This is another of those songs that gets done to death. There is a reason for that. It is a spectacular creation that perfectly captures that which it seeks to capture. The trick for the performer is to find a way to do it that is stunning, yet not a clone of the way all others do it. For me, I try to capture the the rise and fall of the emotion, excitement, fear, self realization, and resignation that this song contains in the various verses. I use my own experiences to sink into it. I love it so much that I find ways to perform it that keep it from being marginalized by the number of times folks hear it.

Other songs like this, for me, are The Dutchman and Dublin, In The Rare Old Times. Get tons of requests and I just try to keep it in the vein that touched folks originally.

All the best,

Mick