From the recording Thieves In The Breadline
*This song is a tribute to my friend Darick Campbell, member of the world famous gospel group, The Campbell Brothers, who tragically passed, May 11, 2020. He was a huge influence on me musically and personally. We had the opportunities to record in the studio and play many live shows together including a duo tour we did once no long after he had a major heart attack. His genuineness was palpable and his musicianship was inspirational. He will be missed by so many and I thank him for teaching me to slide with life.
Slide Guitar: Sonny Landreth, David Michael Miller
Lap Steel: Terrell King
Drums/Percussion: Isaiah Griffin
Vocals/Keys/Organ/Bass: Steve Davis
Tenor Saxophone: Jason Moynihan
Trumpet: Paul Gaspar
Vocals: David Michael Miller
Engineering, Mixing & Mastering: David Michael Miller at Food For The Soul Studios Clarence, NY
Choir Recording: Brian Moore at Tones Studio Rochester, NY
Consulting: Brian Moore & Nel Giraldo
Horn Arrangement: Jason Moynihan & Paul Gaspar
Backup Vocals: Rena Williams, Jasmine Neeley, Ashley Nicole Brown, Cinnamon Jones, Steve Davis, David Michael Miller
Lyrics
Teach Me To Slide
Words & Music: David Michael Miller
Talk to me now, Dear music man
Not with your mouth but just with your hands
Wail of your pain in a cry falling down
A weeping refrain and that sorrowful sound
I want to know, how you hear love
Beginning down low and rising above
Holding the note to a raptured release
Resting to float in a measure of peace
CHORUS
Come on now slide, teach me to slide
To flow from my heart like the rhythms you ride
Sing preacher sing, on the strings that you glide
Before you go home, teach me to slide
I know that you know the moans of the ones
Broken to bone, shattered and shunned
Hum sweet with the bar, how mercy revives
As dead as we are, we vibrate alive
CHORUS
Don’t stop tell me more, preaching your truth
What your hoping for, from the days of your youth
Just to live free, you swell to a shout
What songs we could be, if we play without doubt
CHORUS