Through a Washashore's Eyes

Live and Alone....and Always Awesome

I have never missed a concert with Melissa

After Danny had shed his buckets of rain over the coast of Cape Cod, the crowds emerged into the Melody Tent despite the high winds at times. We were there to see our icon deliver her summer rituals of songs that have sustained us through the good and bad times in our lives. And as usual she delivered this time without the back up band but leaving us more in touch with her and more a part of her music.

It was as if it were a party with just us, inside that windy tent Saturday night. I have never missed a concert with Melissa yet, except for when she was going through a tough time with Chemo. It's been five years since her cancer and she looks strong and renewed. She said sometimes " You get a little gift with the diagnosis as it changes your perspective on everything". 

 She honored our late Senator Kennedy with a song that she had written many years ago, " All the Way to Heaven". She sang a song for the storm's namesake  Daniel and spoke of the story behind the lyrics. She had told us of a time when she met Bernie Taupin who had written the song made popular by Elton John. He told her it was about a guy who's brother had returned from war but who  couldn't deal with the stresses of his life after war and so he took off to Spain. I will forever listen to that song now with a deeper and clearer understanding of the lyrics. But that's what Melissa is like. She writes songs with stories and is always willing to share her discoveries along her journey in life. And the best part of going to a Melissa Etheridge'd concert is that it is an interactive concert and you can sing along.

Thanks Melissa for Sharing !!!

Daniel             (written by Bernie Taupin and music by Elton John)

Daniel is travelling tonight on a plane
I can see the red tail lights heading for Spain
Oh and I can see Daniel waving goodbye
God it looks like Daniel, must be the clouds in my eyes They say Spain is pretty though I've never been
Well Daniel says it's the best place that he's ever seen
Oh and he should know, he's been there enough
Lord I miss Daniel, oh I miss him so much Daniel my brother you are older than me
Do you still feel the pain of the scars that won't heal
Your eyes have died but you see more than I
Daniel you're a star in the face of the sky Daniel is travelling tonight on a plane
I can see the red tail lights heading for Spain
Oh and I can see Daniel waving goodbye
God it looks like Daniel, must be the clouds in my eyes
Oh God it looks like Daniel, must be the clouds in my eyes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY5_CNHRqqk

And thanks for a song that was so long forgotten in the past.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL83Z0YTj4g