Alvin and his older brother Phil Alvin grew up loving Americana, country and blues. In 1979 they formed The Blasters with friends Bill Bateman and John Bazz.
Shortly after leaving the Blasters, Alvin joined X as lead guitarist after the departure of Billy Zoom. Alvin amicably left the group to work on a solo project shortly after the recording sessions for their album See How We Are. Alvin is also a member of country band The Knitters (composed mainly of members of X), appearing on 1987's Poor Little Critter on the Road and the 2005 follow-up, The Modern Sounds of The Knitters.
In the early 1980s Alvin, along with fellow Blasters members Bill Bateman and Steve Berlin, performed on several albums with the Los Angeles punk band The Flesh Eaters. These albums are considered precursors to what is now called "deathrock". Alvin also played with the band The Gun Club briefly, playing guitar on "Eternally Is Here" & "The Stranger in Our Town" from the 1984 album, The Las Vegas Story.
Alvin's first solo album, entitled Romeo's Escape (1987) in the United States and Every Night About This Time in England, added a purer country influence along with a larger side-portion of the blues; while the album was critically well received, it didn't fare well in the marketplace, and Alvin was dropped by his American record label, Columbia. Alvin suffered health problems which sidelined him for a while, except for a wild tour with friends Mojo Nixon and Country Dick Montana as the Pleasure Barons, which was described as "a Las Vegas revue from acts who aren't going to be asked to play Vegas." (A live album was released of a second Pleasure Barons tour in 1993.)
In 1989, Dwight Yoakam scored a hit on the country charts with Alvin's song "Long White Cadillac," and Alvin used the royalties to start work on his second solo set, Blue Blvd. Released by the California-based roots-music label Hightone Records in 1991, Blue Blvd received enthusiastic reviews and sold well enough to re-establish Alvin as a significant artist in the roots rock scene.
After releasing Museum of Heart in 1993, Alvin began to turn his attention to acoustic music with 1994's King of California, and over the next several years Alvin moved back and forth between hard-edged roots rock and more introspective acoustic material that still honored his influences (and allowed him to display a greater range as a vocalist).
In 2000, Alvin recorded a collection of traditional folk and blues classics, Public Domain: Songs From the Wild Land, which earned him a Grammy award for Best Contemporary Folk Album.
In 2011, Alvin released the album Eleven Eleven on Yep Roc Records. The album was a return to Alvin's rock roots. According to Rolling Stone, "Though Alvin has often switched between electric and acoustic, almost everything here is plugged in – above all Alvin, an under-recognized guitar hero."
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Blind Love
Dave Alvin Lyrics
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And I don't care if they miss me, cause I never remember their names
They say if you get far enough away, you'll be on your way back home
Well, I'm down at the station, but I can't get on the train
It Must be blind love, the only kind of love is stone blind love
It must Blind love, the only kind of love is stone blind love
It must be blind love, the olny kind of love is, stone blind love
Now the street's turning blue, the dogs are barking and the night has come
And the tears are falling baby from your blue eyes now
Well I wonder where you are and I whisper your name
The only way to find you baby is if I close my eyes
But I'll find you with my blind love, its the only kind of love, stone blind love
I'll find you with my blind love
I'll find you with my stone blind love
Its must be blind love, the only kind of love is stone blind love
Blind love, Stone blind love
Blind love, the only kind of love is, stone blind love
Blind love, I'll find you with my stone blind love
Yea Blind love, the only kind of love is stone blind love
Must be blind love, stone blind love
The lyrics of Dave Alvin's song Blind Love are a reflection of a man's life after his lover left him. The man is now surrounded by hotels and whiskey, and he spends his time with sad-luck dames whom he doesn't care to remember. He is trying to escape his sadness, but he can't get on the train because he is paralyzed by his despair. He thinks that if he gets far enough away from his pain, he will be on his way back home. He is lost, but he is hoping that his blind love will guide him back to happiness.
The song describes the singer's love as "stone blind love." This implies that the love is unconditional, even though it is not rational. He is willing to do anything to find his lover again, even though he doesn't know where to start. He believes that his love is so powerful that he can find her just by whispering her name or closing his eyes. He knows that his love is blind, but he is confident that it will lead him to his happiness because it is the only kind of love he knows.
Line by Line Meaning
Now you're gone, and it's hotels and whiskey and sad-luck dames
After you left, I turned to a life of drinking and one-night stands with women who feel sorry for themselves.
And I don't care if they miss me, cause I never remember their names
I don't care about anyone or anything since you left, because no one can compare to you.
They say if you get far enough away, you'll be on your way back home
Some say distance makes the heart grow fonder, but I feel lost and far from home without you.
Well, I'm down at the station, but I can't get on the train
I'm stuck in this place of sorrow, unable to move on or find my way without you.
It Must be blind love, the only kind of love is stone blind love
My love for you is all-consuming and all-encompassing; it's the only kind of love I know.
Now the street's turning blue, the dogs are barking and the night has come
As I wander the streets, lost and alone, I feel like the world around me is reflecting my sorrow.
And the tears are falling baby from your blue eyes now
Even in my mind's eye, I can see you weeping and feeling the same pain I am.
Well I wonder where you are and I whisper your name
Every moment of every day, I wonder where you are and long to have you by my side again.
The only way to find you baby is if I close my eyes
The only way I can see you again is by imagining you in my mind's eye and feeling the love I have for you.
But I'll find you with my blind love, its the only kind of love, stone blind love
In the depths of my love for you, I know I will find my way back to you, no matter how lost I may feel.
Blind love, the only kind of love is, stone blind love
I'm willing to be blinded by love and endure pain and heartache, just to be with you again.
Yea Blind love, the only kind of love is stone blind love
Yes, it's true; only love that's passionate, sometimes irrational, and sometimes blinding, is the kind of love worth having.
Must be blind love, stone blind love
My love for you transcends reason and expectation; it is simply pure, intense, and blind.
Contributed by William Y. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@reveddro319
great cover
@2329ppg
Better than original version!!!!
@jhoneydog
Not better but different.