It’s a house by the ocean, far from the rural prairie landscapes of his childhood and a defining feature of The Deep Dark Woods’ sound and lyrics.
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Boldt’s house is now full of pets and plants, and happiness. I was usually there alone in the mornings, so I took a break from cutting out silver of all sizes and sat out in the backyard and came up with most of it.įor more information, please contact Asha Goodman (615.383.31110) or Carla Sacks (212.741.1000) at Sacks & Co., or Donica Christensen at Sugar Hill Records, 615.297.6890.“The air in the house is different now,” says Ryan Boldt, the creative force behind The Deep Dark Woods. I wrote this tune when I was working as a silversmith in Chemainus, BC. This ended up being the final version of Dear John heard on the album.Ī murder ballad about a man that asks for his loves hand but she refuses, so he kills her and that’s that. Later I tried the lyrics out with a melody I had originally written for a song called “In this World Before I Die”. Originally it had a completely different melody and chord progression, which was scrapped. Written after having an argument with my girlfriend on a long road trip home from New York. This is the first song I ever wrote on the piano, that’s why there is all the strange chords that would have never been in there if I had written it on guitar. It’s a song about being in the same place for too long and those people that follow the horrible ways of the world. We used to play this as kind of a rock and roll song, but when we were in the studio I started playing it in 6/8 and everyone dropped in, played once through and the song was finished.
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It also has a lot to do with people attempting to be professional musicians that have little to no real talent or musicianship and the things they are willing to do to be recognizable in the industry.”
It’s just as the song says, kinda ‘wrote itself’ about how I wouldn’t want to be in a city at that moment. The band had played this song in hotel rooms, and around campfires with him for years.Įvan Dunlop – “Written one evening alone at a 100 year old farmhouse, thinking about a tour (not with the Woods). Written by The Deep Dark Woods’ road manager/sound tech/long time friend, Evan Dunlop. I wrote it in Chemainus, BC thinking that I would never record it or play it live, but the fellas liked it so we tried it and it turned out great. It’s not really a song, more of an interlude between songs. I saw a documentary about the Battle of the Scheldt during World War II and wanted to write a song about it, it turned out to be a song about a fellow leaving to fight and biding to his love adieu. It really has no meaning at all, just a fun song about nothing.Ħ.
I wrote this in Saskatoon thinking that I would never show anyone, but I did and they liked it. Just a simple song about a woman who keeps leaving and coming back. I sat down and wrote it within a couple minutes. I wrote this song after watching the Merle Haggard documentary. I realized that I would never find a lady that was as good as the last one. It’s words are kind of based around the old folk tune “The Girl I Left Behind.” I always loved that song and wanted to write something similar but about my home. I wrote this song up at Christopher Lake, SK in the shed of my parents cabin a couple years back. I had part of the chorus already written.and just filled in the holes. I was thinking, “If I had to write a song about Saskatoon, what would I write about.” I had recently read a news story about happenings in the shadier parts of Saskatoon.which really struck a deep chord in me, so I decided to write a devastating song about it. This song was written around the time we found out that we might be chosen to represent Saskatchewan in The Great Canadian Songquest. The Deep Dark Woods’ The Place I Left Behind
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