The song of the day today is Ian Tyson’s masterpiece, Summer Wages.  I always think of this one as a very Canadian tune, yet it has become a bluegrass standard, performed by JD Crowe and the New South and the Tony Rice Unit and so on.  But it’s David Bromberg’s version that really gets to me, over and over.

Here’s David Bromberg.

Geez, that’s beautiful, isn’t it?

Ok, Here’s David Bromberg…

The dreams of the seasons spill down on the floor
All the big stands of timber all ready for fallin’
And the hustlers sitting watchfully as they wait by the door

Here’s David Bromberg…

She’s a woman so fine I might never try to find her
because good memories are all we had before