Rocky Wall Productions (https://www.facebook.com/RockyWallProductionsNorthShore) House Concert with Paul Metsa and Sonny Earl. Saturday, September 10, 2022 https://www.facebook.com/events/716935286189642 Video by mmajose: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be2FdLhOJh8&t=2020s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY-3zxkJ0vo&t=1429s ROCKY WALL PRODUCTIONS HOUSE CONCERT SERIES 2022 SERIES FINALE VIDEO PRODUCED BY TWO HARBORS MEDIA KIM & JOSE LEON SOUND ENGINEERED BY NORTHSTAR SOUND JERRY LAVIGNE Paul Metsa and Sonny Earl started playing together in 1997. At that time, Paul was a hot name in the Minnesota music scene. Sonny on the other hand was an aspiring musician, looking to advance his music career. Paul reluctantly agreed to play with Sonny and they have been partners ever since. "These guys know the blues! Interplay between them is unbelievable as both of them are masters of their instruments. I like their take on the blues a lot" - Przemek Draheim, Voice of the Blues, Radio Sfera, Poland Tangled Up In Blue (Bob Dylan © 1974) Early one mornin’ the sun was shinin’ I was layin’ in bed Wond’rin’ if she’d changed at all If her hair was still red Her folks they said our lives together Sure was gonna be rough They never did like Mama’s homemade dress Papa’s bankbook wasn’t big enough And I was standin’ on the side of the road Rain fallin’ on my shoes Heading out for the East Coast Lord knows I’ve paid some dues gettin’ through Tangled up in blue She was married when we first met Soon to be divorced I helped her out of a jam, I guess But I used a little too much force We drove that car as far as we could Abandoned it out West Split up on a dark sad night Both agreeing it was best She turned around to look at me As I was walkin’ away I heard her say over my shoulder “We’ll meet again someday on the avenue” Tangled up in blue I had a job in the great north woods Working as a cook for a spell But I never did like it all that much And one day the ax just fell So I drifted down to New Orleans Where I happened to be employed Workin’ for a while on a fishin’ boat Right outside of Delacroix But all the while I was alone The past was close behind I seen a lot of women But she never escaped my mind, and I just grew Tangled up in blue She was workin’ in a topless place And I stopped in for a beer I just kept lookin’ at the side of her face In the spotlight so clear And later on as the crowd thinned out I’s just about to do the same She was standing there in back of my chair Said to me, “Don’t I know your name?” I muttered somethin’ underneath my breath She studied the lines on my face I must admit I felt a little uneasy When she bent down to tie the laces of my shoe Tangled up in blue She lit a burner on the stove And offered me a pipe “I thought you’d never say hello,” she said “You look like the silent type” Then she opened up a book of poems And handed it to me Written by an Italian poet From the thirteenth century And every one of them words rang true And glowed like burnin’ coal Pourin’ off of every page Like it was written in my soul from me to you Tangled up in blue I lived with them on Montague Street In a basement down the stairs There was music in the cafés at night And revolution in the air Then he started into dealing with slaves And something inside of him died She had to sell everything she owned And froze up inside And when finally the bottom fell out I became withdrawn The only thing I knew how to do Was to keep on keepin’ on like a bird that flew Tangled up in blue So now I’m goin’ back again I got to get to her somehow All the people we used to know They’re an illusion to me now Some are mathematicians Some are carpenters’ wives Don’t know how it all got started I don’t know what they’re doin’ with their lives But me, I’m still on the road Headin’ for another joint We always did feel the same We just saw it from a different point of view Tangled up in blue https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/tangled-blue/ Paul Metsa: https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Guitar-Highway-Paul-Metsa/dp/0816676429/ https://www.amazon.com/Alphabet-Jazz-Poetry-Prose-Stories/dp/B0BF2LST6B/ https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Tracks-Minnesota-Musicians-Masterpiece/dp/1517914272/ http://www.paulandsonny.com/ https://www.paulmetsa.com/ https://www.facebook.com/paul.metsa https://www.instagram.com/paul_metsa/ https://twitter.com/PaulMetsa https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXeaO2K0l6HK6gq82ebOvTw

Words and Music by Paul Metsa and Sonny Earl, Paul Metsa Music-BMI. CDs and MP3 downloads available at MaximumFolk.com and CDBaby.com. For more info go to http://www.paulandsonny.com and http://www.maximumfolk.com.

Paul Metsa, Willie Walker & Sonny Earl celebrate 8 years of playing Thursday Happy Hour at Shaw's Bar & Grill, Nordeast Minneapolis, Mn. 10/17/19

Join the Duluth Dylan Fest (https://duluthdylanfest.com/) (https://www.facebook.com/events/732729998308029) for a special evening with Paul Metsa and Sonny Earl at 7 pm, Thursday, May 25, 2023 at Sacred Heart Music Center (https://sacredheartmusic.org/event/an-evening-with-jeff-slate/) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIH6ZWjtczw&t=1743s) Paul Metsa, who the Huffington Post called ” The other great folk singer from Minnesota’s Mesabi Iron Range,” will be joined by his longtime harmonica player Sonny Earl in a great evening playing Dylan songs, Metsa originals, and blues and country songs by artists that influenced Bob Dylan. Video Production: Two Harbors Media Sound Engineer: Eric Swanson Producer: Duluth Dylan Fest/Sacred Heart Music Center Funding provided by the Minnesota State Arts Board Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (Bob Dylan © 1963) It ain’t no use to sit and wonder why, babe If you don’t know by now Ain’t no use to sit and wonder why, babe never do somehow The rooster crows at the break of dawn Look out your window and I’ll be gone You’re the reason I’m trav’lin’ on Don’t think twice, it’s all right It ain’t no use in turnin’ on your light, babe That light I never knowed It ain’t no use in turnin’ on your light, babe I’m on the dark side of the road I wish there was somethin’ you would do or say Make you change your mind and stay We never did much talkin’ anyway Don’t think twice, it’s all right It ain’t no use in callin’ out your name, baby Like you never done before It ain’t no use in callin’ out your name, baby I can’t hear no more I’m a-thinkin’ and a-wond’rin’ walkin' down the road Once had a woman, a child I’m told I give her my love but she wanted my soul Don’t think twice, it’s all right So long pretty baby Where I’m going, I can’t tell Goodbye’s just too good a word, I’ll say fare thee well I'm not sayin’ that you treated me unkind You could have done better but I don’t mind You just kinda wasted my time Don't think twice Don't think twice Don't think twice, it’s all right https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/dont-think-twice-its-all-right/ Paul Metsa: https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Guitar-Highway-Paul-Metsa/dp/0816676429/ https://www.amazon.com/Alphabet-Jazz-Poetry-Prose-Stories/dp/B0BF2LST6B/ https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Tracks-Minnesota-Musicians-Masterpiece/dp/1517914272/ http://www.paulandsonny.com/ https://www.paulmetsa.com/ https://www.facebook.com/paul.metsa https://www.instagram.com/paul_metsa/ https://twitter.com/PaulMetsa https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXeaO2K0l6HK6gq82ebOvTw

Shakedown Presents, The Scott Rednor Band live from the Shakedown Bar in Vail, Colorado. Featuring: Scott Rednor (guitar/vocals) Kramer Kelling (bass) Paul Copoulos (keys/organ) Brian Loftus (drums) Thank you for supporting live music at the Shakedown Bar! We are live every Friday and Saturday at 10pm.