Char l ie Haden

P a t M e t h e n y

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I f i rst met Pat Metheny almost 25 years ago. In 1973, I was

I in Miami, Florida playing a concert with Ornette ColemanI

I when Pat , who wou ld have been about 18 a t the t ime,I

I i n t r o d u c e d h i m s e l f t o m e . O v e r t h e n e x t f e w y e a r s ,

th roughout the mid-70 's , we wou ld somet imes ta lk on the

occasions when we would play concerts opposite each other

during Pat's stay in Gary Burton's band, and mine with Keith

Jarrett. l t wasn't real ly t i l l 1980, however, when he asked me to

p l a y o n h i s a l b u m " 8 0 / 8 1 " a n d t h e e x t e n s i v e t o u r i n g t h a t

followed it, that we became the close friends that we are today.

Since then we have toured, played and recorded together in

lo ts o f d i f fe ren t con tex ts ; f rom Ornet te Co leman to Michae l

B r e c k e r t o A b b e y L i n c o l n a n d m a n y o t h e r s . W h e n R u t h

Cameron and I were married in 1989, Pat was my "best man".

Ruth and I real ly feel l ike he is part of our family.

Pat and I have talked about making this duet album for

many years and now, f inal ly, we've taken the t ime to record i t .

I h a v e a l w a y s a d m i r e d P a t ' s m u s i c a l v i s i o n . H i s m e l o d i e s ,

chords and voicing are unique unto him. He is an innovator in

the sound he gets, as he is in his composing and improvising.

H e h a s a r a r e g i f t t h a t e n a b l e s h i m t o c o m m u n i c a t e t h e

harmon ies and melod ies he hears in a way tha t reaches a l l

d i f fe ren t k inds o f l i s teners , wh i le a lways re ta in ing the k ind o f

depth and beauty only found in the best improvised music. His 5

musical presentation is always beyond catcgory, and his sense

of the sound in music that comes f rom the f trcl ing of this country

is uncanny. Of course, he is from Missouri, as I am, which surely

has someth ing to do w i th i t . l ca l l h is sound, " t ;on tc t r rpor i t ry

imoressionist ic americana".

Pat wanted to do a completely acoustic duet album. My

feel ing was that this would l imit the possibi l i t ies of what a true

col laboration between the two of us could be, given the range

of music that we are both interested and involved in. I wanted

to do something that would obviously include straight duets, but

would also include the more expansive use of modern musical

i n s t r u m e n t s a n d t h e r e c o r d i n g s t u d i o i t s e l f , w h i c h I h a v e

admired as a trademark of Pat 's own records for many years.

I have been saving songs for this recording for some t ime now'

Some are songs tha t wou ld obv ious ly func t ion we l l as duets ,

but some are songs where I could imagine an almost orchestral

approach, using the various addit ional guitars and synths that

Pat has managed to incorporate so natural ly and organical ly

in to h is sound.

I n t h e e n d , l t h i n k w e h a v e c o m e u p w i t h a n i n t e r e s t i n g

hybrid. We recorded al l of this music as a straight duo' then' on

about half the tunes, used the material that was suggested in

t h e d u e t s t h e m s e l v e s a s s t a r t i n g p o i n t s f o r s o m e s u b t l e

add i t iona l o rches t ra t ions to f i l l the tunes ou t ; somet imes asingle extra acoustic guitar, sometimes more involved synclavierorchestrat ion, but always in the service of, and derived from,what we actual ly played.

O u r c r i t e r i a f o r c h o o s i n g s o n g s w e r e s i m p l y t o f i n dbeauti ful melodies and chords that inspired us. At the beginningof the project, I sent Pat a cassette of four songs I had beenthinking about for this record to inspire him and to give him anidea about what kind of record I wanted to make. He cal led meback right away to say that he loved all of the songs, and in fact,

we went on to record them all. They were : "The Precious Jewel'la song made famous by the Delmore Brothers, a group whoseharmony has inf luenced al l of country music from the 30's to thepresent and whose music has had an enormous inf luence on myli fe; "The Moon ls a Harsh Mistress", a Jim Webb song that

Joe Cocker played for me many years ago; a Jo Stafford/PaulWeston version of "He's Gone Away", an old folk song that mymother used to sing on our Haden family radio show in the 40'sunder the t i t le "The Railroad Man"; and the main theme from thefi lm "Cinema Paradiso" by Ennio Morricone. I also had two ofmy original composit ions, "Our Spanish Love Song" and "First

Song" in mind, and a brand new piece, which lalso composedespec ia l l y fo r th is a lbum, tha t I ded ica ted to my w i fe , ca l led"Wal tz fo r Ruth" . Pat and I bo th l i ked one o f my son Josh 's

songs ca l led "Sp i r i tua l " , wh ich he recordcd wt t l t l t t : ; r ; t . t t1 r

Spa in on the i r a lbum "The B lue Moods o l Sp i t r r r " , t io l l t ; t l w . t : .

na tura l l y inc luded. Pat cont r ibu ted two o f h is t :o t t tpor t t l t t t r t ' t '" M e s s a g e t o a F r i e n d " ( w h i c h h e s a y s w a s w r i t t o t r w l r r l .

thinking about me) and a brand new composit ion writ tctt l t tsl lor

this project "Tears of Rain", with i t marking the f irst t imo hc l t i r : i

recorded with his new acoustic si tar/guitar. Pat also suggestod

Henry Mancini 's great composit ion "Two for the Road", and tho"Love Theme" from "Cinema Paradiso" writ ten by Morricone's

son, Andrea Mor r icone. Mak ing the a lbum comple te i s "The

Moon Song", a new Johnny Mandel song that has never been

recorded unti l now.

I real ly want to thank Pat Metheny for al l the hard work

and ded ica t ion he pu t in to mak ing th is mus ic very spec ia l and

beauti ful. I also want to thank my wife Ruth for al l of her creative

insp i ra t ion , ins igh t , and feedback th roughout , Jean-Ph i l ippe

Allard for bel ieving in my music, my son Josh for his great song,

and my daughters Rachel, Petra and Tanya for their great ears'

I hope everyone enjoys l istening to this music as much as

I enjoyed making i t . l t was a labor of love.

Charl ie Haden

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T h e M o o n l s a H a r s h M i s t r e s swords and music by Jim Webbcoudesy of Dramatis Music Corp. BMI

S e e h e r h o w s h e f l i e s ,Go lden sa i l s across the sky ,C l o s e e n o u g h t o t o u c h ,But care f u l i f you t ry ,The moon, she looks as warm as go ld ,The moon 's a harsh mis t ress ,The moon can be so co ld .

O n c e t h e s u n d i d s h i n e ,Lord , i t fe l t so f ine ,The moon a phantom rose,T h r u t h e m o u n t a i n s a n d t h e p i n e s ,A n d t h e n t h e d a r k n e s s f e l l ,The moon 's a hard mis t ress ,I t ' s hard to love her we l l .

T h e P r e c i o u s J e w e lwords and music by Roy Acuffcoufresy of Acufl Ross lvusic Inc. BMI

W a y b a c k i n t h e h i l l s w h e n a b o y l o n c e w o n d e r e dBur ied deep in the grave l ies the one tha t I rove .She was ca l led f rom th is ear th a jewe l fo r heavenM o r e p r e c i o u s t h a n d i a m o n d s m o r e p r e c i o u s t h a n g o l d

A jewe l here on ear th a jewe l in heavenS h e ' l l b r i g h t e n t h e k i n g d o m a r o u n d G o d s g r e a t t h r o n e .May the ange ls have peace God b less her in neavenThey 've broken my hear t and they 've le f t me to roam.

When a g i r l o f s ix teen we cour ted each o therShe promised some day to become my sweet w i fe ,I b o u g h t h e r t h e r i n g t o w e a r o n h e r f i n g e r ,B u t t h e a n g e l s t h e y c a l l e d h e r t o h e a v e n o n e n i g h t .

Th is wor ld has i t s wea l th i t s t r ia ls and t roub lesM o t h e r e a r t h h o l d s h e r t r e a s u r e s o f d i a m o n d s a n d g o l d ,B u t i t c a n ' t h o l d t h e s o u l o f o n e p r e c i o u s j e w e lS h e ' s r e s t i n g i n p e a c e w h i t h t h e h e a v e n l y f o l d .

H e ' s G o n e A w a ytraditional

He's gone awayFor to s tay a l i t t le wh i le ,B u t h e ' s c o m i n g b a c kl f h e g o e s I 0 , 0 0 0 m i l e s .O h w h o w i l l t l e m y s h o eA n d w h o w i l l g l o v e m y h a n dA n d w h o w i l l k i s sM y r u b y l i p s w h e n h e i s g o n e .

Look Away, Look Away,

Over Yonder .

He 's gone away fo r to s tayA l i t t l e w h i l e ,B u t h e ' s c o m i n g b a c k i f h e

G o e s l 0 , 0 0 0 m i l e s .And i t s papa who t ies my shoeA n d m a m a w h o g l o v e s m y b a n dA n d y o u w i l l k i s s m y r u b y l i p sW h e n h e i s g o n e .

Look Away, Look Away.

Over Yonder .t z t . J

S p i r i t u a lwords and music by Josh Hadencoud6sy ol Ang€l Heud6bise BMI

Jesus , I don ' t wan t t o d ie a loneJesus , oh Jesus , I don ' t wan t t o d ie a loneMy love wasn' t t rueNow al l I have is youJesus , oh Jesus , I don ' t wan t t o d ie a lone

Jesus, i f you hear my last breathDon' t leave me hereLef t to d ie a lonely deathI know I have s innedBut Lord I 'm suf fer ingJesus , oh Jesus , i f you hea rMy last breath.

A l l my t roub lesA l l my pa inWi l l leave meOnce aga inOnce aga in

Produced by Charl ie Haden & Pat Metheny.

Executive producers: Jean-Phil ippe Al lard and Daniel Richard

Recorded and mixed a t R igh t Track Stud io , N.Y.C, 1996.

R e c o r d i n g a n d m i x i n g e n g i n e e r : J . N e w l a n dAss is tan t eng ineer : Joe L izz i

Mastered at Sterling Sound on November 6, 1 996.

lVas ter ing e^g ineer : Ted Jensen

Add i t iona l record ing a t C l in ton Record ing Stud ios on Apr i l 1 5 , I 996

R e c o r d i n g e n g Ì n e e r J . N e w l a n d

A s s s t a n t r e c o r d r n g e n g i n e e r : B r o o k S o u t h

G u t a r t e c h n i c i a n r C a r o l y n C h r z a n

Digi tal t ransfers and technical assistancer David Oakes

Product ion assistant : Ruth Cameron

Producl ion coordinator in Par is: Far ida BachirProduct manager: Patr ick Votan

Photography sess ion :

Count rys ide photography

Lat i fa Azhar and Janush KawaTom Dietr ich/Fotogram-Stone

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Pai lVetheny appears courtesy of Geffen Records, inc