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Jesse Roper
- 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, welcoming, Jesse Roper.
She got a hold on me She got a grip like a vice on my heart - It's deep down sound in The Caverns.
Coming up next!
[applause and cheering] She got a hold on me She got a hold on me [chuckles] She got a hold On me [gentle music] [applause and cheering] She got a grip like a vice on my heart and my soul Love the little lady till the day I'm old Dead, gone and rotten Known it since the day we met Oh Ooh [upbeat rock music] True love was a fable Or so I thought Just a nice little children's story And then I got caught No one could've saved me I couldn't have known The most powerful force on the world Had just entered my home Oh, I was living in denial No way, no how I was a man with a plan on a mission No one's stopping me now Then I submitted And it all became And from that moment on I was never ever the same Oh, come on She got a hold on me She got a hold on me She got a hold on me She got a grip like a vice on my heart and my soul Love the little lady till the day I'm old Dead, gone and rotten Known it since the day we met Oh, Lord Through all of the good times and all the bad All of the tears in the eyes and the arguments we ever had I know with my beating heart I'd do it all again Such a nice little children's story It's a nice little children's story Oh I've got a woman got a hold on me I've got a woman got a hold on me Oh I've got a woman got a hold on me I've got a woman got a hold on me Oh, I've got a woman got a hold on me Mm-hmm, I've got a woman got a hold on me I've got a woman got a hold on me Said I've got a woman got a hold Whoa [flutters lips] [cheers] She got a hold on me She got a hold on me She got a hold on me [upbeat rock music] She got a grip like a vice on my heart and my soul Love the little lady till the day I'm old Dead, gone and rotten Known it since the day we met [upbeat rock music] She got a hold on me She got a hold on me She got a hold on me Whoa She got a grip like vice on my heart and my soul Love the little lady till the day I am old Dead, gone and rotten Known it since the day we met [upbeat rock music] Dead, gone and rotten Known it since the day we met [upbeat rock music] [applause and cheering] - Thank you very much!
[applause and cheering] [instruments tuning] You don't hear me You don't see me You don't know I'm ever around I'm walkin' horizons wearin' starlight for disguise You don't know me You don't trust me You don't know I'm ever around I travel horizons shining the moonlight in your eye Hey Uh-huh Hey You don't hear me You don't see me You don't know I'm ever around I'm walking horizons shining the starlight for disguise Hey You don't know me, you don't trust me You don't know, know, know, know I'm ever around Walking horizons shining the moonlight in your eyes Hey Uh-huh Hey When I'm gone, I'm gone to stay 'Cause living here just ain't my way And I'll be lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, long, long gone By the break of day, by the break of day Ooh Ooh... Ooh, oohhh, oohh, Yeah Ooh, oohhh, ooh, oh, Yeah You don't hear me, you don't see me You don't know I'm ever around Walking the horizons finding the starlight in your eye Hey You don't know me, you don't trust me You don't know, know, know, know I'm ever around Walking the horizon, shining the moonlight in your eye Hey Uh-huh Yeah!
[cheering] [upbeat rock music] [upbeat rock music] [applause] [cheering] [fast strumming guitar] [fast strumming guitar] [upbeat rock music] [upbeat rock music] This is Red Bird to Comet Do you come in?
I've been flyin' low and I think I see him again He's coming in fast and he's trying to shoot me down I need you here for cover before I hit the ground [upbeat rock music] Oh, Lord [upbeat rock music] Mayday [upbeat rock music] Oh, yeah, yeah [upbeat rock music] This is the Red Bird to Comet I think I been hit Losing my control and I think that this is it Tell my lovely wife and my sweet baby girl Daddy died defending them from dangers in this world [upbeat rock music] Oh, Lord [upbeat rock music] Mayday [upbeat rock music] Oh, yeah, yeah [upbeat rock music] Uh [upbeat rock music] [upbeat rock music] [upbeat rock music] [upbeat rock music] [upbeat rock music] Red Bird to Comet I think I see God There's blood on my controls and my vision's starting to fog I'm all shot up my plane is going down I need you here for cover But it's too late for that now now now now now [upbeat rock music] Red Bird!
Oh, no, no way Whoa!
[upbeat rock music] [upbeat rock music] [cheering and applause] - Okay.
Okay.
Where are we at?
Okay, I got two more songs for you guys.
We got two more songs for you guys.
I just gotta change my guitar.
If you could be patient for just one second with me I'll be right back, I'll be right back Don't you worry I'll be right back [soft organ music] And when I get back I'm gonna play my guitar for you I'm gonna throw on this strap and give her, ooh Baby, yeah I will be right back with you [soft organ music] You know what I really love?
I love all this tie-dye.
I haven't seen so much tie-dye in one place in a long time.
I live in Victoria, BC up in Canada, and they don't wear nearly enough tie-dye up in there.
I'm gonna tell them.
Huh, it's nice.
It's refreshing.
I stopped my, wearing my tie-dyes 'cause I felt out of place.
But amongst you people, I'm gonna have to go buy a tie-dye if there's a tie-dye seller.
Blend in a little.
[cheering] Oh, yeah Ah, yeah [soft guitar music] Hmm, ooh, ooh Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah This song is called, "The Hurricane's Eye."
[gentle guitar music] Ah, yeah, yeah [gentle guitar music] [gentle guitar music] Stranger... I'm traveling on and on and on and on and on and on [cheers] Can you point me To the sweet green fields with the ever blue sky [gentle guitar music] Because I woke this morning in the hurricane's eye Yeah [upbeat rock music] [upbeat rock music] Young traveler The path you seek is in the heart you deny Go look there You might be surprised at the treasure you find I remember being the age and completely blind Your compass is broken and it points to the sky You're always gonna wake in the hurricane's eye Yeah [upbeat rock music] [upbeat rock music] [gentle guitar music] [gentle guitar music] [applause] Stranger... Ooh... Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh Oh, yeah I'm traveling on and on and on [gentle guitar music] [gentle guitar music] Because my feet are itchy and I don't wanna die Stranded one morning in the hurricane's eye Yeah [upbeat rock music] [upbeat rock music] [upbeat rock music] [upbeat rock music] Daisy, wake up leaving now Get your things and meet me down On the front porch Got to go Don't you waste no time, no, no Hmhmhmhm Hmhmhmhm Hmhmhmhm Daisy, wake up Hmhmhmhm Hmhmhmhm Got to go [upbeat rock music] Dawn will come in now, I seen the light Shining through them trees tonight I'll explain later but just not right now Get your things and follow me down, whoa... Hmhmhmhm Hmhmhmhm Hmhmhmhm Daisy, wake up Hmhmhmhm Hmhmhmhm Hmhmhmhm Daisy, wake up [upbeat rock music] Oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh Hmhmhmhm Leave me, baby, I promise To explain I know we all seem confusing But another day Right now we just gotta focus on getting going Don't ask no question just Daisy, run go!
Hmhmhmhm Hmhmhmhm Hmhmhmhm Daisy wake up Hmhmhmhm Hmhmhmhm Hmhmhmhm Daisy, wake up [upbeat rock music] Daisy, wake up [upbeat rock music] Got to go We've got to go We've got to go Daisy, wake up We've got to gooooo... [upbeat rock music] We've got to go Yeah We've got to go - Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Jesse Roper.
This is a pretty good band.
Thank you for coming down to the cave nice and early.
We gotta go.
I'm going to buy some tie-dye.
Whoa!
[upbeat rock music] We gotta go.
We gotta go.
Yeah!
That's right!
[upbeat rock music] [cheering and applause] - Thank you very much!
Have yourself a wonderful rest of the afternoon!
Love you guys, cheers.
[applause and cheering] [applause and cheering]
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