KELLY: It's been really cool to meet the other musicians.

Just come from very different places, so I'm excited to hear the South Carolina artists for sure.

♪ ♪ ♪ VILAI: Then I left, the kaolin and the cotton.

♪ ♪ I'm singing songs that'll soon be forgotten.

♪ ♪ SADIEBELLE: Things I don't know, ♪ ♪ I can let go and figure out whenever.

♪ ♪ BOTH: And if I let it go.

♪ ♪ Then you'll never know.

♪ ♪ JESSICA: Why I can't go back ♪ ♪ to that side of the river.

♪ JENNIFER: We love to perform and, you know, that's a part of being a singer.

If you get an opportunity to do something really cool and out of the norm, you gotta jump on it because you don't know when an opportunity like that's gonna happen again.

SCOTT: Two, three, four.

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The Town of Bay Bulls.

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TIM: My name's Tim Baker.

I'm a singer, songwriter, musician.

You know, during the pandemic, we couldn't get together and, and sit and experience music.

One of the things we missed was that, that togetherness, that sort of feeling, the sort of the same emotions at the same time with a bunch of other people.

So I hope everyone enjoys it and gets something out of it.

Yeah.

Seeing how this is a, a sort of cultural exchange between our two places, I would, I thought I would sing my song about living in St.

John's, growing up in St.

John's, being a musician.

Anyway, this is a song about, about all that.

It's called "Spirit."

♪ ♪ ♪ Slide like a spirit down the same old roads.

♪ ♪ You've been haunting these hills since the ♪ ♪ morning you were born.

♪ ♪ Now the cracks in the pavement are the cracks ♪ ♪ in your heart.

♪ ♪ You go over the same old faults every time ♪ ♪ you walk to the bar.

♪ ♪ And you're wet when you get there, ♪ ♪ whether rain, or tears, or sweat.

♪ ♪ And the wind shaking the panes is ♪ ♪ the same as in your chest.

♪ ♪ Yes, it's the same out there, ♪ ♪ as it is in here.

♪ ♪ It's the same out there, ♪ ♪ as it is in here.

♪ ♪ And why should it be different?

♪ ♪ Should it be anything but that?

♪ ♪ Should we open our mouths ♪ ♪ and spit out California sand?

♪ ♪ No, we sing what we're given in the ♪ ♪ pieces she create.

♪ ♪ We sing "Grey Foggy Day."

♪ ♪ We sing "No Change in Me."

♪ ♪ Yeah, but it's arm in arm in arm, ♪ ♪ and aren't they light enough to stun?

♪ ♪ Hearing them all heaving along to the one same song.

♪ ♪ Oh, is it the same out there, ♪ ♪ as it is in here?

♪ ♪ Is it the same over there, ♪ ♪ as it is down here?

♪ ♪ Pull your cloak around me now.

♪ ♪ Pull your cloak around me now.

♪ ♪ Pull me close and keep the cold night out.

♪ ♪ Mm.

♪ ♪ Oh, lean into me, ♪ ♪ so you're near to me now.

♪ ♪ Once a stranger to me, ♪ ♪ but, now you're the song in my mouth.

♪ ♪ Ah-ah-ah-ah.

♪ ♪ Da da, da da da, da da da.

♪ ♪ Da da da, da da da, da da, da da da da da.

♪ ♪ Da da da da, da da da.

♪ ♪ Da da da, da da da da... ♪ ♪ (audience cheering and applause).

♪ And you slide like a spirit out to the icy steps.

♪ ♪ Feel the night on your face, ♪ ♪ the mist on your lips.

♪ ♪ And you pull the cloak around you, ♪ ♪ and you listen to the wind.

♪ ♪ And you hum the refrain as you take the hill again.

♪ (audience cheering and applause).

♪ ♪ CHRIS: My name is Chris Reid.

I'm a local musician based out of Columbia, South Carolina, and funnily enough, 10 years ago was when I started working at Willingham's.

Um, I was pouring concrete for septic tanks and, um, stacking lumber, um, selling toilets.

Uh, that's what I was doing for nine or 10 years in 2015, 2016.

So when they asked me to actually play for Willingham's, just a blast from the past, and so it was, it was so interesting to walk into this building that I haven't been in, in 10, in 10 years, and it just, it's incredible to see all the equipment and cameras everywhere.

And so it's just, it's incredible.

My name is Chris Reid.

The first song I'm gonna sing for you is based on a book from an author, he's from Newberry, and the, the book's title is "The Whispers of Newberry Grove."

The main character, Sarah, she falls in love with a guy named Tom, who's a toy maker.

The name of this song is "Toy Soldiers."

I hope you enjoy it.

♪ ♪ ♪ Summertime, it breaks my little heart in two.

♪ ♪ All because of you.

♪ ♪ Sarah's on his shoulders.

♪ ♪ Tom makes toy soldiers in blue.

♪ ♪ To fight for me and you.

♪ ♪ Tom is in his wooden shop.

♪ ♪ Carving up a man to stop, ♪ ♪ the blues.

♪ ♪ But the summer breaks.

♪ ♪ It's summertime.

♪ ♪ Rotting in Newberry.

♪ ♪ Oh, whoa.

♪ ♪ In Newberry.

♪ ♪ Oh, whoa.

♪ ♪ In Newberry.

♪ ♪ Oh, whoa.

♪ ♪ I wonder where she's going to.

♪ ♪ The wind blows through her eyes.

♪ ♪ And I see all that I fantasize.

♪ ♪ Tom makes toy soldiers.

♪ ♪ Everybody told her to try, ♪ ♪ sweet Loretta pies.

♪ ♪ Welcome home and gather round.

♪ ♪ Ooh, it's such a lovely town.

♪ ♪ 'Cause it tries.

♪ ♪ And the summer brings.

♪ ♪ It's summertime.

♪ ♪ Rotting in Newberry.

♪ ♪ Oh, whoa.

♪ ♪ Oh, in Newberry.

♪ ♪ Oh, rotting in Newberry.

♪ ♪ Oh, whoa.

♪ ♪ I wonder where she's going to.

♪ ♪ Oh, wake up the alarms.

♪ ♪ Oh, wake up, ♪ ♪ see her charming Tom is working.

♪ ♪ Tom makes toy soldiers.

♪ ♪ Tom makes toy soldiers.

♪ ♪ Tom makes toy soldiers.

♪ ♪ Tom makes toy soldiers.

♪ ♪ Tom makes toy soldiers, ♪ ♪ for Sarah.

♪ ♪ Tom makes toy soldiers, ♪ ♪ for Sarah.

♪ ♪ Tom makes toy soldiers, ♪ ♪ for Sarah.

♪ ♪ Tom makes toy soldiers, ♪ ♪ for Sarah.

♪ (audience applause).

Thank you.

Thank you.

And, up next, we have Sadiebelle.

Give it up for Sadiebelle, everyone.

SADIEBELLE: I'm honestly excited to hear the other songwriters' songs.

Um, with where I live, you have a good opportunity to hear a lot of originals, and just to be able to expand that to people in other places as well, I think that's really cool.

'Cause I've, I've grown up in South Carolina, so I haven't really able to travel a lot.

So to hear it through other people and what they sing, I'm, I'm very excited to hear all of that.

Hey, y'all.

My name's Sadiebelle.

Um, the first song I'll be playing tonight is called "Bonnie and Clyde," and I wrote this when I was 13 years old.

I had written some fun songs before that, but I wrote this one for my parents, and I played it for them, and they liked it more than I thought, and it kinda just stuck since.

So that's the one I'm gonna be playing today.

I hope y'all like it.

♪ ♪ ♪ I've made a lot of mistakes.

♪ ♪ Said things I regret.

♪ ♪ But when I said I love you, ♪ ♪ know that was all ♪ ♪ very true.

♪ ♪ We could be something great.

♪ ♪ Something no one could forget.

♪ ♪ We could be partners in crime.

♪ ♪ Oh, the next Bonnie and Clyde.

♪ ♪ Yeah, Romeo and Juliet.

♪ ♪ No, they have nothing on us yet.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Well, I don't mind being alone.

♪ ♪ As long as we're there together.

♪ ♪ And the weight of things I don't know, ♪ ♪ I can let go and figure out whenever.

♪ ♪ Oh, I don't know how long this will last.

♪ ♪ Oh, but I don't wanna think about that.

♪ ♪ No, we could be partners in crime.

♪ ♪ Oh, the next Bonnie and Clyde.

♪ ♪ Yeah, Romeo and Juliet.

♪ ♪ No, they have nothing on us yet.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Oh, I want you to know, ♪ ♪ that I won't ever let you go.

♪ ♪ You make the bitter days sweeter, ♪ ♪ and I can let everything else go.

♪ ♪ Yeah, we could be partners in crime.

♪ ♪ Oh, the next Bonnie and Clyde.

♪ ♪ Yeah, Romeo and Juliet, ♪ ♪ no, they have nothing on us yet.

♪ ♪ Yeah, we could be partners in crime.

♪ ♪ Oh, the next Bonnie and Clyde.

♪ ♪ Yeah, Romeo and Juliet, ♪ ♪ no, they have nothing on us yet.

♪ ♪ No, they have nothing on us yet.

♪ ♪ (audience cheering and applause).

Thank you.

VILAI: My name is Vilai Harrington.

I'm based out of Greenville, South Carolina.

My influences come from what I heard on the radio.

A lot of outlaw country, a lot of, uh... And then, being from where I am, it's a lot of beach music and soul, like James Brown and Blind Willie McTell.

As I got older, I kinda just figured out my own perspective of it, instead of, going to classes in college.

So after I dropped out, I decided to give this thing a go, and move to Greenville, and been doing it for 10 years now, and it's been great.

(audience cheering and applause).

I grew up in a small town in South Carolina, and a lot of family that's, many generations there, up to nine generations, and then my dad, had a short stint in South Carolina, but he moved back to Honolulu, Hawaii when, when I was seven.

And, just all the things in between.

This song's about that, it's called "Kaolin and Cotton."

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Family with different place, ♪ ♪ I hop from state to state.

♪ ♪ Polluted mental health made up with love.

♪ ♪ From the clear Pacific waves, ♪ ♪ to the old Palmetto state.

♪ ♪ One looked at the other ♪ ♪ and grinned through gnashing teeth.

♪ ♪ So then I left the kaolin and the cotton.

♪ ♪ I'm singing songs that'll soon be forgotten.

♪ ♪ All this work with no play, ♪ ♪ I'll make it up someday.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Someday I'll settle down, ♪ ♪ after I make my rounds.

♪ ♪ Sitting and sipping and running ♪ ♪ through these trails.

♪ ♪ Messing round and finding out.

♪ ♪ Going full speed up the spout.

♪ ♪ Relief and regret are sides of the same pain.

♪ ♪ So then I left the pines and the sand, ♪ ♪ I'm digging graves in the red clay for man.

♪ ♪ All this work with no play, ♪ ♪ I'll make it up someday.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Oh, I hear mountain lakes, ♪ ♪ to my river made of sand.

♪ ♪ I'll never run from the troubles inside my head.

♪ ♪ I-5 or Highway 1, ♪ ♪ many stories have yet begun.

♪ ♪ Hard to be a has-been when you never were.

♪ ♪ So then I left the kaolin and the cotton.

♪ ♪ I'm singing songs that'll soon be forgotten.

♪ ♪ All this work with no pay, ♪ ♪ I'll make it up someday.

♪ ♪ Then I left the pines and the sand, ♪ ♪ I'm digging graves in the red clay for man.

♪ ♪ All this living's gonna be the death of me.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Then I left the kaolin and the cotton, ♪ ♪ I'm singing songs that'll soon be forgotten.

♪ ♪ All this work with no pay, ♪ ♪ I'll make it up someday.

♪ ♪ Then I left the pines and the sand, ♪ ♪ I'm digging graves in the red clay for man.

♪ ♪ All this living's gonna be the death of me.

♪ ♪ All this living's gonna be the death of me.

♪ ♪ All this living's gonna be the death of me.

♪ (audience cheering and applause).

DAVE: You know, there's something about Newfoundland and, and the small communities that are in Newfoundland that pride themselves on hospitality and, and kindness, and, and the arts community and, and Newberry is very, very similar.

I mean, very supportive of the arts.

The similarities are, are, are definitely there, and it's, you know, really cool to kind of experience that, and, you know, just really pride ourselves on, on, on where we're from.

My name is Dave Witty, guys, I'm, from just outside of St.

John's, Newfoundland, not far from Bay Bulls as well.

The first song I'm gonna sing is a song called "Ducks in a Row," and I, it's off the new record, and I wrote this one with the, with the, you know, the kinda thought of, something my mom used to say to me, and it was always about, you know, if you're gonna do something, make sure you got your, your ducks in a row.

You got yourself in order before you're gonna go at it.

So I'm gonna play this one.

It's called "Ducks in a Row."

Andrew's gonna help me out on the guitar as well here.

Uh, hope you enjoy it.

DAVE: One, two.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ The world is changing around me, ♪ ♪ and I got nowhere to go.

♪ ♪ I see you carving your own way.

♪ ♪ You got your ducks in a row.

♪ ♪ Oh, oh.

♪ ♪ BOTH: Ooh.

♪ ♪ Ooh.

♪ ♪ DAVE: Who would've thought we'd be frozen?

♪ ♪ We'd have to stand still in time.

♪ ♪ But if you wanna get out there, baby, ♪ ♪ you gotta wait in the line.

♪ ♪ Whoa, oh.

♪ ♪ BOTH: Ooh.

♪ ♪ Ooh.

♪ ♪ DAVE: So if you could agree, ♪ ♪ it doesn't matter to me.

♪ ♪ I think it's time to keep moving.

♪ ♪ We've got a long way to go.

♪ ♪ I think it's time to keep moving.

♪ ♪ We've got a long way to go.

♪ ♪ Woo!

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ So when you're searching for answers, ♪ ♪ on ways that you can outlast.

♪ ♪ Sometimes you just gotta wonder, ♪ ♪ oh baby, what's best to leave in the past.

♪ ♪ Oh, oh.

♪ ♪ BOTH: Ooh.

♪ ♪ Ooh.

♪ ♪ So if you could agree, it doesn't matter to me.

♪ ♪ I think it's time to keep moving.

♪ ♪ We've got a long way to go.

♪ ♪ I think it's time to keep moving, baby, ♪ ♪ we've got a long way to go.

♪ ♪ So if you're down, ♪ ♪ with boots on the ground in another town.

♪ ♪ You look for it all, you just make the call.

♪ ♪ You'll get what you need.

♪ ♪ You can set yourself free, ♪ ♪ you can be happy.

♪ ♪ And then maybe, you'll start to see.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ So if you could agree, it doesn't matter to me.

♪ ♪ I think it's time to keep moving, ♪ ♪ we've got a long way to go.

♪ ♪ I think it's time to keep moving, ♪ ♪ baby, we've got a long way to go.

♪ ♪ I think it's time to keep moving, ♪ ♪ baby, we've got a long way to go.

♪ (audience applause).

KELLY: It's been really cool to meet the other musicians from South Carolina.

We were just chatting a bit after soundcheck and, yeah, we just come from very different places, so I'm excited to hear the South Carolina artists, for sure.

I was going through, like, a, a good... My music was kinda taking off.

I was having a second life for my music career at the same time as this awful stuff was happening.

Um, so I kind of visualized that with this next song.

Um, it's called "Bomb," and I just wanted to turn the ugly feelings into something, beautiful, I guess.

Um, so that's what this is.

♪ Like bread in the stomach of a duck.

♪ ♪ Expanding, I would if I could give it up.

♪ ♪ She says, "No need to hold onto the anger."

♪ ♪ But the insides are rotting, and ♪ ♪ it's hotter and hotter, ♪ ♪ and I'm so bothered, I'm so bothered.

♪ ♪ I'm a bomb, ♪ ♪ exploding and trying to hold it in.

♪ ♪ I'm a bomb, ♪ ♪ underwater, ♪ ♪ screaming.

♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh.

♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh.

♪ ♪ She's blowing, ♪ ♪ and there's nowhere for it to go.

♪ ♪ The rage is an explosion that I can't hold.

♪ ♪ She says, "Baby, come on, let it go."

♪ ♪ But he fed me with poison, ♪ ♪ and now somehow I'm wrong, ♪ ♪ somehow I'm wrong, somehow I've become.

♪ ♪ I'm a bomb, ♪ ♪ exploding and trying to hold it in.

♪ ♪ I'm a bomb, ♪ ♪ underwater, ♪ ♪ screaming.

♪ ♪ I'm a bomb ♪ ♪ exploding and trying to hold it in.

♪ ♪ I'm a bomb ♪ ♪ underwater, ♪ ♪ screaming.

♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ahh.

♪ ♪ And in this fire, ♪ ♪ I found my power.

♪ ♪ I opened the lid and set it off.

♪ ♪ I fed the flames ♪ ♪ when I had someone to blame, ♪ ♪ and I let it shoot me straight to the top.

♪ ♪ I'm a bomb.

♪ ♪ I'm a bomb.

♪ ♪ I'm a bomb.

♪ ♪ (vocalizing through the end).

♪ (audience applause and cheering).

ANDREW: The people here are, like, unbelievably nice.

Like, back home, I feel like we have a I guess, a good stereotype of being very hospitable and, and I'm proud of that.

And you come here and, like, people are, like, just overtly nice, like, very welcoming.

Like, everyone has been so nice.

Like, you know?

So, yeah, it's amazing.

For sure.

Thank you, folks.

Yeah, it's a real pleasure to be back here, man.

You guys are so nice.

It's, it's awesome.

Been having a real good time.

I, have a great-grandmother, who was a war bride.

She's 99 years old, still living, man, and I've been very lucky to have her in my life.

When I play this song, I think of her and her experience and my, and my great-grandfather, who also served in the 59th Regiment, I believe, in, in World War II, so.

Uh, this is kind of a fabrication, a story of sort of imagining myself in that role as a, as a young person, and just that feeling of missing home and just doing whatever you could do, whatever it takes to get home.

It's a song called "Last Man Standing."

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I had a dream, I was 18, ♪ ♪ and it was 1943.

♪ ♪ I was standing on a beach near Rome.

♪ ♪ With a rifle in my hand, ♪ ♪ I was just old enough to be a man.

♪ ♪ But I, I was scared like a child.

♪ ♪ I had a picture of you.

♪ ♪ You were looking at me the way you do.

♪ ♪ And I, oh, I said to myself, ♪ ♪ that I'll be the last, ♪ ♪ I'll be the last man standing.

♪ ♪ Wearing my heart on my sleeve, ♪ ♪ no, I ain't going down.

♪ ♪ I ain't going down.

♪ ♪ Through the olive groves, ♪ ♪ or the cobblestone.

♪ ♪ I found my way.

♪ ♪ But I was captured.

♪ ♪ I threw my pride away.

♪ ♪ There was a voice when they called my name.

♪ ♪ I'll be the last, ♪ ♪ I'll be the last man standing.

♪ ♪ Wearing my heart on my sleeve, ♪ ♪ no, I ain't going down.

♪ ♪ I'll be the last, ♪ ♪ I'll be the last man standing.

♪ ♪ Wearing my heart on my sleeve, ♪ ♪ no, I ain't going down.

♪ ♪ La-da, da-da-da.

♪ ♪ La-da-da.

♪ ♪ La-da, da-da-da.

♪ ♪ La-da-da.

♪ ♪ La-da, da-da-da.

♪ ♪ La-da-da.

♪ ♪ La-da, da-da-da.

♪ ♪ La-da-da.

♪ ♪ I'll be the last, ♪ ♪ I'll be the last man standing.

♪ ♪ Wearing my heart on my sleeve, ♪ ♪ no, I ain't going down.

♪ (audience cheering and applause).

DAVE: Andrew Roberts, everyone.

BRENDAN: My name is Brendan Roberts.

I'm a singer-songwriter from, Newberry, South Carolina.

We are in Bay Bulls, Newfoundland.

When I first got brought the idea, I was like, "This is amazing, and there should be more, of it."

And I've, this is my fourth country that I've played, different country that I've played, and that is just, it's very unique, and I love it.

Pleasure to be here.

But, this song right here, I wrote with my good friend Joe Costa in, Nashville.

We had a mutual friend, that was struggling with the, alco, alcoholic beverages.

So, before he got, ended up going, getting sober and all that stuff, and we ended up writing this song about him.

He's doing great now.

This song's called "If Whiskey Had a Heart," and, hope y'all like it.

♪ ♪ ♪ Wouldn't be staying out all night long.

♪ ♪ Living every word to a country song.

♪ ♪ Blowing every dollar I ever made.

♪ ♪ Wouldn't have my name on this corner store.

♪ ♪ Or trying so hard to stretch the truth.

♪ ♪ There'd still be hell I haven't raised.

♪ ♪ Right and wrongs and nowhere to start.

♪ ♪ If whiskey had a heart.

♪ ♪ You might still be here.

♪ ♪ My mind would still be clear.

♪ ♪ I could find the strength to rewrite it all.

♪ ♪ And I couldn't hate myself.

♪ ♪ I would say that I need help.

♪ ♪ And this old heart would have a few less scars.

♪ ♪ And I wouldn't have broken yours, ♪ ♪ if whiskey had a heart.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Would have spent more time at home.

♪ ♪ Wouldn't have left you all alone.

♪ ♪ I might have made your daddy proud.

♪ ♪ Been that man that you deserve.

♪ ♪ Saved some bridges from getting burned.

♪ ♪ In this hell I'm in right now.

♪ ♪ And you might still be here.

♪ ♪ My mind would still be clear.

♪ ♪ I could find the strength to rewrite it all.

♪ ♪ And I wouldn't hate myself.

♪ ♪ You would say that I need help.

♪ ♪ This old heart would have a few less scars.

♪ ♪ And I wouldn't have broken yours, ♪ ♪ if whiskey had a heart.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ You might still be here.

♪ ♪ My mind would still be clear.

♪ ♪ I could find the strength to rewrite it all.

♪ ♪ And I wouldn't hate myself.

♪ ♪ You would say that I need help.

♪ ♪ And this old heart would have a few less scars.

♪ ♪ And I wouldn't have broken yours.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I wouldn't have broken yours, ♪ ♪ if whiskey had a heart.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Had a heart.

♪ ♪ ♪ Thank y'all so much for having us and listening.

(audience applause).

We will see y'all.

(audience applause).

PAUL: There was a time when I was listening to a fair bit of John Prine at the time.

And it's funny, but, yeah.

But, definitely listening to certain types of music influences your songwriting.

Here's one of them, it's called "Doin' Fine."

♪ ♪ ♪ I wake up every morning and make my empty bed.

♪ ♪ Feathers in my pillow, ♪ ♪ feel like bullets in my head.

♪ ♪ I start to remember all the wicked words I said.

♪ ♪ And wonder why I'm lying here alone.

♪ ♪ I put some water in a kettle ♪ ♪ and try to find a phone.

♪ ♪ I call someone to listen; ♪ ♪ there's no one that I know.

♪ ♪ I wonder who was out last night ♪ ♪ and who paid to see the show, ♪ ♪ and where else I'm not allowed to go.

♪ ♪ And just when I thought it couldn't get any worse.

♪ ♪ Somebody put me under, ♪ ♪ some kind of curse.

♪ ♪ I feel like I drank a whole barrel of wine.

♪ ♪ Man, I feel like this most of the time.

♪ ♪ But other than that, I'm doing fine.

♪ ♪ Well, the hair of the dog, ♪ ♪ it hasn't bit me yet.

♪ ♪ And I can't remember what I was trying to forget.

♪ ♪ But on women, wine, and whiskey, ♪ ♪ Lord, I'm laying down my bets.

♪ ♪ But blood flows slowly from a stone.

♪ ♪ And just when I thought it couldn't get any worse.

♪ ♪ Somebody put me under, ♪ ♪ some kind of curse.

♪ ♪ I feel like I drank a whole barrel of wine.

♪ ♪ Man, I feel like this most of the time.

♪ ♪ But other than that, I'm doing fine.

♪ ♪ Somebody put me under.

♪ ♪ Somebody put me down.

♪ ♪ My head is pounding thunder.

♪ ♪ Heart can't take it.

♪ ♪ My heart can't take it, no.

♪ ♪ I wake up every morning and make that empty bed.

♪ ♪ Feathers in my pillow, ♪ ♪ they weigh like bricks on my head.

♪ ♪ And just when I thought it couldn't get any worse, ♪ ♪ somebody put me under, ♪ ♪ some kind of curse.

♪ ♪ I feel like I drank a whole barrel of wine.

♪ ♪ Man, I feel like this most of the time.

♪ ♪ But other than that, I'm doing fine.

♪ ♪ I feel like I drank a whole barrel of wine.

♪ ♪ Man, I feel like this most of the time.

♪ ♪ But other than that, I'm doing fine.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Ooh-yeah.

♪ (audience applause).

JESSICA: We are Prettier Than Matt.

We are sorry, not sorry, if your name is Matt.

And we are very excited to be here.

It's our first time in Canada.

(audience cheering and applause).

And we, thank you.

We definitely wanna come back.

This is really awesome, and I can't think of a better word to say.

AUDIENCE MEMBER: How did you get your name?

JESSICA: How did we get our name?

That was coming.

That was coming.

So we got our name, this is the shortest version of the story, 'cause we only have 30 minutes to play, and I don't know how much longer we have left.

Uh, so Jeff used to play with a guy named Matt, and then he started playing with me, and a friend wanted to book us.

We had no band name.

Our friend said that I was prettier than Matt.

(audience laughing).

14 years later.

(audience cheering and applause).

JEFF: And you can call me Matt if you want to.

It's fine.

I, I do answer to it.

It's cool.

JESSICA: So this next song is one of our most popular, most requested song, and it's called "Anymore."

It's a good little breakup song, so we hope you enjoy it.

♪ ♪ ♪ JESSICA: No matter what I say to you.

♪ ♪ Or what you wanna do.

♪ ♪ I just can't look back on these memories; ♪ ♪ they're cutting me through.

♪ ♪ And if I let it go, then you'll never know.

♪ ♪ Why I can't go back to that side of the river, ♪ ♪ anymore.

♪ ♪ Whoa-oh.

♪ ♪ Whoa-oh.

♪ ♪ I'm not perfect, ♪ ♪ not for a lack of trying.

♪ ♪ You made me a stranger to myself.

♪ ♪ Where are you now?

♪ ♪ You're as good as gone.

♪ ♪ But now I'm left cleaning up the mess we made.

♪ ♪ And I've been run down for way too long.

♪ ♪ No matter what I say to you, or what you wanna do.

♪ ♪ I just can't look back on these memories.

♪ ♪ They're cutting me through.

♪ ♪ And if I let it go, then you'll never know.

♪ ♪ Why I can't go back to that side of the river, ♪ ♪ anymore.

♪ ♪ Whoa-oh.

♪ ♪ Whoa-oh.

♪ ♪ Whole lot of taking, but not a lot of giving.

♪ ♪ But it's not so bad once you wake up.

♪ ♪ While you're thinking, I'm already leaving.

♪ ♪ I tried to make you something ♪ ♪ that you'll never be.

♪ ♪ I know I've been run down for way too long.

♪ ♪ No matter what I say to you, ♪ ♪ or what you wanna do.

♪ ♪ I just can't look back on these memories.

♪ ♪ They're cutting me through.

♪ ♪ And if I let it go, then you'll never know.

♪ ♪ Why I can't go back to that side of the river, ♪ ♪ anymore.

♪ Yes.

♪ ♪ (vocalizing).

(guitar solo).

Keep it going.

♪ And I've been run down for way too long.

♪ (audience cheering and applause).

Oh, I'm kidding... ♪ No matter what I say to you, ♪ ♪ or what you wanna do.

♪ ♪ I just can't look back on these memories.

♪ ♪ They're cutting me through.

♪ ♪ And if I let it go, then you'll never know.

♪ ♪ Why I can't go back to that side of the river.

♪ ♪ Oh, no matter what I say to you, ♪ ♪ or what you wanna do.

♪ ♪ I just can't look back on these memories.

♪ ♪ They're cutting me through.

♪ ♪ And if I let it go, ♪ ♪ well, then you'll never know.

♪ ♪ Why I can't go back to that side of the river.

♪ ♪ Oh, I can't go back to that side of the river.

♪ ♪ Oh, I just can't go back to that side of the river ♪ ♪ anymore.

♪ (audience cheering and applause).

GREG: This is called "Summertime," and it goes like this.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I'm getting tired of this cold and wind and rain.

♪ ♪ But summer's coming, ♪ ♪ and I know I'm gonna see you again.

♪ ♪ We'll go out early, and we'll stay out late.

♪ ♪ It won't be long now, and I can't wait for... ♪ ♪ BOTH: ...summertime.

♪ ♪ Girl, you've been on my mind.

♪ ♪ And I know you'll come around.

♪ ♪ You know where I'll be found, come summertime.

♪ ♪ Sweet, sweet summertime.

♪ ♪ GREG: I'm missing you and all our friends playing ♪ ♪ our summer sounds.

♪ ♪ Spending our days out on the water ♪ ♪ 'til the sun goes down.

♪ ♪ When all the others have gone, it's only us.

♪ ♪ We'll still be going when the sun comes back up.

♪ ♪ Come on... ♪ ♪ BOTH: Summertime.

♪ ♪ I said, girl, you've been on my mind.

♪ ♪ And I know you'll come around.

♪ ♪ You know where I'll be found, come summertime.

♪ ♪ Sweet, sweet summertime.

♪ ♪ GREG: Outside my window, ♪ ♪ the days are getting longer.

♪ ♪ Inside my head, ♪ ♪ the feeling's getting stronger.

♪ ♪ I can't help thinking there's a way, ♪ ♪ maybe this time.

♪ ♪ That this time you'll stay... ♪ ♪ Summertime.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Oh, yes, summertime.

♪ ♪ BOTH: Said, girl, you've been on my mind.

♪ ♪ And I know you'll come around.

♪ ♪ You know where I'll be found come summertime.

♪ ♪ Summertime.

♪ ♪ Said, girl, you've been on my mind.

♪ ♪ GREG: Oh, yeah.

♪ ♪ BOTH: And I know you'll come around.

♪ ♪ You know where I'll be found come summertime.

♪ ♪ Sweet, sweet summertime.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (audience applause).

JENNIFER: We love to perform, and, you know, that's a part of being a singer.

If you get an opportunity to do something really cool and out of the norm, you gotta jump on it because you don't know when an opportunity like that's gonna happen again.

JESSICA: It's been great.

They're super friendly, and we got to hear a little bit of their soundcheck, and so we're like, "Man, they sound amazing."

It's pretty cool.

JEFF: And also it's been amazing, when we had, got to ride up, fly up with our South Carolina people that we didn't really know.

Uh, so that was a bunch of new friends that we can see back home, and then here, of course, with Jennifer, she was great.

She came right up and started talking to us.

JESSICA: So sweet.

JEFF: And I mean, l, 'cause I'd saw, seen their Facebook post about the show, and I watched it, like, 10 times hearing her talk, 'cause I loved her, her voice.

So I can't wait to hear them do this and perform and stuff.

It's gonna be cool.

JESSICA: Yeah.

JENNIFER: So how's everyone doing?

(audience cheering).

Good, good.

SHAWN: Play you something new, tune called "The Ceiling" for you.

GLEN: One, two, three.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Wood burning up on a hill.

♪ ♪ Cedar drawer full of pills, ♪ ♪ and it's quiet.

♪ ♪ And snow to the trees.

♪ ♪ ALL: But I did what I did, ♪ ♪ and I didn't mean anything.

♪ ♪ Where you come from and where you go.

♪ ♪ Who you talk to and who you know.

♪ ♪ GLEN: And you're lying in fields of green.

♪ ♪ ALL: But I did what I did, ♪ ♪ and I didn't mean anything.

♪ ♪ The sunrise, dry eyes, red morning.

♪ ♪ Smoke stacks and old hats still learning.

♪ ♪ But I don't know how I got this ♪ ♪ far down with the ceiling.

♪ ♪ Yeah, I don't know how I got this ♪ ♪ far down with the ceiling.

♪ ♪ GLEN: But her eyes are wide open right ♪ ♪ out of her head, yeah.

♪ ♪ She's been cleared of a crime ♪ ♪ she did not commit.

♪ ♪ Oh, no.

♪ ♪ ALL: But I did what I did, ♪ ♪ and I'd do it all over again.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Well, I remember everything.

♪ ♪ Little girl learning to sing.

♪ ♪ GLEN: Because she's crying, ♪ ♪ a lover leaves.

♪ ♪ ALL: But I did what I did, ♪ ♪ and I didn't mean anything.

♪ ♪ The sunrise, the dry eyes, red morning.

♪ ♪ Smoke stacks and old hats still learning.

♪ ♪ But I don't know how I got this ♪ ♪ far down with the ceiling.

♪ ♪ Yeah, I don't know how I got this ♪ ♪ far down with the ceiling.

♪ ♪ GLEN: But her eyes are wide open right ♪ ♪ out of her head, yeah.

♪ ♪ She's been cleared of a crime ♪ ♪ she could not commit.

♪ ♪ Oh, no.

♪ ♪ ALL: But I did what I did, ♪ ♪ and I'd do it all over again.

♪ GLEN: Two, three, four.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ GLEN: Thank you.

♪ (music playing through credits) ♪ NARRATOR: Major funding for "Towns in Tune" is provided by Picture NL, the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Tax Credit.

Additional funding for Towns in Tune is brought to you by the ETV Endowment of South Carolina, the proud partner of South Carolina ETV and South Carolina Public Radio.

With the generosity of individuals, corporations, and foundations, the ETV Endowment is committed to sharing stories that connect communities, like "Towns in Tune."

The Government of Canada Film or Video Production Federal Tax Credit.

Celebrate NL.

The Town of Bay Bulls.

The Newberry County Chamber of Commerce and NTV.

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