30-Minute Music Hour

(city traffic noise) It's the 30 Minute Music Hour, I'm Andy Moore. Tonight from Chicago, Illinois, Ernie Hendrickson.

"Let Me See You Smile"

WELL MY FEET ARE MOVING SLOW TODAY THE SUN HASN'T SHINED FOR DAYS OH HONEY LET ME SEE YOU SMILE I'M WALKING HOME IN THE DRIVING RAIN TROUBLE ALL UP IN MY BRAIN OH HONEY LET ME SEE YOU SMILE SEE YOU SMILE SEE YOU SMILE OH HONEY LET ME SEE YOU SMILE SEE YOU SMILE SEE YOU SMILE OH HONEY LET ME SEE YOU SMILE WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME 'BOUT ADAM AND EVE TELL ME A LITTLE SOMETHIN' 'BOUT THE BIRDS AND THE BEES OH HONEY LET ME SEE YOU SMILE I GET FUNNY CURIOSITY EVERY TIME YOU'RE NEAR TO ME OH HONEY LET ME SEE YOU SMILE HONEY COME AWAY WITH ME WE'LL CARVE OUR NAMES IN THE SYCAMORE TREE SOON WE'LL BE WALKING DOWN THE AISLE I'LL LOVE YOU TILL THE END OF TIME MEET YOU AGAIN ON THE OTHER SIDE OH HONEY LET ME SEE YOU SMILE SEE YOU SMILE SEE YOU SMILE OH HONEY LET ME SEE YOU SMILE SEE YOU SMILE SEE YOU SMILE OH HONEY LET ME SEE YOU SMILE I SAID, OH HONEY All right. WELL, MAYBE IT'S THE RAIN LIGHTLY FALLING ON THE GROUND WELL, MAYBE IT'S THE GLOOMY GRAY OF THE CLOUDS WELL, MAYBE IT'S THAT LIFE'S JUST BEEN DRAGGING ME DOWN MAYBE IT'S THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU AROUND BUT I STILL THINK OF YOU SOMETIMES IN THE CORNER OF MY MIND IN THE CORNER OF MY MIND WELL, MAYBE IT'S THE WAY YOU WALKED ACROSS THE FLOOR MAYBE IT'S THE EYES I DON'T SEE ANYMORE WELL, MAYBE IT'S THOSE NICE SUMMER DRESSES THAT YOU WORE WELL MAYBE IT'S THE WAY YOU LOOK WHEN YOU OPEN EVERY DOOR YOUR KISSES TASTE LIKE CHERRY WINE LIKE APPLE BUTTER SMOOTH AND FINE I SLIP AWAY SOMETIMES AND FIND YOU YOU IN THE CORNER OF MY MIND WELL, MAYBE IT'S THE LONELINESS INSIDE THAT I CONCEAL WELL, MAYBE IT'S THAT YOUR LOVE TO ME WAS SO REAL WELL, MAYBE IT'S THAT I CAN'T MAKE, BORROW, OR STEAL A DOLLAR'S WORTH OF THE WAY YOU MADE ME FEEL BUT I STILL THINK OF YOU SOMETIMES IN THE CORNER OF MY MIND IN THE CORNER OF MY MIND IN THE CORNER OF MY MIND IN THE CORNER OF MY MIND

"Hold on to Hope"

IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME HOLDING ON TO HOPE WITH MANY A TURN DOWN A WINDING ROAD WHERE THE WIND AIN'T RIGHT THROUGH THE ICE AND SNOW YEAH, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME HOLDING ON TO HOPE YEARS AGO WHEN ALL THE WORLD WAS NEW YOUR BOAT SET OUT TO SAIL THE OCEAN BLUE NOW WITH WEARY EYES YOU'RE AT THE END OF THE ROPE TRYING TO YOUR SOUL TO HOLD ON TO HOPE HOLD ON HOLD ON HOLD ON TO HOPE HOLD ON HOLD ON HOLD ON TO HOPE TELEPHONE'S RINGING YOUR FRIEND'S DOWN WITH THE BLUES HE READ THE MORNING PAPER WATCHED THE EVENING NEWS SAID TO HIMSELF MUST BE SOME KIND OF JOKE FOR A MAN IN THIS COLD WORLD TO HOLD ON TO HOPE HOLD ON HOLD ON HOLD ON TO HOPE HOLD ON HOLD ON HOLD ON TO HOPE HOLD ON HOLD ON HOLD ON TO HOPE HOLD ON HOLD ON "Hold on to Hope" from "Walking with Angels." If you're just tuning in, this is Brian Wilkie working that pedal steel and that nice fat-sounding Strat. And thank you, Brian. And Mr. Ernie Hendrickson. "Walking with Angels" is the record that that last song was on, and we're hearing several selections from Ernie Hendrickson and the record "Walking with Angels." So nice to have you. - Nice to be here. Thanks a lot for joining us. It's fair to say you're from Cuba City, but it's not accurate to say that's where you grew up, right? I didn't grow up in Cuba City. I didn't even grow up in Wisconsin, truthfully. Although I get a lot of mileage out of being born here. But there's the Shullsburg connection. Yeah, my parents and their parents and their parents were probably all from Shullsburg so it's a long lineage of Shullsburg people. My parents moved down to Illinois when I was only one year old. So you barely dipped your foot in the Badger state. - That's right. And he's running around when he's in this part of the country. But I visited often, and we still have lots of ties to Shullsburg. You shared, you played Iowa last night and on the way to Madison to do our show you visited your grandmother. I did, just this morning. Did you get her hooked up with a computer to watch online? I think we have that covered. Do you want to say hello? - Uh, Grandma, are you watching? Hi. (both laugh) This record is just filled with such great music and you worked with Bo Ramsey, the legendary Bo Ramsey. - I did. Who had been a 30 Minute Music Hour guest himself, but he's a Grammy winner. What was it like working with him and what did he give you? Well, it was an amazing experience to be, in a word, I guess. From the start to the finish. And he continues to kind of be a good sort of resource and just a friend to bounce things off of. Mainly to him, you know, his goal was to capture the essence of a good performance of a song. And that's how we pretty much approached every song on the record. We just tried to get everybody that was going to play on it in the room together and do it. And did it kind of old-style that way, you weren't punching things in, you were doing takes. I read somewhere or heard you in an online interview talk about how, if it were up to you in the studio, you'd do it 100 times. Right, right, or if left to my own choice in the matter, yeah, I would probably continue to think I could do better and better. But Bo kind of held a gun on you and said, ok, this is it. Yeah, well, you know... Yeah, we all sort of got on board. It's a fun thing to try. You didn't have to argue the point too much because once you sort of let it go in that direction, if everybody's ready for the challenge, it's really rewarding. Well, thanks for sharing your music with us today. We get more from this record if I'm not mistaken. All right. Let's do it. - Thanks, Brian. WAKE UP, HEAVY SLEEPERS THE SUN IS GETTING HIGH ALL THESE PHONY LEADERS GONNA LEAVE US HIGH AND DRY GET UP FROM THE DESK CHAIR GO AND SEE THE SKY TAKE A BREATH OF FRESH AIR SOON WE'LL SAY GOODBYE THERE'S NOT MUCH TIME THERE'S NOT MUCH TIME YOU CAN LOOK THE WHOLE WORLD OVER LONDON TO JAPAN NEW YORK TO ST. PETERSBURG ALL THROUGH THIS TROUBLED LAND EVERYWHERE THERE'S SUFFERING EVERYONE FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIFE THERE'S NOT MUCH TIME THERE'S NOT MUCH TIME BLOOD STAYS ON THE ALTAR DESECRATED LAMB HONEYMOON IS OVER AND THE (---) HAS HIT THE FAN AND WE'RE TANGLED IN OUR HISTORY LIKE A SUFFOCATING VINE CAN'T SEE WHERE WE'RE HEADED WHIP THE HORSES BLIND AND THERE'S NOT MUCH TIME THERE'S NOT MUCH TIME FIND IT KIND OF FUNNY FIND IT KIND OF STRANGE CAN'T FOR OUR KNOWLEDGE FIND A WAY TO CHANGE THEY SAY THAT MAN'S GREATEST GIFT IS HIS MIND AND THERE'S NOT MUCH TIME THERE'S NOT MUCH TIME AND THERE'S NOT MUCH TIME THERE'S NOT MUCH TIME CLOSE THE DOOR SAY GOODBYE JUST A DROP OF RAIN IN A SEA OF TIME YOUR METER'S OUT OF MINUTES BUT YOU AIN'T GOT A DIME YOUR RUG PULLED OUT FROM UNDER YOU BUT YOU'LL BE FINE JUST CLOSE YOUR EYES AND SAY GOODNIGHT I'LL BE HERE IT'S ALL RIGHT SOON YOU'LL BE RUNNING THROUGH THE FIELD OF WINE WALKING WITH ANGELS AN ENDLESS LIFE SO CLOSE THE DOOR SAY GOODBYE SOON YOU'LL FEEL NO PAIN DRY YOUR EYES TOMORROW YOU'LL BE RUNNING THROUGH FIELDS OF WINE WALKING WITH ANGELS IN ENDLESS LIFE WALKING WITH ANGELS ( no audible dialogue ) RED AND YELLOW A NIP IN THE AIR EMPTY BOTTLES BUT I DON'T CARE THERE'S CORN IN THE KITCHEN APPLES IN THE PIE I LOVE YOU, BABY AND IT AIN'T NO LIE GREEN-EYED GIRLS OF THE MIDWEST I LOVE 'EM ALL BUT I LOVE YOU BEST COME A LITTLE CLOSER WHAT DO YOU SAY LET'S GO OUT AND HEAR THE FIDDLES PLAY SINGING HEY HEY TAKE ME DOWN EASY HEY HEY TAKE ME DOWN SLOW HEY HEY IT'S FALL IN THE COUNTRY LORD I WANT TO GO WELL YOU BE THE TREBLE, HONEY I'LL BE THE BASS AIN'T NEVER SEEN SUCH A PRETTY FACE THERE'S WOOD FOR THE FIRE AND A PILLOW FOR YOUR HEAD I AIN'T FEELIN' TIRED BUT I WANT TO GO TO BED SINGING HEY HEY TAKE ME DOWN EASY HEY HEY TAKE ME DOWN SLOW HEY HEY IT'S FALL IN THE COUNTRY LORD I WANT TO GO WALK ME OUT UNDER THE HARVEST MOON GUITAR JOHN IS GONNA SING US A TUNE WE'LL BE DANCING TO THE TAMBOURINE SO PICK US A FAST ONE PICK IT CLEAN Whoo! Wow, that was a good run. I was hearing that. (strums chord) Curt? - (inaudible) Still have time for one more? All right. Can I just say that this has been an honor and I'm so thankful that you had us on, Andy, and hello everyone. And thanks for tuning in today on the internet and we're going to have a chance to do the show here in the summertime, right? All right. So, anyway, I'm Ernie Hendrickson and this is Brian Wilkie, I'm sure maybe it's written on the screen at some point. I'll take the advantage of saying it as well. We'll do one more song. This is from the new record called "Where the Sidewalk Ends." GET ALONG LITTLE SUNSHINE DON'T LET YOUR HEAD HANG LOW YOUR DADDY LOVES YOU MORE THAN THE WORLD YOU KNOW CHEER UP LITTLE BABY GIRL IT'S GONNA BE ALL RIGHT YOUR DADDY'S WATCHING OVER YOU TONIGHT I'LL BE GONE FOR A WHILE AND I CAN'T SAY WHEN BUT I KNOW WE'LL MEET AGAIN SOMEWHERE IN THE TWILIGHT JUST AROUND THE BEND WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS GET UP THE COURAGE I'LL BE WATCHING AS YOU GO SOMETIMES THINK OF ME WHEN THE WILD WIND BLOWS AND THOUGH I CAN'T HOLD YOU WITH MY FINGERS THROUGH YOUR HAIR KNOW IN THAT PRECIOUS HEART I'M ALWAYS THERE RUN AROUND AND PLAY AND DO NOT DREAD THERE'LL BE HAPPINESS AGAIN 'CAUSE IN THE EVER AFTER WE'LL BE TOGETHER THEN WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS