30-Minute Music Hour

Welcome to the 30 Minute Music Hour. I'm Andy Moore. Tonight, Marques Bovre and SoDangYang. THIS IS A STORY ABOUT A DIESEL TRUCK DRIVIN' MAN WITH THE LOVERS AND THE MOTHERS OF CHILDREN ALL OVER THIS LAND CA TO PA ST. PAUL TO ROCKPORT HE NEVER PAID A PENNY ANY KIND OF CHILD SUPPORT EIGHTEEN WHEELS SIXTEEN GEARS HE'S BEEN JAMMIN' THEM GEARS FOR 34 YEARS CHUCKTRUCK (CHUCKTRUCK) CHUCKTRUCK (CHUCKTRUCK) CHUCKTRUCK (CHUCKTRUCK) CHUCKTRUCK (CHUCKTRUCK) HE WAS BORN IN MINNESOTA BUT THERE'S DIXIE UP THERE ON THE GRILL IF THERE'S ANY KINDA WAY TO OFFEND YOU YOU KNOW THAT HE WILL HE'S GOT SIDEBURNS HANGIN' DOWN TO HIS DOUBLE CHINNY-CHINNY-CHIN HE'S GOT PARKIN' LOT LIZARDS SAYIN' LET ME ON IN HONEY HONEY, HONEY EIGHTEEN WHEELS SIXTEEN GEARS HE'S BEEN JAMMIN' THEM GEARS FOR 34 YEARS CHUCKTRUCK (CHUCKTRUCK) CHUCKTRUCK (CHUCKTRUCK) CHUCKTRUCK (CHUCKTRUCK) CHUCKTRUCK (CHUCKTRUCK) HE'S GOT HIS CHRISTMAS HEAD, FOG, BRAKE LIGHTS ON IT TOOK HIM 24 HORSES JUST TO MOW THE DAMN LAWN MUD FLAP VENUS SILHOUETTE JUST HUGGIN' THE CURVES CHEWING CHEWING TOBACCO JUST TO SETTLE HIS NERVES EIGHTEEN WHEELS SIXTEEN GEARS HE'S BEEN JAMMIN' THEM GEARS FOR 34 YEARS CHUCKTRUCK (CHUCKTRUCK) CHUCKTRUCK (CHUCKTRUCK) CHUCKTRUCK (CHUCKTRUCK) CHUCKTRUCK (CHUCKTRUCK) HIS DADDY LEFT HIM LAND BACK IN 1971 HIS OWN BACKHOE A LOT OF DIGGIN'S BEEN DONE THE LIST OF CHARGES IS LONG AND GRIM LOCAL AUTHORITIES NEVER HAVE CONVICTED HIM EIGHTEEN WHEELS SIXTEEN GEARS HE'S BEEN JAMMIN' THEM GEARS FOR 34 YEARS CHUCKTRUCK (CHUCKTRUCK) CHUCKTRUCK (CHUCKTRUCK) CHUCKTRUCK (CHUCKTRUCK) CHUCKTRUCK (CHUCKTRUCK) YEAH, CHUCKTRUCK (CHUCKTRUCK) CHUCKTRUCK (CHUCKTRUCK) CHUCKTRUCK YEAH CHUCKTRUCK CHUCKTRUCK CHUCKTRUCK, YEAH Yeah, I haven't written a lot of songs about serial killing truck drivers, but that's one of the better ones. This is a song about my hometown of Paoli, Wisconsin. I'm one of the few people actually from Paoli, not on the way through Paoli. This is called, "Washes Everything." THAT RIVER WOUND AND WOUND AROUND MY SLEEPY TOWN IT STUMBLED DOWN A DAM AND MADE AN ANCIENT SOUND I SEE IT WHEN I'M SLEEPING AND I HEAR IT WHEN I SING AND IT WANDERS AS IT WASHES EVERYTHING EVERYTHING WASHES EVERYTHING THAT BAR STILL SELLS THE "DAILY SHAKE" AND SALTY THINGS BUT THE CONVERSATION COMES FROM WHAT THE CABLE BRINGS I FEEL A LITTLE PRODIGAL I FEEL A LITTLE TORN LIKE A STRANGER IN THE TOWN WHERE I WAS BORN WHERE I WAS BORN BORN (BORN) THE TOWN WHERE I WAS BORN THE GRAVEYARD EMPTIES OUT AND FILLS MY MEMORIES WITH EASTER BELLS AND DIESEL SMELLS AND BLOODY KNEES I KNOW THAT I WAS YOUNG ONCE AND I KNOW THIS PLACE WAS REAL BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FEEL THE WAY I FEEL THE WAY I FEEL FEEL THE WAY I FEEL THE HOME WHERE I GREW UP IS UP FOR SALE AGAIN AND THE MOUND OUT IN THE BACKYARD IS UP TO 27 INCHES THEY CHAIN-SAWED THAT OLD OAK TREE AND IT WASN'T EVEN DEAD ALL FILLED UP WITH EVERY CRAZY THING I SAID I EVER SAID SAID (SAID) EVERY CRAZY THING I EVER SAID THAT RIVER WOUND AND WOUND AROUND MY SLEEPY TOWN IT STUMBLED DOWN A DAM AND MADE AN ANCIENT SOUND I SEE IT WHEN I'M SLEEPING AND I HEAR IT WHEN I SING AND IT WANDERS AS IT WASHES EVERYTHING EVERYTHING (EVERYTHING) WASHES EVERYTHING (WASHES EVERYTHING) IT WANDERS AS IT WASHES EVERYTHING All right. Jim, you want to slip into something more accordion? As a band, I think I can speak for us all, that we are pro-accordion. And we vote. This is a song Maggie's going to sing. Maggie Weiser, to my left here, is going to sing a song called "Secrets." And as soon as Jim slips on his accordion, we'll just get right to it. THIS GIRL (THIS GIRL) WILL NEVER TELL ALL HER SECRETS THIS GIRL (THIS GIRL) WILL NEVER TELL ALL HER SECRETS BEEN A LONELY GIRL BEEN THE ONLY GIRL I'VE BEEN LOWE THAN A TONGUE CAN TELL THIS GIRL THIS GIRL (THIS GIRL) SOME GIRLS WILL TELL YOU WHAT THEY SAY IS EVERYTHING AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU I WILL NEVER TELL YOU EVERYTHING THIS GIRL (THIS GIRL) WILL NEVER TELL ALL HER SECRETS THIS GIRL (THIS GIRL) WILL NEVER TELLALL HER SECRETS BEEN A LONELY GIRL BEEN THE ONLY GIRL I'VE BEEN LOWER THAN A TONGUE CAN TELL THIS GIRL I'D LOVE TO TELL YOU I WILL GIVE YOU EVERYTHING IT'S A PIECE OF THIS A PIECE OF THAT BUT IT'S NEVER EVER, EVER EVERYTHING THIS GIRL (THIS GIRL) WILL NEVER TELL ALL HER SECRETS THIS GIRL (THIS GIRL) WILL NEVER TELL ALL HER SECRETS BEEN A LONELY GIRL BEEN THE ONLY GIRL I'VE BEEN LOWER THAN A TONGUE CAN TELL THIS GIRL (THIS GIRL) THIS GIRL THIS GIRL (THIS GIRL) THIS GIRL -

Andy whispers

: Secrets. Marques Bovre, thank you so much for coming. That was very pretty, Maggie. That song, and the song just before it, "Washes Everything," are from the new project called "Piata," right? And that tune, "Washes Everything," you set it up by talking about your hometown. There's lots of perseverance, I hear, in these new songs. And I'm wondering, what the "Washes Everything" part of the hometown song. Where is that coming from? Well, you know, that river's still running, even though I've been through a couple lifetimes since the last time I saw it, the way I saw it when I was young. So even though everything else has changed, the river is still running and that's always a good thing. Do you still have family there? Yeah, my folks live a couple miles outside of Paoli now. So, I hear perseverance in your songs. You're known for so many different kinds of attacks on popular music, and rock, Psycho Billy, I don't know, some time ago. Psycho something. - Yeah, your label goes here. What do you think? Where are you moving with "Piata", with these new songs? Just, I don't know, maybe it's just, I'm guessing, unless I get to be a whole lot older than I figure, I'm a little beyond middle age. So, you know, once you get to that place, I think you start seeing things differently. For me, it's just, you know, that broken isn't broken. It's just broken open, so I'm getting to see all the cool little treats inside of me that I didn't get to see when I avoided getting the snot beat out of me by a Louisville Slugger. Are you talking about being liberated? Being a Piata, yeah. Okay and being broken open like a Piata. Terrific. Tell us who else is playing in SoDangYang. Well, we've got Maggie Weiser over here. You heard from her earlier. Back behind her on bass, we've got Ken Stevenson. And Ethan Noordyke behind me on the drums, a lovely young person. He's the cheesecake in the band. ( laughter ) He's not broken open yet. No, but we're working on it. Then of course, I won't use "venerable," Jim. The lovely Jim Schwall. I didn't hear you. Did you almost say venerable, or honorable? Just about, venerable. Oh, I don't think-- Jim Schwall is-- He'd feel a little uncomfortable with honorable. He's certainly a Midwest and national musical icon in his own accord, not in his own mind. (laughter) But what a terrific combination. You first started playing with Marques and SoDangYang, tell us about how you guys fell in together. Well, I've liked the songs. I've lived in Madison for a while, so of course, I've heard his songs over the years. And when I saw these three guys playing as a borderline acoustic trio out at Cafe Carpe, I just said it felt like it wants to go be a band someday. And if you ever do, you know, count me in. And then once I brought all this electric noise into the group, then we had to get drums and just be a regular band. Look what you did. - See what I did. - You created this. They might be happily playing acoustic guitars at Cafe Carpe now. You created an event. ( laughs ) Well, we get more music, don't we? And at least one or two from "Piata" left, right? Yeah, including "Piata" itself. Thank you. Marques Bovre. WHEN I WAS YOUNG AND BRILLIANT I WAS SO UNHAPPY I WAS SO UNHAPPY BECAUSE I WAS SO YOUNG AND BRILLIANT TOO YOUNG WITH TOO MUCH LIBERTY WAY TOO MANY CHOICES WAY TOO MANY VOICES TO DRAIN MY ENDLESS LIBERTY BUT NOW, I'M OLD AND BROKEN I'VE BEEN BROKEN SO WIDE OPEN A Piata SPILLING UNRELENTING LOVE LOVE A Piata SPILLING UNRELENTING LOVE WHEN I WAS YOUNG AND SINGLE I WAS SO GOOD LOOKING I WAS SO GOOD LOOKING BECAUSE I WAS SO YOUNG AND SINGLE TOO YOUNG WITH TOO MUCH ECSTASY AND WAY TOO MANY SOURCES AND WAY TOO MANY COURSES TO DRAIN MY PRECIOUS ECSTASY BUT NOW, I'M OLD AND BROKEN I'VE BEEN BROKEN SO WIDE OPEN A Piata SPILLING UNRELENTING LOVE LOVE A Piata SPILLING UNRELENTING LOVE WHEN I GOT SHOT ALL FULL OF HOLES I WAS SO WIDE OPEN I WAS SO WIDE OPEN WHEN I GOT SHOT ALL FULL OF HOLES TOO YOUNG WITH TOO MUCH EULOGY AND WAY TOO MANY MOURNERS AND WAY TOO MANY CORNERS TO DRAIN MY PRECIOUS EULOGY BUT NOW, I'M OLD AND BROKEN I'VE BEEN BROKEN SO WIDE OPEN A Piata SPILLING UNRELENTING LOVE LOVE A Piata SPILLING UNRELENTING LOVE LOVE A Piata SPILLING UNRELENTING LOVE ( no spoken audio ) (tuning instrument)...while I make the proper adjustments. Let me see how that sounds. That'll work. A little tremolo, a little crunch. WELL THE MOON FINDS ME IN PECULIAR LIGHT ALL BECAUSE I AM A LUNAR LUNATIC TONIGHT I'M A CRAZY MAN I'M CRAZY 'BOUT MY BABY SHE'S A WOMAN, BY GOD SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE NO LADY I'VE BEEN IN THIS PLACE BEFORE ENOUGH TO MAKE ME SAY I'M A DIFFERENT KIND OF FOOL TODAY DIFFERENT KIND OF FOOL I JUST CAN'T CARRY A FACADE OF COOL YOU'VE GOT ME BREAKING EVERY SCHOOLHOUSE RULE JUST TO BE A FOOL FOR YOU, BABY I WAS FIFTEEN WHEN THE WORLD WAS A LITTLE YOUNGER JUST A CHUBBY TEDDY BEAR WITH A FUNNY KIND OF HUNGER BERRIES IN THE BUSHES I WAS STUMBLING TO SNATCH 'EM HAD THESE THORNS IN MY PAWS AND I NEVER THOUGHT I'D CATCH 'EM I'VE BEEN A FOOL FOR LOVE I LET IT GUIDE MY EVERY WAY BUT I'M A DIFFERENT KIND OF FOOL TODAY DIFFERENT KIND OF FOOL I JUST CAN'T CARRY A FACADE OF COOL YOU'VE GOT ME BREAKING EVERY SCHOOLHOUSE RULE JUST TO BE A FOOL FOR YOU, BABY THE BREEZE ON YOUR BREAST IS JUST A LULLABY SIGH I'M GONNA LISTEN DOWN LOW UNTIL THE MORNING COMES NIGH LULLABY SIGH JUST A-ROCKIN' AND A-ROLLIN' WHEN TIME STANDS STILL IT WAS MEANT TO BE STOLEN I HEAR GOD WHISPER SOFTLY AS I'M KNEELING DOWN TO PRAY HEY, YOU'RE A DIFFERENT FOOL TODAY DIFFERENT KIND OF FOOL I JUST CAN'T CARRY A FACADE OF COOL YOU'VE GOT ME BREAKING EVERY SCHOOLHOUSE RULE JUST TO BE A FOOL ABOUT YOU, BABY IF I'M LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE A GRAY-HAIRED FOOL I'LL STILL MEASURE ALL MY DAYS BY YOUR GOLDEN RULE MEET ME THERE I'LL WEAR A PINK CARNATION BE THE CALENDAR GIRL IN MY SERVICE STATION IF THE WORLD IS A LITTLE OLDER IF IT HASN'T BLOWN AWAY WE'LL BE DIFFERENT KINDS OF FOOLS SOMEDAY DIFFERENT KIND OF FOOL I JUST CAN'T CARRY A FACADE OF COOL YOU'VE GOT ME BREAKING EVERY SCHOOLHOUSE RULE JUST TO BE A FOOL FOR YOU, BABY "A Different Kind of Fool" is also on the "Piata" CD. It's amazing how many songs are on there. It's been only four songs, but it seems like we've done six or seven songs from that CD. ( laugher ) Maybe we'll add some bonus tracks. Do you have any opinions about what's coming up next? "Somebody Loves You." That's a good one. You don't get to play guitar on this one. No. That's right. Cool, all right. I fell in love with this song of Marques' a long time ago, before we really knew each other. This is back when you were just a bar maiden. That's right. - Up in Stevens Point. YOU MAY HATE YOURSELF YOU MAY HATE YOUR LIFE MAYBE JUST RAN OUT OF REASONS MAYBE DRINK THE DREGS FROM A BOTTLE FULL OF SORROW MAYBE CAN'T FORGIVE SOMEONE YOU LOVE FOR SOME PRIVATE OR PERSONAL TREASON MAYBE CAN'T EVEN SEE YOURSELF HANGING ON THROUGH TO TOMORROW BUT SOMEBODY LOVES YOU THERE IS SOMEONE OUT THERE SOMEBODY LOVES YOU WHOA, OH, OH OH, OH, OH IF YOU'RE A STRANGER ONTO YOURSELF THERE IS SOMEONE WHO KNOWS YOU AND IF YOU LOST ALL YOUR FAITH THERE'S SOMEONE BELIEVING IN YOU IF YOU'VE COME ALL UNDONE THERE'S SOMEONE OUT THERE WHO CREATED YOU AND THAT'S SOMEONE WHO LOVES YOU MM-HMM, MM-HMM YOU MIGHT BE BURNING SOME CROSSES OR BLOWING UP BUILDINGS OR FILLING YOUR CHILDREN WITH HATRED YOU MIGHT BE A BIG CITY COP OUT BUSTING SOME BONES ON YOUR BEAT BUT THERE'S NO SIN SO GREAT THAT IT CAN'T BE FORGIVEN OR SMALL THAT IT CAN'T BE DETECTED THERE'S A TRUTH IN YOUR HEART AND IT BURNS TO THE SOLES OF YOUR FEET SOMEBODY LOVES YOU THERE IS SOMEONE OUT THERE SOMEBODY LOVES YOU WHOA, OH, OH OH, OH, OH IF YOU'RE A STRANGER ONTO YOURSELF THERE IS SOMEONE WHO KNOWS YOU AND IF YOU LOST ALL YOUR FAITH THERE'S IS SOMEONE BELIEVING IN YOU IF YOU COME ALL UNDONE THERE'S SOMEONE OUT THERE WHO CREATED YOU THAT'S SOMEONE WHO LOVES YOU OOH, OOH, OOH MM-HMM, MM-HMM YOU MIGHT BE PARTLY DIGESTED AND COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN IN THE BELLY OF A FEDERAL PRISON MIGHT BE THE JUDGE ON THE TAKE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE LAW MIGHT HAVE SPIKE IN YOUR ARM AND A GUN IN YOUR HAND AND A HOLE IN YOUR HEART LIKE A DUNGEON MIGHT BE THAT TEN-YEAR-OLD-KID ON THE STREET WHO GETS EATEN UP RAW BUT SOMEBODY LOVES YOU THERE IS SOMEONE OUT THERE SOMEBODY LOVES YOU WHOA, OH, OH OH, OH, OH IF YOU'RE A STRANGER ONTO YOURSELF THERE IS SOMEONE WHO KNOWS YOU IF YOU LOST ALL YOUR FAITH THERE'S SOMEONE BELIEVING IN YOU IF YOU COME ALL UNDONE THERE'S SOMEONE OUT THERE WHO CREATED YOU AND THAT'S SOMEONE WHO LOVES YOU OOH, OOH, OOH I'm going to switch my tuning real quick here. It won't take long, but I can tell you a little something about this song. This is a song called "Dry Bones." It was written a long time ago. It actually brought rain the first time I played it. I think one farmer even thanked me. It was after 40 days of drought. This song ended up on a CD; what's the name of that CD? "Madison for World Health." And it's available. At local retailers, and on the Web. It's a great project. It's a great thing to be a part of. And it's a bunch of Madison artists, mostly, on this CD. And the organization is working with the AIDS Network, and the Global Foundation, I think it is, or the Global Fund. I think it's the Global Foundation. There's a Web site. Yes, for more information. It's working to help fight AIDS and other epidemic illnesses in this country and around the world. Oh, yeah, and it's going to, the project is sort of going to culminate in this big concert on December 6, down at the Majestic Theater, in downtown Madison. We're really glad to be a part of that. We tune a lot, because we really care. And because we're oftentimes out of tune. Despite our caring. What do you think, Maggie? BEEN TALKIN' UP A STORM WITH THE DRY BONES IN THE VALLEY OF THE SONS OF THE DUST WHERE A DRIFTER BEST THROW NO STONES ON THE WAYS OF THE WICKED AND THE JUST I SAID TO THE BONES COME WALK IT ON HOME YOU'VE BEEN SLAIN IN VAIN BEEN RAISED IN THE TRUST SO THE LIVIN' BREEZE SET ALL THE DRY BONES FREE IN THE VALLEY OF THE SONS OF THE DUST THEM DRY BONES COULDA BEEN MY BONES THEM RATTLIN' BONES COULDA BEEN MY OWN HEARD THE PROMISED LAND MARRIED WITH THE CHOSEN ONES IN A CEREMONY DOWN BY THE SEA BUT THERE'S PILE OF BONES BENEATH THE BLISTERIN' SUN SAYIN' NOTHIN' IN LIFE COMES FREE I HEARD IT ONCE SAID FROM THE HOLOCAUST DEAD BETTER CHOOSE WELL YOUR ENEMY BECAUSE THEIR SINS ARE YOUR OWN WHEN IT GETS TO THE BONE IN A BLOODY CEREMONY BY THE SEA THEM POOR BONES COULDA BEEN YOUR BONES THEM BEATEN DOWN BONES COULDA BEEN YOUR OWN I BEEN SINGIN' TO THE COLISEUM CROWDS WITH THE LIONS SINGIN' HUNGRY HARMONY AND I CLOSE MY EYES WHEN IT GETS TOO LOUD KNOWIN' DANIEL IS KEEPIN' ME IN KEY STANDIN' ALL ALONE IN A ROOM FULLA BONES WITH THE LIVIN' BREEZE FLOWIN' OUTTA ME THEN THE CROWD GOES HOME AND THEY TAKE HOME THEIR BONES WITH THE LIONS SINGIN' HUNGRY HARMONY SO IF I'M MAKIN' LIKE AN ASS WITH THE JAWBONES IT'S 'CAUSE I'M KICKIN' LIKE A MULE JUST TO ROLL THAT STONE BEEN TALKIN' UP A STORM WITH THE DRY BONES IN THE VALLEY OF THE SONS OF THE DUST WHERE A DRIFTER BEST THROW NO STONES ON THE WAYS OF THE WICKED AND THE JUST I SAID TO THE BONES COME WALK IT ON HOME YOU'VE BEEN SLAIN IN VAIN BEEN RAISED IN THE TRUST SO THE LIVIN' BREEZE SET ALL THE DRY BONES FREE IN THE VALLEY OF THE SONS OF THE DUST THEM DRY BONES COULDA BEEN MY BONES THEM RATTLIN' BONES COULDA BEEN MY OWN