Buck Moon (feat. Norah Jones & Carl Broemel)

by Rocky Roberts & Friends

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$2 USD or more

about

This song started its life as a poem I wrote for Ben Keith’s memorial service. Ben was a master steel guitarist that I had the privilege of teaching in many of Neil Young’s Bands and CSM&Y over the years.

An ode to all great sidemen who grace a songwriters music, it is dedicated to Ben and his fellow bandmates Rick, the bass player, Rosas, Donald Duck Dunn and Pegi Young.

I asked Nora Jones and Carl to join in because they shared the experience and love of Ben and the gang over the years. Thank you!

lyrics

Lyrics:

Well he’d just sit out on the side as the lines were drawn
of heartache and love whatever came along
till he would put wings on the poets song
yeah he would put wings on the poets song

And as that poet sang he’d play his part straight from the heart
and every note he played would sparkle and ring
Two or three notes explained everything
Two or three notes explained everything

The buck moon was rising on our setting son
and I could hear the cryinn' of wood steel and chrome
pickin’ it up and takin’ it home
pickin’ it up and takiin’ it home

Cookin’ up a gumbo with everything he's got maybe a couple of shots
sweet as molasses with tabasco on top
shaking it up down to the last drop
shaking it up down to the last drop

The buck moon was rising on our setting son
and I could hear the cryin’ of wood steel and chrome
pickin’’ it up and takin’ home
pickin’ it up and takin’ it home
pickin’ it up……up….up and takin’ it home.

credits

released December 1, 2022
Rocky Roberts - Vocals & acoustic guitar
Norah Jones - Vocals
Carl Broemel - Electric guitar & pedal steel
Hugh Christopher Brown - Piano
Jason Mercer - Upright bass
Pete Bowers - Drums

license

about

Rocky Roberts & Friends Greenfield, Massachusetts

contact / help

Contact Rocky Roberts & Friends

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Rocky Roberts & Friends, you may also like:

River
by Bonnie Montgomery

The latest from acclaimed country musician Bonnie Montgomery delivers the raw, rustic sound for which she’s known. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 6, 2023
go to album
Turbo Pastel
by Turbo Pastel

Radiant country music lit up by pedal steel and sparkling guitar, centered on heart-stirring vocal melodies. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 21, 2023
go to album
Bronze Star
by Alien Eyelid

Hailing from Houston, Alien Eyelid make Grateful Dead-ish psychedelic alt-country with a distinctly twangy Southern rock tinge. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 13, 2023
go to album
I Saw the Arkansas
by Dylan Earl

Dylan Earl's blend of honky tonk, classic country music, and Southern rock has a poetic, tender heart. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 14, 2023
go to album
Storm's Coming
by timing

A concept album where meteorology is a metaphor for anxiety, the new one from timing is artful indie at its finest. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 13, 2023
go to album
New Album Out Now: Spirals
by Kate Ellis

Kate Ellis uses melancholy Americana to conduct fearless soul searching. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 3, 2022
go to album
Big Grass
by Family Jordan

Australian collective Family Jordan explore complex emotions through soft alt-country songs that take the bucolic with the bittersweet. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 17, 2021
go to album