A man called Sandman named his band for another god of dreams. Their sound was low and their aspirations high. 30 years ago, they achieved both with a song about loving the devil you know.
I've been listening to the podcast. But totally forgot the benefits of your newsletter: the footnotes !!! They're the bonus track material we music peeps adore! Thank you sir!
Loved Morphine back in the day. Saw them several times in the late 90's in all of the places they'd play in NYC (Hammerstein, Bowery Ballroom, Webster Hall). Buena is one of their finest! BTW Buena appeared in a season 1 Sopranos episode, the one with the soccer coach. Video was even in it too! They also had a song in the film Get Shorty as well.
I just downloaded Buena. Thanks for reminding me of a song I had totally forgotten I really liked! It's sad that so many amazing musicians have left this earth too soon. Thank you for doing your great part at keeping the memories alive!
I saw that Eastwood Guitars is selling a tribute to Sandman's 2-string bass. That led me to re-visiting Cure for Pain and a search for the meaning of "Buena, Buena" and finally, here: "Sandman, whose name was also given to a god of dreams, put a lot of heart into achieving his own dreams; then that heart gave out. All of which is to say, we don’t know, and that we don’t have to know, why he’s gone, just that, like a dream, he is." Beautiful. Buena.
I've been listening to the podcast. But totally forgot the benefits of your newsletter: the footnotes !!! They're the bonus track material we music peeps adore! Thank you sir!
thank you!
Loved Morphine back in the day. Saw them several times in the late 90's in all of the places they'd play in NYC (Hammerstein, Bowery Ballroom, Webster Hall). Buena is one of their finest! BTW Buena appeared in a season 1 Sopranos episode, the one with the soccer coach. Video was even in it too! They also had a song in the film Get Shorty as well.
I just downloaded Buena. Thanks for reminding me of a song I had totally forgotten I really liked! It's sad that so many amazing musicians have left this earth too soon. Thank you for doing your great part at keeping the memories alive!
I saw that Eastwood Guitars is selling a tribute to Sandman's 2-string bass. That led me to re-visiting Cure for Pain and a search for the meaning of "Buena, Buena" and finally, here: "Sandman, whose name was also given to a god of dreams, put a lot of heart into achieving his own dreams; then that heart gave out. All of which is to say, we don’t know, and that we don’t have to know, why he’s gone, just that, like a dream, he is." Beautiful. Buena.
Hi scott. The link to the because the night playlist is broken, on the spotify version of the podcast.
Thanks, Sveinbjorn. I'll ask my podcast guys to fix. Here's what should be the correct link https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5v36VX0HvGhsKkeBbPSDjy?si=26d2f9330aca4b35