Raised in the blues-rich south side of Chicago, he studied the methods of B.B. King and Johnny Smith. He fashioned his finger-picking guitar technique after the great Chet Atkins. James continued to perfect his talent and soon was playing in many of Chicago's more well-known clubs. It was while perfoming here that he was asked to join a band known as The Exceptions, originally founded by Kal David, Marty Grebb and Pete Cetera. They soon became one of the most in demand club acts in town. The Exceptions reached their pinnacle when they toured with Otis Redding.
Cetera later left to pursue other avenues, eventually winding up as the lead singer for Chicago. Vincent's talents were much in demand as a studio musician, laying down tracks for Minnie Ripperton, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band and many notable Chess Records recording artists.
Along the way Vincent met rock promoter Bill Graham, who at the time was managing a band called H.P. Lovecraft. The band needed a guitar player and Vincent needed a change, so he took the job and moved to San Francisco. Through that project he met Howard Wales & Jerry Garcia, who had just recorded a now cult classic lp called "Hooter Roll" which was well stocked with talented musicians.
Vincent toured with them for a brief time and liked Garcia's laid-back style, but what he really liked was the work of the guitarist for Hooter Roll's opening band, the Mahavishnu Orchestra featuring John McLaughlin. Their fusion style inspired Vincent and once again he found himself spinning in a new direction.
Vincent later signed with Columbia/Caribou Records and recorded four albums, the most successful being Space Traveler with Harvey Mason on drums, Verdine and Freddy White from Earth, Wind and Fire, Ron Stockert on keyboards and Pete Cetera on background vocals. Maurice White of Earth, Wind and Fire offered Vincent a position with the band while chatting together on a flight back from England. Though flattered, Vincent declined the offer due to his heavy schedule with his solo career and special projects, such as recording an instrumental album with Rufus, recording and touring with the Latin band Azteca, featuring Sheila E. and Neal Schon (later of Journey fame), and performing with Santana, Tom Scott and the L.A. Express and Etta James band featuring Gregg Allman, to name a few.
-- from James Vincent's official website
-- RJM
Cavalier
James Vincent Lyrics
Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴
Settles in the same specific place
Light refused to go
Drink it from a cast and iron plate
Instead of cold milk
Was offered unripe
Instead of silence
Considered craven
Nothing made it seem
Hidden where the aging soil was pure
Pressed against the crease
Mountains become fragrant at the source
How can you stand this
Exotic angle
I read it somewhere
That they would lie still
I remember how cloth hung
Flexing with the forest clung
Half waist and high raised arms
Kicking at the slightest form
I remember my first love
I remember my first love
Unrelied I was called
Missing teeth out of favour
Nickel beach it was all
Gathering by the sundial
I woke hard
I woke heavy
For the half way stop
Five whole hours in
When I woke hard
I woke heavy with the live or parts
I remember how cloth hung
Flexing with the forest clung
Half waist and high raised arms
Kicking at the slightest form
I remember my first love
I remember my first love
I remember how cloth hung
Flexing with the forest clung
Half waist and high raised arms
Kicking at the slightest form
I remember my first love
I remember my first love
I remember my first love
The lyrics of James Vincent McMorrow's song "Cavalier" are poetic and abstract, but they can be interpreted as a reflection on the struggles and beauty of life. The first stanza sets the tone, with the singer considering their options in the face of hardship. They refuse to give in to the fear represented by silence, even when faced with unripe offerings instead of what they desire. The dust settling in a specific place represents the idea of accepting one's lot in life, but the light refusing to go suggests that the singer won't give up hope.
The second stanza seems to be a reflection on the beauty and purity of nature. The aging soil, creased mountains, and fragrant sources evoke images of a world that remains untouched by human interference. The exotic angle that the singer considers may show a yearning for a different kind of life, one that is wild and untamed.
The final stanza shifts to more concrete details, with the singer remembering a specific moment in time. The cloth hanging and flexing with the forest clung may represent the idea of something being both strong and flexible, able to withstand the changing nature of life. The kicking at the slightest form may represent the idea of standing up for oneself even in the face of small challenges. The repeated refrain of "I remember my first love" suggests that in these small moments, we find the most meaning and beauty in life.
Line by Line Meaning
Speak until the dust
Keep talking until everything settles into place
Settles in the same specific place
When everything finally comes to rest in one place
Light refused to go
The darkness wouldn't disappear
Drink it from a cast and iron plate
Drink the darkness from an unyielding vessel
Instead of cold milk
Don't expect everything to be easy
Was offered unripe
Things may not be what you wanted or expected
Instead of silence
There is no peace or quiet
Considered craven
Felt like a coward
Nothing made it seem
There was no indication of what was to come
Hidden where the aging soil was pure
Somewhere secret where nature is still pristine
Pressed against the crease
Firmly against the boundary
Mountains become fragrant at the source
The most beautiful things are always at the core
How can you stand this
How can anyone endure this?
Exotic angle
Strange perspective
I read it somewhere
Heard it somewhere, unsure of the source
That they would lie still
That things would finally become quiet and still
I remember how cloth hung
A vivid memory of how the fabric was draped
Flexing with the forest clung
Bending with the trees that surrounded it
Half waist and high raised arms
A pose, standing with arms raised above the waist
Kicking at the slightest form
Reacting to even the smallest movement or stimulus
Unrelied I was called
Feeling ignored or unimportant
Missing teeth out of favour
Something missing or wrong, out of place
Nickel beach it was all
A lonely, unremarkable place
Gathering by the sundial
Meeting at an unchanging place in time
I woke hard
Woke up suddenly and with force
I woke heavy
Woke up feeling weighed down
For the half way stop
At the midway point
Five whole hours in
After five hours had already passed
When I woke hard
When I suddenly woke up
I woke heavy with the live or parts
A burdened feeling, with all parts of life bearing down at once
I remember my first love
A strong memory of an early romantic experience
I remember my first love
A repeated, even more insistent memory of an early romantic experience
I remember my first love
One last repetition, further solidifying the memory of a first love
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: JAMES MCMORROW
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@DanteAppling
Jaime Evade Watch Cavalier, Glaciers, and Red Dust..
The actors from the first two make an appearance.
It soon will become clear that they all lost someone. The man here is using sex and drugs to comfort him for his loss. The woman in the second video "Glaciers" feels lost. She takes a walk down the road to find herself, and ends up back home. She dances trying to feel some sort of memory or something. I'm not sure. She then goes into the trailer home, and makes breakfast for two, despite that she's alone.
In the last video "Red Dust" the actors from the other two videos are outside the trailer home. Both of them are wearing all black(as if they attended a funeral) Approaching is a new actor. When she reaches the trailer, the man confronts her, he tries to tell her something but she just wants to get inside and ignores him. He gets pretty aggressive, and starts yelling at her(perhaps reprimanding her for missing the funeral), the second actor from "Glaciers then grabs the girl and takes her into the trailer. When she gets inside she locks herself in a room. She begins shuffling through porn magazines, then takes a gun a takes aim at the wall.
It seemed she was reminiscing about something. She then dresses up in men's clothes and shaves her hair, but not before drinking from one of the many liquor bottles in the room. She smokes a cigarette after
then goes to lay down in bed.
I'm thinking the first actor and the last actor are brother and sister(in the videos) and the second actor is their mother. The person they lost was their father. Probably liked to do "manly" things like shoot guns, watch porn/have sex, maybe drugs, he clearly drank.
Which could explain why the boy in Cavalier was drinking and going from girl to girl. He may have been coping by doing what his old man taught him.
I could be wrong about this, but it's all there. And it's leading enough.
@kamrynbailey852
Speak until the dust
settles in the same specific place
Light refused to go
Drink it from a cast and iron plate
instead of cold milk
was offered unripe
Instead of silence
considered craven
Nothing made it seem
hidden where the aging soil was pure
Pressed against the crease
Mountains become fragrant at the source
how can you stand this
exotic angle
I read it somewhere
that they would lie still
I remember how cloth hung
flexing with the forest clung
Half waist and high raised arms
kicking at the slightest form
I remember my first love
I remember my first love
Unrelied I was called
missing teeth out of favour
Nickel beach it was all
gathering by the sundial
I woke hard
I woke heavy
for the half way stop
Five whole hours in
when I woke hard
I woke heavy with the live or parts
I remember how cloth hung
flexing with the forest clung
Half waist and high raised arms
kicking at the slightest form
I remember my first love
I remember my first love
I remember my first love
@i4eto946stz
If you don't understand this video you've never been broken-hearted, wanting to forget everything, trying to drown the pain any way possible so long as you just don't feel any more.
@leonardoromero9591
+kk petrovna Or just dont speak english but still like the music xD
@aprilsmiles3741
It's so hard to find people with a similar music taste to me. Where are you all hiding!?
@ArnoldTheHobbit123
HeyGuys
@Kt-gu6ih
You should listen to RY X
@autumn100495
You'd prob like Jack Garratt too
@prankinc.1337
listen to DVSN insane falsetto. The song the line in particular. the entire album is dope
@FelixHrnt
Same here
@Celtic_Iron
Song came out same year I got clean from drink and drugs. 7 years later and still holding in there.
@jeanwagner1977
X