The Caverns Sessions | The Band of Heathens | Season 5 | Episode 4 - PBS
Twenty years after they started, The Band of Heathens have clearly discovered that there is little upside to messing with what works. Theirs is a reliable formula: an authentic originality in Rock, Folk, Soul, and Country that ranges from laid-back melodies to an undeniable swamp-swagger. This Band Of Heathens has never trimmed their Roots or abandoned their go-it-alone philosophy.
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Twenty years after they started, The Band of Heathens have clearly discovered that there is little upside to messing with what works. Theirs is a reliable formula: an authentic originality in Rock, Folk, Soul, and Country that ranges from laid-back melodies to an undeniable swamp-swagger. This Band Of Heathens has never trimmed their Roots or abandoned their go-it-alone philosophy.
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- Hidden deep beneath the Cumberland Mountains in Grundy County, Tennessee, lies one of the world's most magical musical adventures, "The Caverns Sessions."
three million years in the making, pure Acoustics offer music from the heart of the American experience.
Center stage and deep inside the mountain.
This time, welcome The Band of Heathens.
♪ I was born in the rain on the paths of change ♪ - It's deep down sound in the Caverns.
[applause and cheering] [upbeat country music] ♪ I got a Western way of leaving ♪ ♪ A Southern style of believing ♪ ♪ My Northern star for living, a weathered intuition ♪ ♪ To fill the rearview mirror ♪ ♪ With miles of Eastern pines ♪ ♪ But I got no direction if I can't call you mine ♪ ♪ Hmm-mm-mm-mm ♪ ♪ Coffee's cold, the diner's getting loud ♪ ♪ My angel in my ear says, "Let's break out of this crowd"♪ ♪ It's time to go ♪ ♪ Well, that ain't nothing new ♪ ♪ So, I'll just head on out of view, ♪ ♪ Down the road a stone or two.
♪ ♪ With my Western way of leaving ♪ ♪ A Southern style of believing ♪ ♪ My Northern star for living, a weathered intuition ♪ ♪ To fill the rearview mirror ♪ ♪ With miles of Eastern pines ♪ ♪ But I got no direction if I can't call you mine.
♪ ♪ Hmm-mm-mm-mm ♪ ♪ Hmm-mm-mm-mm ♪ [upbeat country music] ♪ If you're gone, well, don't be gone for good ♪ ♪ I'd turn back the time every morning if I could ♪ ♪ So, here I lay.
♪ ♪ Watch the fan blade cut a breeze ♪ ♪ I dust off your memory ♪ ♪ 'Cause I can't change what's come to be.
♪ ♪ With my Western way of leaving ♪ ♪ A Southern style of believing ♪ ♪ My Northern star for living, a weathered intuition ♪ ♪ To fill the rearview mirror ♪ ♪ With miles of Eastern pines.
♪ ♪ But I got no direction if I can't call you mine.
♪ ♪ Oh, I got no direction if I can't call you mine.
♪ [upbeat country music] ♪ Hmm-mm-mm-mm ♪ ♪ Hmm-mm-mm-mm.
♪ [cheering and applause] [upbeat country music] [upbeat country music] ♪ You only come around here when you need a shoulder to cry on ♪ ♪ And you lost another love and I'm the only one you rely on.
♪ ♪ I'll be a friend when your heart is battered and reeling.
♪ ♪ But you got to understand that love is more than a feeling.
♪ ♪ So, honey, take a break, I can't take anymore.
♪ ♪ You can take the cake, but who's keeping score?
♪ ♪ You gotta love yourself and spread it all around.
♪ ♪ Give it all away, it'll come back around.
♪ [upbeat country music] ♪ Giving and taking, it sounds so basic and simple.
♪ ♪ They're not what they seem when you're trying to light ♪ ♪ love's candle.
♪ ♪ If you give more than you take, ♪ ♪ you won't ever run out of nothing.
♪ ♪ Love'll fill you up, spilling from your cup over-running.
♪ ♪ So, honey, take a break, I can't take anymore.
♪ ♪ You can take the cake, but who's keeping score?
♪ ♪ You gotta love yourself, and give a little ground.
♪ ♪ If you give it all away, it'll come back around, hey!
♪ [upbeat country music] [upbeat country music] ♪ I know you work real hard, ♪ ♪ you've earned everything that you got now.
♪ ♪ Lost your peace of mind, or maybe just simply forgot how ♪ ♪ 'Cause when you're always taking, ♪ ♪ you think everybody's out to get ya ♪ ♪ But if you give it all up, ♪ ♪ you're a river to your people forever.
♪ ♪ So honey, take a break, I can't take anymore.
♪ ♪ You can take the cake, but who's keeping score?
♪ ♪ You gotta love yourself, spread it all around.
♪ ♪ Give it all away, it'll come back around.
♪ ♪ So honey take a break, I can't take anymore ♪ ♪ You can take the cake, but who's keeping score?
♪ ♪ You gotta love yourself, give a little ground.
♪ ♪ Give it all away, it'll come back around.
♪ ♪ I say, give it all away, it'll come back around, hey.
♪ [upbeat country music] [upbeat country music] [applause and cheering] [upbeat country music] [upbeat country music] ♪ He told you all you wanted to hear.
♪ ♪ But if you're looking, you can see right through it now.
♪ ♪ But I'll be waiting here for you.
♪ ♪ Not letting go, a promise on the edge, pulling you close ♪ ♪ Holding on to never, like the song at the end of a show.
♪ ♪ Forever's not a long time, forever's not a long time.
♪ ♪ Forever's only never letting go.
♪ [upbeat country music] ♪ You set the hook and pulled you in.
♪ ♪ The tractor beam begins to spin.
♪ ♪ When time stands still, you can see right through it.
♪ ♪ And I'll be waiting here for you.
♪ ♪ Not letting go, a promise on the edge, pulling you close ♪ ♪ Holding on to never, like the song at the end of a show ♪ ♪ Forever's not a long time, forever's not a long time.
♪ ♪ Forever's only never letting go.
♪ [upbeat country music] [upbeat country music] ♪ A second chance is all we need.
♪ ♪ One more dance with two left feet.
♪ ♪ And I'll hold you close so nothing comes between us, no ♪ ♪ Nothing ever comes easy.
♪ ♪ Not letting go, a promise on the edge, pulling you close.
♪ ♪ Holding on to never, like the song at the end of a show.
♪ ♪ Forever's not a long time, forever's not a long time.
♪ ♪ Forever's only never letting go.
♪ [upbeat country music] [applause and cheering] [upbeat country music] ♪ Walking through a winter like a frozen man stuck in an ice age.
♪ ♪ Just feeling like a thaw was a million light-years away.
♪ ♪ You came along, a bird with a sweeter song.
♪ ♪ Like the first day of spring, come get on a wing.
♪ ♪ And the sky opened up just to say ♪ ♪ Lead, don't follow.
♪ ♪ Trust your steps, and soon tomorrow.
♪ ♪ Find your way from laughter through the tears.
♪ ♪ And days of celebration and moments of sorrow.
♪ ♪ You got to earn them all, don't borrow.
♪ [upbeat country music] ♪ There's always been another way, ♪ ♪ the blueprint was only made to be broken.
♪ ♪ And if you start feeling luck calling everyone else's name.
♪ ♪ Destiny is intention, build your invention.
♪ ♪ Create the world you wanna live all around you.
♪ ♪ There's a nothing holding you back, whatever you may lack.
♪ ♪ Just light the fuse and just let it go.
♪ ♪ Trust your steps, and soon tomorrow.
♪ ♪ Find your way from laughter through the tears.
♪ ♪ And days of celebration and moments of sorrow.
♪ ♪ You got to earn them all, don't borrow.
♪ [upbeat country music] [upbeat country music] ♪ Lead, don't follow.
♪ ♪ Trust your steps, and soon tomorrow.
♪ ♪ Find your way from laughter to the tears.
♪ ♪ Days of celebration and moments of sorrow.
♪ ♪ You got to earn them all, don't borrow.
♪ [applause and cheering] [upbeat country music] ♪ 30 miles on the Gulf Stream.
♪ ♪ I can hear the south wind moan.
♪ ♪ All the shrimp boats coming home.
♪ ♪ The old man down in the Quarter.
♪ ♪ Takes a sip from his whiskey bottle.
♪ ♪ I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain ♪ ♪ Underneath the Louisiana moon.
♪ ♪ She's hard, she's cold, and she's mean.
♪ ♪ But nobody taught her ♪ ♪ It takes a lot of water.
♪ [upbeat country music] ♪ Man came down from Chicago.
♪ ♪ He said, it needs to be at least three feet higher.
♪ ♪ It won't make it through the night.
♪ ♪ But the old man down in the Quarter ♪ ♪ He said, don't you listen to that boy.
♪ ♪ The water'll be down by the morning.
♪ ♪ I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain ♪ ♪ Underneath the Louisiana moon.
♪ ♪ I don't mind the strain ♪ ♪ Of a hurricane.
♪ ♪ She's hard, she's cold, and she's mean.
♪ ♪ But nobody taught her ♪ ♪ It takes a lot of water.
♪ [upbeat country music] [upbeat country music] ♪ 30 miles on the Gulf Stream ♪ ♪ I can hear the south wind moan.
♪ ♪ The bridges getting lower ♪ ♪ All the shrimp boats coming home.
♪ ♪ The old man down in the Quarter ♪ ♪ Slowly turns his head.
♪ ♪ Takes a sip from his whiskey bottle.
♪ - Help us out, y'all, sing it loud.
[Applause] ♪ I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain.
♪ ♪ I don't mind the strain of a hurricane ♪ ♪ They come around every June ♪ ♪ The high black water ♪ ♪ A devil's daughter.
♪ ♪ She's hard, she's cold, and she's mean.
♪ ♪ But nobody taught her ♪ ♪ It takes a lot of water ♪ ♪ To wash away New Orleans.
[upbeat country music] ♪ I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain.
♪ ♪ I don't mind the strain of a hurricane.
♪ ♪ She's hard, she's cold, and she's mean.
♪ ♪ But nobody taught her ♪ ♪ It takes a lot of water ♪ ♪ To wash away New Orleans.
♪ ♪ Nobody taught her ♪ ♪ It takes a lot of water ♪ ♪ To wash away New Orleans, yeah!
Clip: S5 Ep4 | 6m 28s | The Band of Heathens perform their song "Hurricane." (6m 28s)
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