! Deep and rich and authentic and intelligent and filled with love, are some ways I describe what they do. Visit them at Act of Congress, learn of them, support them, and by all means if you get a chance to see them live be there. They will blow you away! There are many samples of them on YouTube.
I like their music, I will check them out more, Thank you for sharing them
and..I like how the gave life to your song….I enjoyed it
They are like family.
All strings… love it! 🙂
They are great! Very cool people too. The guitar player is Chris. I call him my kids’ musical daddy. He mentored them all through high school and still invests in them. They are now about the age Chris was when I first met him.
They’re really good. I am a little jealous. We are just so behind the times in Utah and have very little access to the type of music things you talk about. (One could conceivably die of boredom here! 🙂 )
Send them an email. Tell them you are family and I sent you.
I would be glad to do that, just for you. They should know you’re helping to promote them!
Okie dokie. Sent them a note to tell them they were great and that I heard them on your blog. You know when I pulled this post up first time, the audio bar didn’t show up on here. I had no idea till I got back on here it was there. It was just wonderful! You are right. You do have a good ear for music. You should be writing songs, not just poetry. You can always hire someone to do the music for you. I bet there’s a heck of a lot of folks writing music that can’t read a lick of music or carry a tune in a bucket. It was great! <3
You are right about me not reading music and while I try to carry tunes my bucket does have a hole in it.”)
I wasn’t meaning you, goofus!!! <3
I know but it was funny
That’s why there are COMPOSERS and LYRICISTS cause some folks just plain don’t have any rhythm. YOU, on the other hand, have plenty of SOUL AND RHYTHM! I know cause you can play a radio! 😛
And my 8-track tapes
I am SO in awe!!! 😀
I always had a sense of you being a music man! I love that you wrote such beautiful songs, and had friends who could make them sound pretty! Thank you for turning us on to them!
I love that I am finding a way to make music or at least to join in. It is so enjoyable. But I feel that our conversations are music at times along with those others who can hear it too
Yes! the connection through words makes its own music, has its own rhythm 🙂
On a Sunday evening heavy with darkening clouds and the Sunday Roast in the oven, playing this and taking in every word that was spoken oh how those words are so significant to me, how so much that was spoken is what is in my mind. Thank you for this.
I am glad:) And I am glad you came by.
Loved ’em. Thx for sharing 🙂
The lead singer and the guitar guys are like family.
Nice
They were just barely grown when they recorded those songs for me.