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A Pete Morton song for our times: Two Brothers

Pete Morton is absolutely one of my favorite folk singers of all time.  While I love his voice and his simple guitar playing, the real beauty of his music is in his message and the way he crafts the words and images.

He is English, lives in London, and performs mostly in England, Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany.  Occasionally, he will drift over to the States and play at The Focal Point here is St. Louis. If there were any sanity in the music business he would be better known that he is. Of course, folk music is a style that drifts in and out of popularity… but not with me.

Given that the situation in this world and this country seems to be degenerating more and more quickly,  I think what the world needs is Pete’s message in his song, Two Brothers, to be taken to heart.

Sometimes the greed, the lust for power, the lust for money, the absolute self-centeredness of so many folks, the need to impose your beliefs, your religion, your values on others, even against their will, just overwhelms me.  It is more than I can bear at times, and there really is no place to run. There is no alien inter-galactic ark coming to carry us safely to the proverbial mountain top.

Below is Pete Morton’s song Two Brothers. Enjoy, maybe even meditate on the message.

And so I wish it would go.

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YouTube Video: Pete Morton at The Focal Point

Pete Morton is one of Señora‘s and mine favorite folk singers.  He is British and gets over to the States only on rare occasions, and fortunately for us that is frequently at the Focal Point. We have seen him three times. Señora may be up to five times now as she “discovered” Pete before we were the hot item that we are now.

Pete made me a hero a few years back. I had taken a picture of him and Señora together when he was playing a house concert here in St. Louis.  I sent to him, in England, an 8×10 copy of the photo, along with money for postage, and asked him to autograph it as I wanted it for a Christmas present for my wife, the esteemed Señora.  He was gracious enough to do so.

Señora and I have this fantasy about going to England and seeing him in a club there. Some day.

Enjoy.  We did.

Señora who is Jewish with more of a Chicago accent has this thing about doing accents.  She has several that she does.  Among them are New York Jew and Southern. I will admit, as a Southerner,  her Southern accents sets my teeth on edge a bit, but then there are more than a few actors  who do Southern accents that do the same.

One of her accents is British. Once when Pete was at the Focal Point she went up to talk to him after the concert and dropped into her British accent.

Pete remarked to her in his natural accent, “Are you mocking me?”

Señora replied in her Señora British accent, “No, I’m not mocking you.”

Fortunately, Pete has a sense of humor.

And so it goes.