musicfog.com Gretchen Peters performs live for Music Fog, with Barry Walsh on keyboards, during the 2011 Americana Music Festival & Conference in Nashville. This performance was filmed at Marathon Recorders studios.
THIS. The originality of Gretchen's lyrics is matched by very few, and while many others have performed or covered her hits, as you note, she's also an excellent performer in her own right. (And as in this performance, her musical and personal chemistry with Barry Walsh often elevates that even further.) She has a devoted following, particularly in the UK, but it should by all rights be *at least* 10x or 100x larger, globally!
This is songwriting at its best. You can feel every word. 54 years ago, when I was in basic training my girlfriend came down to stay near the fort on a bus. We had a weekend together neither one of us will ever forget. We are still together travelling far and wide! Burlington Bill busking on the road and here on You-Tube.
I thought we would grow old together and then he died , too young . I looked for him everywhere , even in my dreams there were crowds and I thought I could see him over their heads . 20 years later I still miss him
God, what a beautiful song! So sad, evoking lost love, regret, and what could have been. It makes this 72 year old man cry when I hear it. As an old man your regrets are for the things that you didn't do and the things that could have been, not so much regrets for things that you did. Thank you Gretchen Peters for perfectly capturing the feeling and writing it.
I am in St. Cloud, Minnesota, tonight because of this song. About to turn 60 in December, it's a good enough reason to do a road trip across North America. There are so many names for this road trip, but one of them is the Jimmy Lafave Memorial Road Trip. When I first discovered his music, about 20 years ago, I was ready to drive from Toronto to Oklahoma for his voice and his music. I had the luck to see Jimmy live a few times in Toronto and Ontario and then I was devastated to learn of his early and sad death. I love this song so much and I love Gretchen so much for supporting Jimmy's music and his memory. I am in St. Cloud, Minnesota, tonight because of Gretchen and Jimmy. This song is incredible and extraordinary, and I hope that the love of music makes this world a better place.
There come moments in a person's life when something is so hauntingly beautiful, it just stops you in your tracks, and just like the line from this song, "you weep in the arms of Jesus for the choices you made" This song is that for me.
Ken, me too. I love the Trish Yearwood version, but when I noticed that Gretchen was the author I had to find her singing it. Ripped my heart right out.
The most amazing song I've ever heard live! I thought Tricia Yearwood was amazing until I watched the original artist Gretchen Peters sing it live! Amazing beyond belief ❤️
Gretchen, You and Barry Walsh are an incredible duo. You both compliment each other's impeccable music talents. I listen to you all the time and feel as though I'm listening to good friends. Keep singing - you keep our hearts young and alive!
I'm in the U.K. I've been lucky enough to have seen these guys in concert three times now. They've surpassed themselves every time. That said, this, for me, is still the definitive version of this song. Brings me out in goosebumps every time I play it.
Saw Gretchen live at the Opera House in Buxton, Derbyshire a few years ago. Her stage presence was very genuine and honest... No frills required when pure talent speaks for its self.
There's nobody like Gretchen Peters, to transport us *somewhere else* that we have known all our lives, even if we have never been there before, in our secret heart of hearts. Gracias, mi amiga!
so inspiring to hear an older woman continuing to do her thing so exquisitely, so impeccably, in this world that demands youth and glamour before all else....
Your voice is beautiful... This song has always brought the hair on the back on my neck, but your version is the MOST beautiful... Brings the hair on the back of my neck plus chills down my arms. Thank YOU... We need more of your beautiful voice... :)
This is such an awesome song. What a privilege to be able to listen to and watch her sing it so intimately. This song grabbed me the first time I ever heard it and I still get lost in it to this day. Most songs you just listen to; this is one you actually merge with for five minutes.
Taking a train from Grand Forks to Chicago we pulled into a station, and I realised we had arrived at the destination for one of my favourite songs. Given the time I have to take a bus there someday.
This song is haunting. Top three of my fave EVER. I know it song in Trisha Yearwood's version. Have loved it since it came out. Thank U, Gretchen Peters💙. Every corner in the world has its Saint Cloud story. Greegings from Poland❤.
I was 20 the first time I heard this song.... 30 years later.. it's the same... And I love the Grechen has always held out for the down and out and the LGBTQ community!
drove thru St. Cloud, MN today...........love Gretchen's work....greetings from central MN where we are enjoying the most pleasant summer in recent history
Do not neglect Jimmy LaFave's amazing version of this song. He made it his own. As Gretchen has so humbly said: "It is Jimmy's song. I just happened to write it."
. For myself , I do believe she is being remarkably self-effacing to state that . This song is crying out for the texture , timbre and that , what I can only attempt to describe as ... ' known ... unknowingness ' of a woman's voice , one who has known what all that not knowing quite what happened ... will ever mean .
@@donaldcook3112 Gretchen may be self-effacing. She is a very good and humble soul, but she knew how much Jimmy LaFave loved the song and how he was so proud to deliver it in concert. And he always gave her full credit for writing it. It worked well for both of them, good friends as they were. I can appreciate and love both versions!
Sublime! I had the good fortune to hear Gretchen, and John Lester on bass, about 16 years back at Newcastle Quayside. A breath-takingly good performance. She certainly had, and retains, the magical zizz! [Tyneside, England.]
We had the great good fortune to see Gretchen open for Janis Ian at the Palms in Winters, California a few years ago. Have been a great fan of hers ever since. What an amazing talent - both as songwriter and singer.
I love a lot of Gretchen's music, but I love this song the most. Who hasn't had the experience of thinking they see an old love? John Gorka tackles the same topic with "I Saw A Stranger With Your Hair"
A long time after this video appeared I know, but just to say, I also think this is magical, heart-wrenchingly beautiful, makes the hairs on the back of my neck tingle. Thanks Gretchen 🙏.
This is a masterpiece of a song - it has all the magic that a great song has - it tells a story , but vague enough so the audience can imagine their own version - it captures all the melancholy of failed love affair - such feelings are beyond words - it's as if Gretchen reached in to the collective unconscious and pulled out such a sad story - melancholy, but healing at the same time - Gretchen you deserve all the accolades - although your version is great, the version and video by Trisha Yearwood is a "masterpiece" - and a masterpiece of Americana music - a video that defines all that a music can be - it reaches into your soul and breaks your heart - what else can one say?
ON A BUS TO ST CLOUD LYRICS On a bus to St. Cloud, Minnesota I thought I saw you there With the snow falling down around you Like a silent prayer And once on a street in New York City With the jazz and the sin in the air And once on a cold L.A. freeway Going nowhere And it's strange, but it's true I was sure it was you Just a face in the crowd On a bus to St. Cloud In a church in downtown New Orleans I got down on my knees and prayed And I wept in the arms of Jesus For the choice you made We were just gettin' to the good part Just gettin' past the mystery Oh, and it's just like you, it's just like you To disagree And it's strange but it's true You just slipped out of view Like a face in the crowd On a bus to St. Cloud And you chase me like a shadow And you haunt me like a ghost And I hate you some, and I love you some But I miss you most... On a bus to St. Cloud, Minnesota I thought I saw you there With the snow falling down around you Like a silent prayer
Great voice and performance. Its definitely her song. There is pain but also an underlying sweetness, unaffected by the very pain she sings about. Bravo.
. . . That is a interesting thought to read ... Taking a Greyhound bus to St. Cloud , Minnesota , in winter ; it would be the absolute correct time to make that trip from who knows where ? ... I had 3 months in New Zealand , back in ' 12 , just myself and one of my rucksack's ... staying in (great) youth hostels , long after my youth has flown . Took that bus to 'St. Cloud' several times amongst the cities ( a few ) and small towns and 'crossroads' that in some strange way
. . . (As I was about to state) seemed as if somehow, were waiting for me to pass through or stay over a night or three ... or perhaps I think too much .
I hate you first, but I love you more, and I miss you most. Incredible capture of feelings. I had a person close to me commit suicide and this helped put it in perspective.
Okay, so Gretchen has a wonderful voice and marvelous timing, but I think that even I might be able to sell a record if I had Barry Walsh on the keyboards. Yes, she is wonderful, but when I sit back, close my eyes, it is his work that seems to come through to me most. What talent he has, and Gretchen ought to be proud to have him on her work.
