Songs From The Road
Released 11/11/2014 on Ruf Records
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Songs From The Road
Released 11/11/2014 on Ruf Records
The road has led Dana Fuchs everywhere. But when it came to choosing a
location for Songs From The Road, it had to be New York. The singer and the
city have history. Almost two decades have passed since Dana left her home
in rural Florida and beat a path to the Big Apple. Stepping onto the mean
streets of the Lower East Side aged 19, she was an unknown singer with a
voice and a dream, ready to slug it out on the city’s bearpit jam-circuit.
Since then, New York has been the backdrop to Dana’s meteoric rise.
There were the early buzz-sets in the city’s late-night sweatboxes. The off-
Broadway musical Love, Janis, which saw the multi-talented performer play
the iconic Janis Joplin. Followed by the endless shows and sessions all across
town. No wonder, then, that for Songs From The Road, the Highline Ballroom
on West 16th Street was the perfect fit – and the singer was received like a
local hero.
Released in 2014 on Ruf Records, Songs From The Road is the latest in
the German label’s famous series of live albums, with Dana following in the
hallowed footsteps of legends including Luther Allison, Jeff Healey and the
Royal Southern Brotherhood. As ever, the Songs From The Road concept isn’t
about overdubs, Auto-Tune or opulent production, but the honest bottling of
the two-way energy that only occurs when great artists go nose-to-nose with
their fans. It’s hard to imagine a performer who deserves the treatment more
than Dana: a vocalist who means every note, every night.
A live show by the Dana Fuchs Band is an assault on all the senses. As
such, comprised in Songs From The Road’s two-disc pack, you’ll find an audio
CD capturing the soul power of that classic set on March 14th, 2014, plus a
DVD, directed by Kevin Mackall. Prowling the stage, pouring her heart into
the microphone and owning every song on the setlist, you won’t question the
wisdom of the UK’s Classic Rock Magazine, who famously declared Dana’s
once-in-a-generation voice as “juke-joint dirty and illicit, evoking Janis Joplin,
Mick Jagger and a cigarette butt bobbing in a glass of bourbon…”
You won’t take your eyes/ears off her, but Songs From The Road is far
from a one-woman show. At the Highline Ballroom, Dana’s performance was
taken to even greater heights by her stellar cast of players. On guitar and
backing vocals, give a big hand to long-time wingman and co-songwriter, Jon
Diamond: the former session ace who gave the singer an engine-room shortly
after her arrival in New York. Matt Beck (guitars), Jack Daley (bass), Pete
Levin (keys) and Joe Daley (drums) provide the thrilling musical canvass,
while the so-called Screaming Sirens (aka. Elaine Caswell, Nicki Richards and
Bette Sussman) dovetail with Dana’s lead vocal to create a wall of sound that
rattles your speakers.
Yet it’s the songs that are the true stars on the night. By this point, three
studio albums into their writing partnership, Dana and Jon have amassed a
solid-gold back catalogue, and Songs From The Road mines some of their very
best nuggets. Long-term fans will be delighted to get reacquainted with Tell
Me I’m Not Drinking and Sad Salvation: formative songs that date back to the
Dana Fuchs’ Band’s 2003 debut album, Lonely For A Lifetime. Film nuts who
caught Dana’s feted turn as Sadie in Julie Taymor’s highly acclaimed Beatles
movie, Across The Universe, will adore the closing cover of Don’t Let Me Down.
Those who came onboard with 2011’s Love To Beg, meanwhile, will be
thrilled to find cuts from that album including Set It On Fire, Summersong and
a cover of Otis Redding’s I’ve Been Loving You Too Long. And of course, the
Highline setlist had to have a healthy smattering from 2013’s Bliss Avenue: the
career-best third album that Dana once noted “really purged my soul in a
starker, more naked way, both lyrically and musically”. You won’t dispute
that after hearing the band’s powerhouse live readings of those classic songs,
which include Livin’ On Sunday, Handful Too Many, So Hard To Move and
Vagabond Wind.
Since the noisy birth of rock ‘n’ roll, New York has hosted hundreds of
were-you-there concerts by a roll-call of favourite sons, from The Ramones at
CBGBs to The Velvet Underground at The Factory. Now, with Songs From The
Road, Dana Fuchs has chalked up another entry in the NYC annals and staked
her claim as the city’s most exciting adopted daughter. So start spreading the
news. You’ll want to be a part of it…
-Henry Yates
Classic Rock Magazine
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Oh! Darling
Dana Fuchs Lyrics
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I'll never do you no harm
Believe me when I tell you
I'll never do you no harm
Oh! Darling, if you leave me
I'll never make it alone
Believe me when I beg you
[Chorus]
When you told me you didn't need me anymore
Well you know I nearly broke down and cried
When you told me you didn't need me anymore
Well you know I nearly broke down and died
Oh! Darling, if you leave me
I'll never make it alone
Believe me when I tell you
I'll never do you no harm
[Chorus]
When you told me you didn't need me anymore
Well you know I nearly broke down and cried
When you told me you didn't need me anymore
Well you know I nearly broke down and died
Oh! Darling, please believe me
I'll never let you down
Believe me when I tell you
I'll never do you no harm.
The lyrics of Dana Fuchs's song Oh! Darling express love and devotion for someone special. In the first verse, the singer addresses their lover, asking for their trust and assuring them that they will never hurt them. The second verse emphasizes the singer's dependence on their lover and their fear of being alone. The chorus expresses the singer's emotional pain when their lover tells them they no longer need them, saying that they nearly broke down in tears and felt like dying. The final verse reiterates the singer's commitment to their lover and promise to never let them down.
Overall, the themes of the song center around the fear of losing someone you love and the importance of trust and loyalty in a relationship. The lyrics suggest that the singer's world revolves around their lover and that they would be lost without them. The chorus in particular highlights the emotional vulnerability of the singer and the devastating effect that their lover's rejection would have on them.
Line by Line Meaning
Oh! Darling, please believe me
The singer urges their lover to trust them.
I'll never do you no harm
The singer promises never to hurt their lover.
Believe me when I tell you
The singer emphasizes the sincerity of their words.
Oh! Darling, if you leave me
The singer expresses fear of being alone without their lover.
I'll never make it alone
The singer believes they cannot survive on their own.
Believe me when I beg you
The singer pleads with their lover to stay with them.
Don't ever leave me alone
The singer implores their lover not to abandon them.
When you told me you didn't need me anymore
The singer recounts a moment when their lover expressed doubt in their relationship.
Well you know I nearly broke down and cried
The singer reveals the emotional impact of their lover's doubts.
Well you know I nearly broke down and died
The singer exaggerates the severity of their emotional distress.
Oh! Darling, please believe me
The singer reiterates their sincerity.
I'll never let you down
The singer assures their lover that they will always be there for them.
I'll never do you no harm
The singer reaffirms their commitment to not hurting their lover.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: John Lennon, Paul McCartney
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Emily Nixon
Oh! Darling, please believe me
I'll never do you no harm
Believe me when I tell you
I'll never do you no harm
Oh! Darling, if you leave me
I'll never make it alone
Believe me when I beg you
Don't ever leave me alone
When you told me you didn't need me anymore
Well you know I nearly broke down and cried
When you told me you didn't need me anymore
Well you know I nearly broke down and died
Oh! Darling, please believe me
I'll never let you down
Believe me when I tell you
I'll never do you no harm.
Bianca Rais
I love her voice!!!
Stephanie Banda
Their voices are outrageous I'm in love
Roger Pr
Same song, different flavour and, just as good!
Rajat Goswami
Such powerful voices
Alejandro Sanchez Valdovinos
La canta chingon. Muy a su estilo y se le agradece que sea original.
Natália Santos
Amo❤❤❤❤
Vagabond
Those vocals!!! 😍
drunkandmisguided
Very powerfully sung.
Silly Pea
A great cover, has the rawness these lyrics need.
TheodosiaGNeeley
My favorite cover of this one. Swear. ♥️