DON’T BURY ME YET | Sam Dad Radio #Video

DON’T BURY ME YET - A new old lion just stepped onto the porch. This is his introductory track, his audition as it were. What you are hearing is the moment he proved himself to the porch… and to the Board of Directors who were watching close. Harlan “Steelhand” Mercer, a bluesman carved out of storms, sin, and stubborn breath. He showed up out of the river fog with that scarred ES-336 and whispered one thing before we rolled tape: “No… Dirtier. Make it dirty.” “Now for those of you who are new to the Ferry or new to the porch, “dirtier” here doesn’t mean what you might think. In blues talk, dirty is about honesty, not profanity. It means letting the guitar scrape a little, letting the voice crack where the truth lives, letting the hurt come through instead of polishing it away. Dirty is the sound of a man telling the truth without sanding off the edges. That’s all it is. Nothing more, nothing less.” ---