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Posted by Marti on 04-09-2008 at13:09:

  Hold Dearly to Me

I was getting ready to post a song list with commentary on my blog that included "Hold Dearly to Me", and it occurred to me that I don't know much about the history of how my favorite song was written, other than the fact that the style is a reminiscent of Bob Dylan's. I thought I'd start a thread to see if I could remedy that.

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Posted by JR88 on 04-09-2008 at13:15:

  check it

quote:

Originally posted by Doctor Love This song was a desperate prayer written at 3 AM in a very frightened frame of mind. For some reason, I decided to try and perform it as a Van Morrison "period piece" circa 1970-72, so the whole approach to the guitars sprang from that vision. I was fortunate enough to have seen Van's live show a number of times in the early 70's so I remember the vibe very clearly. The electric guitar part is pure John Platania, his guitarist from back then, while the acoustic strumming is a direct inspiration from Van The Man himself. The piano and horns were arranged and mixed accordingly. So you want the chords? That's easy - E - A - E - A - C#m - A - B - E The chorus is C#m - B - E - C#m - B - A - B - C#m - A - B - E, except at the end when it goes back to A instead of E. The coda is E - B - A - E - B - A

from this thread

Hold Dearly To Me

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Posted by Marti on 04-09-2008 at13:19:

 

Thank you--I thought that there had been one, and had then decided that I was mistaken.

Okay, then--moving on, unless there's something to add.

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Posted by JR88 on 04-09-2008 at13:28:





I have nothing to add.

other than I love the song.

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Posted by Marti on 04-09-2008 at13:35:

 

I added the quote to the blog commentary. Thank you for assisting tired, lost people, sir!

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Posted by larryl on 04-09-2008 at18:39:

 

quite possibly.... very likely in fact.... my favorite lyric that mike has ever written.

it sends chills down my spine every time.