Sam And Dave Lyrics
Frauke Vilandre
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When you lose a sibling, it feels like there will never again be a person who knows or understands you to the depths he or she did. There is an indescribable void, a chasm so deep and unrelenting it seems to swallow you.
Though she's not physically here, Sonya still carries and keeps me as I try to navigate this life and world without her. I always feel confident that she's looking out for me, watching my back. I have wanted to find a way to express that sentiment for some time now.
Every summer, I use vacation time to follow the Midwest swing of my favorite musicians' tour. What began as one or two shows annually with my sister has grown to eight to 10 some years. Beyond the Midwest, I've also seen them in Virginia, New York, Pennsylvania and Washington state.
I love so much of DMB's music, but in recent years there's been one song that has quieted my tears enough so I could sleep at night, or helped rouse me from bed in the morning so I could make it to work. It's simply called "Sister." There is a line throughout: "Sister, you keep me."
The encounter between us was intimate; no one else was around. My dear friend Liesl and I spotted Matthews and his trainer as they were about to go for a run through town. He smiled when I called out "David" and said: "Well, hello there." We hugged. I introduced myself and reminded him we had previously met. He said: "I know," and something else so sweet, so endearing, but something I want to keep between us.
I told him about Sonya, how important "Sister" has been to me and that it would mean everything if he would write some of the lyrics on me. He humbly agreed, and repeatedly said how kind it was of me to ask and how honored he was to do it. He was amazingly attentive, asking me which specific lyrics, where on my body I wanted them and if I wanted to be able to read them.
I understand that feeling. I crave that connection. People often thought Sonya and I were twins and expressed shock when they learned we were born four years apart. We were inseparable. And not a day passes that I don't ache to hear her voice and her laugh, and to be smothered by her hugs.
David John Matthews may never understand how his handiwork and his overwhelming kindness touched my soul. But I think he might. He shows empathy and compassion in many ways, including in how he treats his fans.
It's been a long-running joke among my friends and I that after 25-plus years of being a fan, I've never asked Matthews for an autograph. But when one of my favorite musicians in my favorite band decides to brand me for life, who am I to argue?
Frishberg wrote the music and lyrics for "I'm Just a Bill", the song about the forlorn legislative writ in the ABC Schoolhouse Rock! series, which was later transformed into the revue Schoolhouse Rock Live. For Schoolhouse Rock! he also wrote and performed "Walkin' on Wall Street", a song describing how the stock market works, and "$7.50 Once a Week", a song about saving money and balancing a budget.
David Lee Frishberg was born on March 23, 1933,[2] in Saint Paul, Minnesota.[3] Frishberg resisted learning classical piano as a boy, developing an interest in blues and boogie-woogie by listening to recordings by Pete Johnson and Jay McShann. As a teenager, he played in the house band at the Flame in St. Paul where Art Tatum, Billie Holiday, and Johnny Hodges appeared. After graduating from the University of Minnesota as a journalism major in 1955, Frishberg spent two years in the Air Force.[4]
In 1957, Frishberg moved to New York City,[5] where he played solo piano at the Duplex in Greenwich Village. He first became known for his work with Carmen McRae, Ben Webster, Gene Krupa, Bud Freeman, Eddie Condon, Al Cohn, and Zoot Sims. Later, he was celebrated for writing and performing his own, frequently humorous, songs, including favorites "I'm Hip" (lyrics only, in collaboration with Bob Dorough),[6] "Blizzard of Lies",[7] "My Attorney Bernie",[8] "Do You Miss New York", "Peel Me a Grape", "Quality Time", "Slappin' the Cakes on Me", "I Want To Be A Sideman", and "Van Lingle Mungo", whose lyrics consist entirely of the names of old-time baseball players.[9]
Frishberg cited songwriter Frank Loesser as an influence,[11] and has said that Loesser's "Baby, It's Cold Outside", along with Willie Nelson's "Crazy", are songs he wished he had written. Like Loesser before him, Frishberg has also worked strictly as a lyricist, collaborating with composers Johnny Mandel, Alan Broadbent, Al Cohn, Blossom Dearie, David Shire, Julius Wechter, Dan Barrett, Bob Brookmeyer, Bob Dorough, Gerry Mulligan, and Johnny Hodges.[6]
Frishberg was nominated 4 times for Grammy awards for Best Jazz Vocals. Rolling Stone India included two of his recordings for their series of jazz playlists in the category of "lyrics worth paying attention to": "My Attorney Bernie" (sung by Blossom Dearie) and "I Want To Be a Sideman" (performed by Frishberg).[12] He was the co-recipient of the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song in 1981, having written the lyric to "Baby Talk" from the Burt Reynolds comedy film Paternity.
Frishberg was a longtime baseball fan, and had been a member of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) since 1984.[13] In addition to "Van Lingle Mungo", he also wrote "Matty", a tribute to an early 20th century pitching great, which was included along with "Play Ball" and several other songs with baseball references, on the 1994 CD Quality Time.[14]
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