Message from Sadie:
Check it out guys!
My cover of Crosby Stills Nash & Young’s ‘Teach Your Children’ is to be released on this wonderful tribute album, MUSIC IS LOVE.
I love CSN&Y in general and this song in particular.
It was recorded around the time of the London riots in 2011, which made it all seem very poignant.
The album contains a fantastic collection of artists including Judy Collins and Stills’ own daughter, Jennifer Stills.
It’s out on October 9th and you can preorder the double album right here. ….. Beautiful man.
Teach Your Children
(Graham Nash) – performed by Sadie Jemmett
You who are on the road
Must have a code that you can live by
And so become yourself
Because the past is just a goodbye
Teach your children well
Their father’s hell will slowly go by
And feed them on your dreams
The one they pick’s the one you’ll know by.
Don’t you ever ask them why
If they told you, you would cry
So just look at them and sigh
And know they love you.
And you, of tender years
Can’t know the fears that your elders grew by
And so please help them with your youth
They seek the truth before they can die.
Can you hear and do you care
And can’t you see we must be free
To teach our children what you believe in
Make a world that we can believe in
Teach your parents well
Their children’s hell will slowly go by
And feed them on your dreams
The one they picks the one you’ll know by.
Don’t you ever ask them why
If they told you, you would cry
So just look at them and sigh
And know they love you.
Played and sung by Sadie Jemmett and John McBurnie
Original version appears on CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG – Déjà Vu (Atlantic 1970)
Packaging
Preorder MUSIC IS LOVE here.
Route 61 Music & Hemifrån proudly present
MUSIC IS LOVE
A SINGER-SONGWRITERS’ TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC OF CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG
A 2-disc / 36-page booklet deluxe set. 27 artists, 27 songs.
A tribute to the outstanding body of work produced by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.
A benefit for the Equestrian Therapy Co-op* in Brandeis, California.
*Equestrian Therapy is horseback riding for children and adults who can personally benefit from a natural encounter with horses. By combining horsemanship with concepts of physical and occupational therapy, Equestrian Therapy Co-Op programme promotes balance, coordination, focus and self-confidence in children and adults with special needs.
PRODUCERS’ NOTE
Like all of the musicians on this album, we grew up deeply affected by the music of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Perhaps it was even deeper for us as Europeans, because America was only a place we dreamed of, a far-off romantic world that we tried to understand, and music, movies and books were the among the ways we discovered it. This album is our little effort to thank the four men who opened up that world to us, and made it sing in harmony for more than forty years.
Heartfelt thanks go also to all of the artists and bands — most of them good friends of ours — who are part of our larger musical world. Not only did you create your own great music, gifting us with beautiful original songs, but helped us make this tribute album possible.
Music is love. That has always been the case. Once upon a time, through the songs of CSNY, we discovered that love was worldwide.
Peter Holmstedt / Ermanno Labianca / Francesco Lucarelli
A PRESENTATION BY DAVE ZIMMER
Author of “Crosby, Stills & Nash: The Biography” and editor of “4 Way Street: The Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Reader”
The music of David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash and Neil Young has moved so many people, reaching across borders around the world, their music resonating with loyal legions of fans and inspiring musicians everywhere. In the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, writing, singing, playing and performing at the peak of their talents, they released a series of albums together and as individual artists that established key signposts of their musical styles, distinct but connected, forged with otherworldly harmony blends, vintage rosewood acoustic guitars, as well as big white and old black electric guitars, that endure to this day. What draws us so powerfully to these artists? For me, it’s a combination of Crosby’s mind-bending chords and vocals, Stills and Young’s multi-colored guitar explorations, and Nash’s timeless messages and high harmony, cresting stunning songwriting that addresses both personal and social issues. While the artists had all previously made their marks in formidable rock and roll bands — Crosby in The Byrds, Stills and Young in Buffalo Springfield and Nash in The Hollies — the unique character of their music kept growing. More than 40 years ago, these musicians were looking inward, speaking out and writing songs that helped define a generation. Well, that generation grew up, as did the artists, but this connection and bond continued; then new generations discovered them, and much of the musicripened and gained fresh meaning with new causes and the passage of time.
The strength of these newly recorded versions is a testament to the artistry of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young as well as the special nature of their songs, which hold up beautifully when interpreted and reimagined by a varied roster of artists that range across decades, musical genres and different parts of the globe: from California, Texas and New York to Dublin, Liverpool and Australia; from traditional folkies and alternative rockers to gifted guitarists and bluegrass pickers; as well as wonderfully amazing vocalists, from yesterday and today. There is even a family tie.
That CSNY feels like a family, with all of the love, rivalry and resiliency this entails, extends to the fans and musicians around them, creating a circle of fellowship and fraternity that is often unspoken but very real. There is a sense that “we’re all in this together” and can share in the communal experience. The specter of love looms large with each of these artists, who have turned matters of the heart inside out with so many of their songs, capturing feelings of tenderness, hope and tattered emotions, often writing about the ladies they cherished and longed for. Still, a good number of their songs can be interpreted with musicians of either gender, as this collection shows so well, with both male and female vocalists bringing out the essence of feelings expressed. There is an emotional center to the melding of words and music that allows for so many extraordinary contemporary interpretations.
It feels appropriate, right and true, then, that the umbrella song that graces this compilation is “Music Is Love,” David Crosby’s mantra that evolved into a magical track in collaboration with Graham Nash and Neil Young in the summer of 1970. So go back to where it all began and enjoy these new takes on the music of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.
THE ARTISTS
Nick Barker
Cindy Lee Berryhill
Bocephus King
Bonoff Covan Szcześniak & Waldman
Clarence Bucaro
Neal Casal
The Coal Porters
Judy Collins
Marcus Eaton
Andy Hill & Renée Safier
Jenai Huff
Sadie Jemmett
Ron LaSalle
Louis Ledford
Mary Lee’s Corvette
Michael McDermott & Heather Horton
Ian McNabb
Sonny Mone
Elliott Murphy
Willie Nile
Liam Ó Maonlaí
Carrie Rodriguez
Eileen Rose & The Legendary Rich Gilbert
Jennifer Stills
Sugarcane Jane
Venice
Steve Wynn
THE SONGS
DISC 1
01. For What It’s Worth – Ron LaSalle
02. Triad – Steve Wynn
03. Helplessly Hoping – Judy Collins
04. Lady Of The Island – Liam Ó Maonlaí
05. Bluebird – Sugarcane Jane
06. Birds – Elliott Murphy
07. Guinnevere – Bonoff Covan Szcześniak & Waldman
08. You Don’t Have To Cry – Sonny Mone
09. Down By The River – Bocephus King
10. Love The One You’re With – Jennifer Stills
11. After The Gold Rush – Venice
12. Teach Your Children – Sadie Jemmett
13. Fallen Eagle – The Coal Porters
DISC 2
01. Rockin’ In The Free World – Willie Nile
02. It Doesn’t Matter – Cindy Lee Berryhill
03. Out On The Weekend – Clarence Bucaro
04. Hey You (Looking At The Moon) – Neal Casal
05. Cortez The Killer – Carrie Rodriguez
06. Bittersweet – Marcus Eaton
07. Just A Song Before I Go – Eileen Rose & The Legendary Rich Gilbert
08. Long May You Run – Nick Barker
09. Southern Cross – Michael McDermott & Heather Horton
10. Thrasher – Andy Hill & Renée Safier
11. Wasted On The Way – Louis Ledford
12. Tracks In The Dust – Mary Lee’s Corvette
13. I’ll Be There For You – Jenai Huff
14. Music Is Love – Ian McNabb
Album conceived and produced by Peter Holmstedt / Ermanno Labianca /Francesco Lucarelli
(P) & © 2012 – Route 61 Music (Italy) / Hemifrån (Sweden)
Mastered by Alex McCollough at YesMaster, Nashville
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