Heart Like A Levee - Vinyl

The writing of the songs that became Heart Like a Levee started in a hotel room in Washington DC in January of 2015 during a powerful storm that darkened the East Coast. At that time I was feeling—more acutely than I had ever felt before—wrenched apart by my responsibilities to my family and to my music. Forgetting, momentarily, that for me, each exists only with the other. How could I forget? Though maybe my lapse was reasonable: I had just quit my job, the most recent and last, in a series of dead-end gigs stretching back 20 years, with the vow that my children would understand their father as a man in love with his world and the inventor of his own days. They would be rare in that regard. And then—driven by monthly bills and pure fear— I left for another tour, carrying a load of guilt that I could just barely lift. But in that snowy hotel room I found the refrain that became my compass: I was a dreamer, babe, when I set out on the road; but did I say I could find my way home? --M.C. Taylor

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Disc: 1

1. Biloxi
2. Tell Her I'm Just Dancing
3. Heart Like a Levee
4. Like a Mirror Loves a Hammer
5. Smoky's Song
6. Cracked Windshield

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Disc: 2

1. As the Crow Flies
2. Happy Day (Sister My Sister)
3. Say It Like You Mean It
4. Ace of Cups
5. Highland Grace