Across the Great Divide Iris Dement Kate Wolf Festival Laytonville, CA June 23, 2022 Vidcap by Ted Silverman TedToob.com (Please visit and subscribe to my RU-vid Channel) Song by Kate Wolf
I first saw Iris at a concert in Seattle (1996), with Jimmy Dale Gilmore, and (you know her) Emmylou Harris. I was standing on the side of the stage when Iris was being introduced and Emmylou said, when she first heard Iris' voice "it was like a freight train comin' 'round the bend." That voice is still a freight train, whether it is a ballad or not.
Love Iris....and she introduced me to Kate's great song....I now sing it with my daughters....kate and Nancy's music will live for ever....Iris please come back to Ireland soon..Maggie
Getting chill bumps, for a hot minute when she first started singing-I thought I was hearing Nancy’s voice! And Kate, whom I was blessed to hear at Grass Valley ages ago. God bless them; they’re giving lessons to the angel choir.🥲
Saw this Gem singing at Austin City Limits At one of Nanci's concerts. When the concert was over Nanci got on an elevator to leave by herself. I'm on one side facing the elevator and to shy to say anything but there was a knowing that I loved her between us. So when ever I here this song ACROSS THE GREAT DIVIDE...that memory returns.
It occurred to me that I've actually seen both Iris and Kate in concert (and I've gone to very few concerts.) Kate- Cotati, CA, Inn of the Beginning, 1976. Iris- The Egg, Albany, NY about 2017 or so.
I found Iris on the BBC's Translantic series set in Scotland,when they still invested in quality programmes. Nancy & Emmy lou are to be found there too;-) It's all on uTube.
Nancy sang other ppls songs as well as she did her own which usually does not happen. Until I learned she worshipped Lyndon Johnson she was my favorite female singer, Iris has such a beautiful voice
Johnson make his mistakes for sure, but he got most of Kennedy"s social programs passed, which cost him and the Democrats to this day. His handling of the war affected him deeply, and probably killed him in the end, but I would take him over any of the lightweights that have come since.
You never see conspiracies for example, a lot testimony that Johnson had lots of fingerprints on the JFK assignation and its this sort of stuff that makes him a person unworthy of support. I suppose I had given Nanci undeserved credit to figure that out. I have since come to learn that those that figure it out and then voice it will immediately be censored from their career. In the end all media who knew more but kept silent concerning JFK end up being "in on it" and that's really why the country is close to enforcing a 1984 culture on society. All those who didn't take the red pill and who didn't peak down the rabbit hole will be hypnotized, they will be happy to voice that 2+2= whatever "Big Brother" announces that day and if they win, ppl like me will be fully silenced @@fubartotale3389
Some say disgusting fiction? JESUS died that we may live, he was bruised and beaten for sins. Thorns of silver Rose of Sharon pedals of love scatter to the winds, broken denied JESUS himself Crucified, Crimson stained the river of life, can you not see the way it had to be for us to be set FOREVER FREE from sin and captivity? He who led captive with in him self, suffer and died for us, no greater friend than one who gives up his life for us. Across the oceans across the great divine with nailed printed hands out stretched his love will surely find US this day set afresh from all the rest, New morning dew by GODS breath in then wind is US the flowers of JESUS we have been mended tended tried broken true to HIM that sent us called us formed us to be fishers of men to spread his love from MOUNT CALVERY. Do i hear a AMEN?
What a totally unkind thing to say about anyone. You don't know or have any idea what is going on in someone's life - we all change and none of us look the same as we used to.
Iris, I’m not trying to be arrogant or disrespectful but without John Prine starting you out you would be nothing think about it. I love you you’re a great singer.
