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Nebraska (love song 53)

from Nebraska by Norman Salant

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(The song Nebraska was also released as a special commemorative single)

music written by norman salant, lyrics: "Walking This Abandoned Field," a poem by steve abbott from his book "Wrecked Hearts"

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www.normansalant.com/lyrics/Nebraska.html

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"in the spring of 1977 i moved or rather escaped to san francisco from new york and its disco era, the bronx/yonkers variety, somewhat burned out and without direction. in what turned out to be the first of many such sabbaticals, i put the saxophone down and picked up a guitar to learn to sing and write songs. living on albion street, right away i fell in with an idealistic group of poets who gathered every thursday night for readings at a storefront around the corner on 16th called cloud house, run by a dedicated iconoclast named kush. if i had a song i brought it there and took my turn among the poets. one of those was steve abbott, a far better writer than i, still in his early phase. one night in 1978 he brought in a love poem set in his childhood nebraska called ‘walking this abandoned field.’ i was taken with it and set it to song. a year later i’d moved on and out of the mission, to a flat in the outer richmond on the last hill before the city’s iconic descent to ocean beach and the pacific, where in my bedroom i set up a four-track and began work on what would become ‘saxaphone demonstrations.’ in the spring of this year 2013 i happened upon alysia abbott’s extraordinary memoir of her father, ‘fairyland,’ and it all came back. i remembered steve’s song and thought it might be a nice way to memorialize him and cloud house and at the same time pay tribute to the achievement of the book."

for information about steve abbott, visit the website of his daughter, author alysia abbott:
www.alysiaabbott.com

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from Nebraska, released November 22, 2013

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Songwriter, singer, saxophonist, composer and martini-maker based in New York City with all the associated euphorias and discontents - although the saxophone part of the equation has been on hiatus for some time. The martini-making sometimes rears its head at sporadic Salon parties in a NoChe loft but live performances are exceedingly rare. Recordings are all! ... more

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