Caravan of Dawn - Album notes
Produced by The Levins
Engineered, Mixed, Mastered by: Mark Dann/ Mark Dann Studios NYC/Wood- stock, NY
Lyrics and music by The Levins
(except Silence: Carl Sandburg poem, “To Know Silence Perfectly.” Story I Can Hear,- Inspired by Joseph Campbell and William Blake “Eternity’s in love with the productions of time.”)
MUSICIANS:
• Julia Bordenaro Levin- vocals, harmonies, piano
• Ira Scott Levin- vocals, harmonies, acoustic guitar, 12 string on #4
• Mark Dann- bass on #2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, octave mandolin on #2, baritone
guitar on #3,6, and 7. electric guitar on #2, 7, 8, 10.
• Sean Dixon- percussion on #1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10,
drums on #7, 8
• Dirje Childs- Cello on all tracks except #7
• Chris Marshak- Drums on #1,3,4
• Pat Falco- Bass on #1,3,4
• Dan Brantigan- trumpet on #9,10
• Steve Gorn- Indian flute on #4
• SONGS:
• ONE 3:51 The Story I Can Hear
• TWO 4:55 Caravan of Dawn
• THREE. 3:24 Let ’s Be Big
• FOUR 3:34 Leela
• FIVE 4:01 Silence
• SIX 4:17 Indivisible
• SEVEN 4:24 Life Comes Pouring
• EIGHT 5:18 Sing Along
• NINE 5:17 Sorrow Inside Joy
• TEN 2:53 Brighter Day
Album design: Brody Lowe | www.brodylowe.com
Acoustic Music Agency/Barbara Roehrer www.goodacoustic.com The Levins: thelevins@yahoo.com www.TheLevinsMusic.com
To all of our beautiful fans, families and friends, we are so grateful for you. All of your love and support has been poured into this music and helps us to carry it out into the world.
Special thanks to: Sidney and Sally Levin, Marilyn Bordenaro, Barbara Roehrer, Mark Dann and all of our inspiring musicians, Dr. Andrew Vidich, Peter Kasturas, Ellen and Billy Dreskin, Joanne Holland and Scott MacPherson, Karen Taylor Mitchell, Judy Chess, Susan Katz, Andy Susman and Mary Sheehan Larrick. A special nod to Joseph Campbell, Sister Mary Arnold Staudt, Lao Tzu, Ram Dass, Mary Oliver, Hafiz, Daniel Ladinsky. And to all those who are dedicated to usher- ing in light.
“Be the Particle and the Wave”- The Levins © 2019 All Rights Reserved. ASCAP
Lyrics
Sing Along - Music and Lyrics The Levins, © 2019
With nostalgic conviction we gather for the legend. He hits the stage and smiles from within.
And points the way to where we’ve been. His banter leaves us hazy, he’s gone out there completely. When he speaks he’s crazy but then he sings so sweetly.
It makes us wonder where he’s been, Makes us wonder, wonder where he’s been.
We all long to sing along with you. Give us something we can hold onto.
He’s left the sadness and the cynical yoke. He’s laughing at punch lines but we don’t know the jokes. (We don’t know.)
His logic makes no sense, we strain to catch a strand.
The concepts are too dense. When he sings we understand.
If you sing, we’ll understand. We’ve been waiting, waiting for so long.
We all long to sing along with you. Give us something we can hold onto.
“How can I speak to you of freedom with everything I’ve seen?
I stand here before you like a broken figurine.
So, I go to the stars, far away from the pain but when I sing it brings me back again.”
“For I long to sing along with you. Give you something you can hold onto. I long to sing along with you. Give you something
Do we come back again and again? Are we prisoners of fate?
Do we fly past the horizon?
I finally found an internal gate that opens up with song and guitar.” Here you are!- “I’ve been waiting for so long.”
Here you are! “I’ve been waiting and waiting.” “Here we are.”
I long to sing along with you. Give you something that will see you through. I sing along with you, I sing along, sing along...with you.