Episode 20 of Hooked on Creek features a discussion with Dave Burland about Max Creek songs that are fan favorites.
Over the past few weeks, I asked fans of Max Creek to record audio clips of themselves declaring their favorite Max Creek songs. I collected those audio clips and compiled them in this episode. If you’re curious to know what they said, listen to this episode.
But since this is such a big topic to cover, I asked Dave Burland to come back on the podcast to help me out. Together, we reviewed all the audio clips submitted by fans and discussed all their favorite Max Creek songs. If you are a long-time listener to Hooked on Creek, you know Dave Burland from episode 5 and episode 13 of this podcast.
We had a lot fun putting this episode together and I think you are really going to enjoy listening to what fans picked as their favorite Max Creek songs. Big thanks to Max Creek fans Ryan, Matt, Stacey, Tim, John and Josh for sending in audio clips.
This episode also features full performances of the following two songs performed live by Max Creek:
- The Jones performed at Lincoln Hill Farms in Canandaigua, New York, on June 15, 2019
- The Seven performed at the Globe Theater in Norwalk, Conn., on Dec. 6, 1997
And, this episode features a partial performance of If You Ask Me performed live by Max Creek at The Mount Snow Brewers Festival in West Dover, Vermont, back on August 31, 2002.
Transcript of episode 20
You’re listening to Hooked on Creek, a podcast celebrating the music, history, and fans of the legendary jam band Max Creek. I am your host, Korre Johnson, and you are listening to episode 20.
Thanks for joining me once again on Hooked on Creek. It’s great to be here with you talking about my favorite band, Max Creek. But what makes something your favorite? I mean, how can you choose one thing to be your favorite? And do your favorites change over time? Do they depend on your mood on any given day? Are they influenced by your past experiences or maybe even what others think? Well, I can’t answer all those questions, but I am going to explore this idea a bit more in this episode which is focused on favorite Max Creek songs.
Over the past few weeks, I asked fans of Max Creek to submit audio clips to me indicating their favorite Max Creek songs, which I included in this episode. But since this is such a big topic to cover, I knew right away that I could not do it myself. That’s why I called on Dave Burland to come back on the podcast to help me walk through this topic and discuss all the great Max Creek songs called out by fans just like you.
Now, if you are a long-time listener to Hooked on Creek, you know Dave Burland from episodes 5 and 13 of the podcast, so I encourage you to check out those episodes if you want to learn more about Dave. We had a lot of fun putting this episode together and I think you are really going to enjoy listening to what fans picked as their favorite Max Creek songs.
Of course, there are so many Max Creek songs we did not even discuss. And well, I think that means we will probably do another episode like this again because I love hearing from you and making you a part of this podcast. So don’t be shy, you can reach out to me on the Hooked on Creek website at hookedoncreek.com. I would love to hear your suggestions on topics to cover, shows to review or guests to interview on this podcast. Alright, now let’s get started.
[interview begins]
Korre: Joining me remotely from the Finger Lakes region of western New York is Dave Burland. Thanks for coming back on the podcast, Dave.
Dave: Korre, it’s so great to be here. It’s so great to speak with you again.
Korre: Dave, as you know, I asked Max Creek fans to tell me their favorite Max Creek song from what is probably arguably their favorite band, which is Max Creek. And I guess the question is, is that really even a fair question to ask? How can a Max Creek fan pick one favorite song, right?
Dave: How can you pick a favorite song? It’s so tough. And then even if you pick a favorite song, you have to pick a version of it, or you have to pick a year. And that’s tough, too.
Korre: I know settling on one favorite Max Creek song is probably an impossible task. And that’s precisely why I like the question. Because I think your favorite song tells something about you, right? I mean, your favorite song probably reflects an emotion or a feeling that you have. Maybe your favorite song serves as a time machine, taking you back in time to something in your youth, your childhood, maybe a memorable time or event in your life. Or your favorite song could just be your favorite because of the meaning you interpret from the lyrics, or maybe it’s just the overall composition of the song that you enjoy. There are just so many variables. And yes, my favorite song changes all the time based on what’s going on around me and inside my head.
Dave, how do you approach this question of a favorite song? We’ll get to your favorite songs a little bit later, but even the concept of a favorite song, how do you approach something like that?
Dave: So one of the things I noticed, and I don’t see a lot of live concerts, but I definitely connect with songs that I’ve seen live. And just because I can remember the day, and I know we’ve talked about this before, and we’ll talk about it later, I’m sure, but the Lincoln Hill Farm show from last year when I saw Max Creek, I definitely connect with songs in that setlist a little bit more than others because I saw them, I remember that. And so that’s how I connect, and I think you’ll probably have some fans too, some jam band fans or some fans of Max Creek that would say the same thing. They relate that specific version that they saw live to the memory of that show, getting to the show, things like that. And ever since I’ve seen live music, too, with other bands, that’s the way I’ve connected things.
But I totally agree with you though. I think a lot of it for me is lyrics. I also connect with, as we get in to talk about the favorites here, I seem to connect a little bit more with the music lately than I would necessarily with lyrics. But that’s just me personally right now. Sometimes I’ll go through phases where I’ll connect more with the lyrics than with the music.
Korre: Well, despite how hard and inexact the effort might be, I still thought it would be fun to hear directly from fans of Max Creek to gain a sense of what their favorite songs are. So, in this episode, Dave and I are going to play some audio clips submitted to the podcast over the past couple of weeks from fans just like you, answering the question, what is your favorite Max Creek song?
All right, Dave, let’s kick it off by listening to this audio clip submitted by Ryan.
“So one of my favorite songs that I love to hear, and there’s a reason behind it, is called You Write the Book by Scott Murawski. I just think it’s a very beautiful song. It’s a great opener to a show. It can really extend to long distances and jams and whatnot, or it can be short and sweet and they can just delve from there. But one of my favorite shows was at the Wormtown Festival. It was at Russell, Massachusetts, at Whippernon Country Club. It was like this random one time the Wormtown was at this venue. And there was northern lights literally in the sky above the stage when Max Creek came up. Scott pointed it out to everybody. And he’s like, ‘Have you seen this amazing northern lights going on in the sky?’ And it was just beautiful. And then that’s what they went into. So that would be probably my favorite moment and most likely my favorite song because I have that connection to it.”
Well thank you Ryan Yerdon for participating in our discussion. Listeners to this podcast might know Ryan from his Today in Max Creek History posts on the Max Creek Recordings Facebook group. So, thanks again Ryan.
So, the song You Write the Book that originally appeared on the band’s 1986 album and the show that Ryan is referring to, I looked it up, it was the September 7, 2002, Wormtown Music Festival. And yeah, You Write the Book, that’s kind of got the complete package, right? It’s got everything in it, I think, right?
Dave: Yeah, I mean, I absolutely love this song. So, you know I’ve sent you some of my favorites. And you know that I love this song. And there’s a certain version from Gathering the Vibes from 2013, which is up on YouTube. And I can say honestly, I’ve seen that version maybe 50 times. I just about put it on every weekend.
I love the song for many different reasons, and I’ll tell you the reason I like that version, but this is one where I really do love the lyrics, right? Because it’s so empowering to say you have the power to move forward in any way you feel is appropriate. And I just love that. I love that aspect of it. But just musically, it’s great. The version has, I’m not sure the name of the guest guitarist, but the one from Gathering of the Vibes, which I think is in Bridgeport, Connecticut, or it’s in a town in Connecticut, just some great interplay between the guest guitarists that they have. That is up on YouTube. So, if you have any listeners that would go to that version. But, I love this song. I think that’s a great choice.
Korre: It’s got great lyrics, great composition and it tends to be a vehicle for a big jam sometimes, too. So, it really is an incredible song. So, thank you, Ryan, for submitting that one to us.
And now let’s hear this audio clip submitted by Matt.
“Hi. This is Matt from Connecticut. My favorite Max Creek tune is If You Ask Me. I like it because it is funky.”
Korre: All right, thank you, Matt, for calling the Hooked on Creek hotline and leaving this voicemail for me. I really appreciate it. And Matt, I think you nailed it. If You Ask Me is a funky, funky song. Every time I hear it, I want to get up and dance. But Dave, I think I remember from our earlier conversations, you’re not much of a dancer. Will this one get you off your butt?
Dave: I think any Max Creek song would get me dancing for the long time. But, If You Ask Me — yeah, I totally agree. A lot of funk and a lot of disco, I felt like. I listened to a version just today. There’s a nice version, I think it’s on archive from 8/21/2013, or no, this maybe is on YouTube is where Peaceful Warrior goes into If You Ask Me and it’s great. There’s a lot of jam possibilities with this one as well.
I wouldn’t say it’s on the top of my list, but it’s a great song. I mean, it’s really hard with these songs, too, to say one is your favorite or one is not. I think it’s the same as with a Grateful Dead tune, where you have your favorites at certain times and then you start to like some other songs. So, but it’s a great song for sure.
Korre: It’s like we talked about earlier, your favorite song sometimes represents what you are feeling or want to feel. And as you go through life, you may be traveling different parts of the spectrum and something like this song might be exactly what you need at any given time.
And so, this song, for those interested, is an original song that appeared on the band’s 1986 album, Windows, but I think the band had started playing this song a couple years earlier in 1984. So, thank you so much, Matt, for participating in this and sending us your favorite song. I really appreciate it.
Dave: I was just going to add, too, that I think part of it is the time in your life, too, because I tend to like different songs depending on as the years go by. I might be ready for a certain song, right? It’s kind of how I feel about films, as well. I might not be ready for a certain song or film at a certain time, and then all of a sudden it makes sense to me, which I think would be true with this song, too.
Korre: Yes. OK, next up we’re gonna hear from Stacey and find out what her favorite Max Creek song is.
“So, I’ve been thinking about this question about favorite Creek song for a number of weeks, and I’ve gone back and forth and back and forth and back and forth. So, I think in order to be locked into a committed song that I could stick to and not vacillate from, I would go with The Seven. I like Rider tunes really because they give Scott so much freedom to explore when he goes off, as he does. And The Seven, I don’t know, I just like numbers and that one resonates with me. So, there you have it. For now anyway, that’s my favorite Creek song.”
Korre: Well, thank you so much, Stacey, for participating in this and sending me an audio clip of your favorite song. It really is great to hear from you. So, The Seven is a song that appeared on the band’s self-titled debut album back in 1977 which is about the same time they started playing that song live, at least from what I can tell on archive.org. And I think Stacey is right, this is one of my favorites. I’m not gonna say it’s my top-favorite song.
But for me, there’s something just beautiful about this song. It almost has this like reflective quality of music from the 1970s. I don’t know, I get a hint of like a prog rock in there or this aesthetic that just feels like the big rock band tunes, the big songs from the 1970s. It’s in there. It’s more I think of a composed piece. You’re not going to see the band jam out for 15 minutes in the middle of the song, but I just love the way the song is composed and I love John Rider’s voice in this. I just love the song.
Dave: I was listening to a version of The Seven today from 9/1/2019 and I was noticing the similarity that it has with The Other One. It happened to follow The Other One — that Grateful Dead tune, The Other One. And I would agree with you, it’s got kind of a prog rock type of a feel to it. Great song. I thought it was interesting what she said, too, about the John Rider songs. Again, I think John’s got some great songs, but I I was interested in her perspective in that it gives Scott some freedom to jam, which I had never really thought of before. So, I think that’s a great perspective. That was very interesting.
Korre: Stacey, thank you so much for participating in this and sending us your audio clip. And now let’s hear an audio clip submitted by Tim.
“It’s been pretty challenging for me to pick a favorite Max Creek song. There’s so many that I look forward to in a setlist when I go see them live. Emerald Eyes always comes to mind. I think it’s one of the most beautiful songs, one of the best in the repertoire. I always look forward to seeing it in the middle of a set two or something. Just really cool guitar work in that song, interesting lyrics. I like the storytelling and it’s just really, really pretty. I like hearing it all the time. But some other ones that I really, really enjoy are If You Ask Me and See Things My Way — two really danceable, fun songs that Max Creek likes to play pretty often. I always like seeing those. And I’d be lying if I said I wouldn’t be hoping for a Shaky Ground encore almost every show that I go to.”
Korre: Big thanks to Tim Prichard for contributing to our discussion. I originally connected with Tim on Instagram, and I encourage you to check out his Instagram page, Raise the Bass, to hear some of his music. I think you’re really going to enjoy that, too. Tim mentioned a lot of songs here in his audio clip. Emerald Eyes, that’s an original song by the band. It was included on their live album, 45 and Live, released last year in 2019, but it was not ever released on a studio album, but they’ve been playing that song actually since 1982, so that’s been out there for a long time. I’m glad they got that onto a live album, for sure.
Then he included If You Ask Me, which of course has already been mentioned as a fan favorite. And then See It My Way, that’s a cover of a song written by Toots Hibbert. He’s a Jamaican singer-songwriter, best known as the leader of the reggae and ska band Toots and the Maytals. His song See It My Way was released on his 1988 album Toots in Memphis. I think I’m saying that right.
I started watching a documentary on him and they referred to him as Toots, or at least that’s what I remembered. I’m not sure. I don’t know. If there are any fans of the podcast out there who would like to correct me, you can send me an email. And then he also mentioned Shaky Ground, which is of course a cover of the 1975 R&B single by The Temptations. So, there’s a lot to chew on there, Dave. What resonates with you?
Dave: So, the first thing I thought of is Emerald Eyes. I love Emerald Eyes. And I just noticed that it was in set two of the show that I saw last year. The one thing I’ll say about the version I saw of Emerald Eyes is Scott, for quite a few minutes, was playing the progression, the beginning progression for Emerald Eyes, which made it really beautiful. And he spoke with the crowd. This happens to be close to the Rochester area and he was talking with the crowd. He actually listed out all the venues that he had been to near the Rochester area. But it was really beautiful how he did that. I think I mentioned in one of the episodes we did before that it was raining. So, he was talking with the crowd because we were all standing in the rain. So, that’s a cool one. I really love that song. And then I had made some notes too about See Things My Way or is it See It My Way? Because I think they list it a couple of different ways on archive.org or on some of these other sites.
Korre: Yeah, I think the original release of the song is See It My Way.
Dave: So, I was listening to a version today, actually a great version from December 23, 1995. It’s an 18-minute version of the song. I love the song. It’s a great cover song. I will say too that, I don’t know if you’ve talked about this too much on the podcast, but I tend to listen to things on YouTube as well as Relisten. I don’t know if you’ve talked about Relisten at all, but there’s an iPad app and a phone app for Relisten, and that’s where I listened to this version of it. That’s a great song.
Korre: Yeah, the Relisten app to me has been a game changer. As I understand it anyway, Relisten scrapes or somehow pulls the music off of archive.org and conveniently puts all that music into your phone in a simple app and it’s been a game changer for me as far as being able to consume music. Maybe that’s way too much music, right?
Dave: That’s great. And then what was the other one that he mentioned too?
Korre: Shaky Ground.
Dave: Oh, Shaky Ground, yeah. And Shaky Ground was an encore at the show that I saw, too. And what a great song that is. Wow. Just to see that live, it’s just amazing.
Korre: Yeah, I mean, when I look at these songs, I think Emerald Eyes certainly stands out. That is a big song. I think that is a favorite by a lot of Max Creek fans. And the lyrics in that song are just amazing. And Dave, you weren’t expecting this, but I did print off the lyrics in front of me. I would just like to read the opening lines of this song because it’s so amazing. So be prepared for this dramatic partial reading of Emerald Eyes. OK.
I know that you’re waiting patiently
Yes, it seems like a waste of time, but still you wait for me
You understand that I can hold your hand and still be free
I held you once some time ago
Yes, it seems like it was your eyes I pulled through fired snow
Through the rain, through the pain that we still might go
I didn’t know it before, no
The power that you wield
But now I know that you’re the girl=
Who’s turning in the field
Korre: I mean …
Dave: What a beautiful song.
Korre: Yeah, you can interpret so much from those lyrics. I just love it.
Dave: Such a beautiful song. Yeah, I totally agree with you. I think out of the three that he mentioned, that one really sticks out as being so beautiful and just an amazing song.
Korre: All right, Tim, thanks again for submitting your audio clip. I really appreciate your participation in the podcast. It means a lot to me. OK, next up, let’s hear John’s favorite Max Creek song.
“Hello, this is John from Connecticut and one of my favorite songs they cover is always with Lawyers, Guns and Money by Warren Zevon. They always did a wonderful job and I’m glad they’re still around and still playing. Thanks for doing your podcast. Bye.”
Korre: Well, thank you, John, for reaching out to me and sending in this clip reflecting your favorite Max Creek song. I really appreciate it. Lawyers, Guns and Money, of course, that is a cover of a Warren Zevon song released back on his 1978 album Excitable Boy. The band has been playing this song since about 1989. I’ll admit, I was not too familiar with Warren Zevon’s music until I started listening, frankly, to Max Creek. And then of course I knew Werewolves of London from the radio. But a couple of months ago, I bought that album, Excitable Boy, because I was curious to hear more of his music.
The song is, I think, the last track on that album. I think it’s an amazing song. I think the album that it came from is really good. When I look at the song, it seems to be some sort of a reflection of America’s foreign policy, perhaps, but it also could be interpreted as a sort of sarcastic and grim commentary on America, to the extent that power is held through access to things like lawyers, guns and money. So, I think it’s really cool that Max Creek covers it.
Dave: Yeah, I’m a huge Warren Zevon fan. I really love Warren Zevon and all of his appearances on David Letterman when he was on the air. There’s a great album also called Learning to Flinch, which is Warren Zevon playing acoustic for the most part — just a piano and guitar, beautiful album that has a lot of his songs on it. It’s nice to see bands playing his music, continuing to play his music. He also has another great song that actually I’ve been playing. I’m a guitar player and I play a song called Splendid Isolation which is really good for this time in history and actually the lyrics match pretty well what we’re going through.
I just think it’s great when bands pay tribute to these great musicians. Warren Zevon was gone way too soon, I believe. So, it’s great to see they add it to the repertoire.
Korre: Thank you, John, for reaching out to the podcast and giving us this recommendation. I’m excited to dig more into Warren Zevon’s music. And now our last audio clip came in from Josh. So, let’s hear from Josh.
“Hi, I’m Josh Cormier and I’d like to share a few of my favorite Max Creek songs and one specific show where I thought they were just ripping. So, Waiting for You is probably my favorite song, like in general, mainly because of the jam at the end. It’s almost like a lullaby. It’s really sweet and melodic. So, that’s my favorite. And then, Willow Tree, obviously — but mainly for the chorus. I really liked the chorus of that song. Heartbeat, which is just an all around good song, great melody. And then I really, really like when Creek covers Beatles songs. One of my favorites that I actually just jotted down is If You Ask Me, 4-19-2019, Bicycle Day last year. That performance specifically, Mark had some really weird effects going on with his keyboard and Scott was playing like a funkier lick than typically on If You Ask Me. So, in that same show, 4-19-2019, Peaceful Warrior and Playing In the Band are also stellar fucking versions. I don’t know if you’ve listened to that show, but that is wild.”
Korre: Thank you, Josh, for participating in the podcast and joining the conversation. So, there is a lot there in Josh’s audio clip. He brings up Waiting for You. That’s an original Max Creek song that was never released on a Max Creek album, but I think the band has been playing that song since around 1987. He brought up Willow Tree, another original song, that was included on the band’s live album, 45 and Live, that came out last year in 2019, but not on a studio album. He brought up Heartbeat, that’s an original song that appeared on two Max Creek albums. It was on their 1980 album Rainbow and also on their 1990 release MCMXC. And then If You Ask Me, well this one has come up a number of times in this episode, Dave, so apparently a lot of people like If You Ask Me.
Dave: So, that should be my new favorite song, is that what you’re saying? That should be my new favorite, right?
Korre: I think you’re supposed to be influenced by this, yes.
Dave: Yeah, that’s right, exactly.
Korre: So, there was a lot there. Dave, when you listen to the songs he mentioned, which one of those resonate with you the most?
Dave: Yeah, there is a lot to unpack there, but I would have to say of the three songs, Willow Tree, is one of my favorites. And it just has a Grateful Dead feel to it. So, I would always connect with those types of songs, I think, a little bit better. I was listening today, in fact, re-listening to the one from February 22, 2019. And then Heartbeat also, I love the reggae feeling on Heartbeat. I was listening to a version from 2013. For whatever reason, I tend to connect more with recent versions because I really think the band is playing at their best right now. I mean, of course, there’s a lot of older shows and I’m sure there’s a lot of debate about when the band reached their peak and things like that. But I really like the recent shows.
Korre: Yeah, there’s no question in my mind that this band is playing so well right now. The lineup they have in this band is incredible and I just can’t wait to listen to some more music. Looking at the songs here that Josh mentioned, I think the one that sticks out for me is Waiting for You. For me, it’s a song about love or maybe it’s about love lost or maybe it’s about love never realized. And Dave, I know you’re waiting for this. I have the lyrics for Waiting for You printed out in front of me again. And I’d like to read a couple lines from the song because I like it so much. So, this is some of the opening lines from the song, Waiting for You.
Just had a day like you wouldn’t believe
It was so hard just to make myself believe
That you turned down the classiest man in town
He put the move on and you said, “No thanks honey, I’ll see you on down the line”
Such a fine site to see
That you came running, running to me
Take your time, take your time
And the song goes on, it gets more interesting. But you know, I connect with a lot of songs about love, as we all probably do based on where we’re at in life with our current relationships or past relationships. There are so many entry points to songs like that that you can grab onto and connect with, I think.
Dave: Absolutely, yeah. That’s a great song as well. Iut of the three, those are the two that hit me the most. But those are great lyrics, wow, amazing.
Korre: Alright Dave, now I think it’s time to hear from you. I would love to know, as you prepared for this podcast episode, what are some of your favorite Max Creek songs?
Dave: I think favorites are so tough as we’ve said, but we’ve already talked about one of them, right? You Write the Book. And the version that I like, which I’ve mentioned already. Again, I love how the song progresses. I love the empowering nature of the song. So, that’s why I think I’ve listened to it so many times. The next one I’ll say is a song called In Harmony, which I happen to love the lyrics to that as well. It reminds me of The Grateful Dead and the version I listen to the most is a version from June 29, 2000. That’s also on YouTube. But I just love the lyrics in that. I don’t have the lyrics in front of me, so I can’t do a dramatic reading of them.
And the last one I like is Jones. I really think Jones is a great jam vehicle. I have to pick the version from the show that I saw last year. They opened set two with that, and what a rockin’ tune that is. There’s not many lyrics to it, but again, as I mentioned earlier, I tend to connect a little bit more with the music, at least nowadays I do.
And what a great version of that. And there’s been so many great versions. And I think this is a song that Scott will often play with the Mike Gordon Band as well. So those are the three that I picked out. It’s so tough to pick favorites because there’s so many songs of Max Creek that I love, but those are three.
Korre: Alright. Well, I approached this question myself from the angle of, I’ll pick a song by Scott and Mark and John. So, these are my favorite Max Creek songs from that perspective.
I picked The Field, which of course is a song Scott sings, and it’s an original song that was included on the band’s 1980 album, Rainbow, but they’ve been playing the song since around 1978. And The Field, I mean, this is one of those songs, if I was stuck on a desert island and I could only hear one song, I think this would be it. To me, it’s got this sort of mysterious tone to it. It’s full of heavy jams and it just never gets old to my ears. So, I love The Field.
Another one of my favorite songs is Said and Done. Of course, this is a Mark song. It was featured on the band’s Live at the Connecticut Expo Center album, the 12-31-1999 album that was released in 2000. And it was also featured on the live album 45 and Live released last year. And they’ve been playing the song live, I think since around 1998. And I mean, this is just an epic song. It’s huge. It’s a masterpiece in my mind, as far as the lyrics and composition.
So, I was really, really impressed when I first heard that song. And I think I went to a little bit more detail about my love of this song back in episode 8 of the podcast. If you want to dig back and listen to me do a dramatic reading of lyrics of Said and Done, you could do that. I could have a whole podcast where I just read lyrics from Max Creek. Yeah, that’d be fun, right?
Dave: Yeah, that’s good, yeah.
Korre: And another song I love is I Will Always See Your Face. That’s an original song by the band that was released on their 1986 album, Windows. And John started playing that song with the band back in 1984. So, it’s been around for a while. And this is another song that I just always get stuck in my head. It’s a John tune. I love his voice. I love the song. I think it’s just beautiful. It’s just another one of my favorite songs.
Dave: Usually, the songs that get stuck in your head, those are the ones you really tend to bond with. Maybe a little bit more, right?
Korre: So, Dave and I each picked a song that we’re going to play at the end of this episode that was referenced somewhere in this episode, either by one of us or by one of the audio clips that we played today. Dave, why don’t you tell our listeners what song you picked?
Dave: So, my pick is going to be the Jones from June 15, 2019, that show at Lincoln Hill Farms.
Korre: Yes, I think it’s a great, great song and it represents one of your favorite songs.
Dave: Absolutely.
Korre: I’m gonna pick The Seven, which was a song mentioned by Stacey, and it’s also one of my favorites, like I just mentioned a few minutes ago. And I’ll be playing the December 6, 1997, performance at Globe Theater in Norwalk, Connecticut. So, hang on for just a little bit and we’ll play both of those songs. But before we jump into those, I want to thank Dave Burland for once again, joining me on the podcast. Dave, you are amazing.
Dave: Well, thanks so much, Korre. I really appreciate it. And I just love your podcast. And I’m so happy there’s a podcast out there celebrating the music of Max Creek. I think it’s so important. I think you do an awesome job. Thanks again for inviting me on. I appreciate it.
Korre: And if listeners want to connect with you, Dave, perhaps the easiest thing they can do is find you on Twitter with the handle @CactusArea. But if you want to see an entirely different side of Dave, I suggest checking out his YouTube channel, Cinema Dave Media, where he explores his love of movies. And you can also check out Dave’s music by searching for Cactus Area on Bandcamp. Dave, did it get all that right?
Dave: Absolutely.
Korre: Alright. OK, Dave, well, this has been a ton of fun. We’re going to play these songs here in just a second. But thank you, thank you so much for joining me on the podcast. I really appreciate it.
Dave: Thanks again, Korre. It was a pleasure talking with you.
[interview ends]
Now let’s play that music we promised. This is Max Creek performing The Jones live at Lincoln Hill Farms in Canandaigua, New York, back on June 15, 2019.
And now this is Max Creek performing The Seven live at the Globe Theater in Norwalk, Connecticut, back on December 6, 1997.
And that concludes episode 20 of Hooked on Creek. Huge thanks again to Dave Burland for joining me on the podcast — and to Ryan, Matt, Stacey, Tim, John and Josh for participating. It really means a lot to me. If you are curious, during the introduction to this episode, I played If You Ask Me performed live by Max Creek at The Mount Snow Brewers Festival in West Dover, Vermont, back on August 31, 2002.
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