r&r diary – “The Jesus of Folk…” – 08.09.25

Daniel Connelly – Photo by Carla

Story time. The Lovely Carla Hayden and I were sitting on a bench, sipping cool drinks, talking about everything under the sun, admiring the sky, the looming trees, the to-ing & fro-ing of folks on the lakefront. Suddenly, seemingly from out of the sky, there appears Daniel Connolly, looking like the Jesus of Folk; cool, calm, floating into our vision like an apparition. He is just walking around with his guitar, strumming and singing when he feels it. He has his mahogony Gibson acoustic with him, of course, he is the ultimate troubador, and he asks us if we want to hear a song. He plays, he sings, everything comes to a complete standstill. Gorgeous, beautiful, inspiring, sort of sad too. It’s like the most incredible moment. His voice, soft, and hushed, puts us in a trance. He was singing this astonishingly gorgeous song called “Low Season.” Is this the most beautiful song we have ever heard? We are silent, captivated. Did that really happen?! Yes. It did. – Jammer

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