Mile of Music
Tall Tall Trees
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Banjo innovator Tall Tall Trees plays psychedelic rock at the 2024 Mile of Music festival.
Tall Tall Trees delivers a dynamic blend of experimental sound in a live performance at the Hilton Paper Valley Ballroom in Appleton. Based in North Carolina, the group is led by banjo innovator Mike Savino and drummer Josiah Wolf. Watch two songs from their set at Mile of Music 2024: "How Did It Get So Dark So Fast?" and "Say Something Real."
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Tall Tall Trees
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Tall Tall Trees delivers a dynamic blend of experimental sound in a live performance at the Hilton Paper Valley Ballroom in Appleton. Based in North Carolina, the group is led by banjo innovator Mike Savino and drummer Josiah Wolf. Watch two songs from their set at Mile of Music 2024: "How Did It Get So Dark So Fast?" and "Say Something Real."
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["How Did It Get Dark So Fast" by Tall Tall Trees] [bright alternative folk music] - Mike Savino: ♪ How did it get dark so fast ♪ ♪ Winter, spring, and summer's past ♪ ♪ Leaves are raining from the treetops ♪ ♪ I wish that I could make it ♪ ♪ Every night you're on my mind ♪ ♪ Sound and picture crystalline ♪ ♪ Footsteps pounding on the rooftop ♪ ♪ I wish that I could make it stop ♪ ♪ I was afraid that I let you down ♪ ♪ Changing my story and losing my sound ♪ ♪ Oh it seems so simple when you're around ♪ ♪ A year within a day ♪ ♪ I say ♪ [bright alternative folk music] Appleton, what's up?
♪ Mmm words like fire, words like rain ♪ ♪ Were hanging from a silver chain ♪ ♪ Waiting on a lonely teardrop ♪ ♪ I wish that I could make it ♪ ♪ Stop ♪ [bright alternative folk music] ♪ I was afraid that I let you down ♪ ♪ Changing my story and losing my sound ♪ ♪ Oh it seems so simple when you're around ♪ ♪ A year within the day ♪ ♪ If you want me to stay, then I will stay ♪ ♪ I will stay ♪ [bright alternative folk music] ♪ Mmm how did it get dark so fast?
♪ ♪ Winter, spring, and summer's past ♪ ♪ Leaves are raining from the treetops ♪ ♪ I wish that I could make it ♪ ♪ Stop ♪ [audience applauding and cheering] Yeah, guys, what's up, how you doing?
[guitar strums] Sound okay out there?
[audience cheering] We're Tall Tall Trees from Asheville, North Carolina.
It's kind of an unusual project.
I play electric psychedelic banjo.
[zapping sounds] And Josiah plays the drums and synthesizer.
And yeah, we're two musicians.
We've been friends for 24 years, and we've been playing together for... - Josiah Wolf: On and off since then.
- On and off since then, yeah.
- The project started, it's Mike's project, but I've become more and more involved.
- ♪ Oh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪ Yeah, I mean, I feel like anywhere we go, we always kind of get to surprise people with what we're doing since we kind of, like, have a very unique sound, and you know, not a lot of people play banjo in the way that I do.
And Josiah, you know, and his drums and modular synthesizer setup.
You know, we make a lot of noise for two people and trying to keep it fun.
And yeah, hope we can bring some joy to some folks out there, and just have a good time.
- Yeah.
["Say Something Real" by Tall Tall Trees] [percussive banjo tapping] [bright banjo music] ♪ I was in the front seat, you were in the back ♪ ♪ She was in the middle though sitting on your lap ♪ ♪ West of California, staring down the sun ♪ ♪ The sky it was a prism and heaven came undone ♪ ♪ Were you in the desert underneath the moon ♪ ♪ Planetary vision reflecting in the pool ♪ ♪ Laughing in the water, three becoming one ♪ ♪ They said that it was over, but we had just begun ♪ ♪ It feels like the end, but we've only begun ♪ [high-energy banjo and percussion music] Clap your hands!
[clapping] ♪ You're comin' and goin' and walkin' and talkin' ♪ ♪ And playin' a foolish game ♪ ♪ I was lookin' at her lookin' at you lookin' at me ♪ ♪ We could be another couple in love ♪ ♪ And then wonderin' what's your name ♪ ♪ I want you to go, I want you to stay ♪ ♪ I want you to say something real, yeah ♪ ♪ Say something real, yeah ♪ ♪ Say something real, yeah ♪ ♪ Say something real, yeah ♪ [high-energy banjo and percussion music] [electric banjo solo] [high-energy banjo and percussion music] ♪ Listen to the Beatles "Here Comes the Sun" ♪ ♪ George was the one who played second to some ♪ ♪ Tell me what you're thinking, show me how you feel ♪ ♪ Spare me all the bull#### and tell me something real ♪ ♪ Open your heart up and say something real, yeah ♪ ♪ Say something real, yeah ♪ ♪ Say something real, yeah ♪ ♪ Say something real, yeah ♪ ♪ Say something real, yeah ♪ ♪ Say something real, yeah ♪ [audience applauding and cheering] Thank you so much, my friends.
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