I enjoyed the rendition of Paul Kelly’s Meet Me in the Middle of the Air, which I hadn’t heard before, on Sideshow on Saturday night. I’m not a big fan of this program [The Big Gig left it for dead, I reckon], but found this song based on Psalm 23 by a self-professed atheist very moving. Terrific 4-part harmony, nice toon, and, on first hearing, it seemed to be faithful to the original psalm’s intention.

Unfortunately, the producers did not put it on the Sideshow website as a highlight, but put other stuff, like Dave Hughes recycling his jokes ...

David McKay - 16 October 2007 08:09 AM

like Dave Hughes recycling his jokes ...

Oh Really!!?? Which jokes did he recycle???

:-)

I saw Paul Kelly last week and he didn’t sing this.  In fact, I don’t think I’ve even heard it.  Is it on one of his albums?  I have the new one which has some Bible-based songs-is this one of them?  (If so, I’ve heard it, just don’t know the name)

Is it on one of his albums?  I have the new one which has some Bible-based songs-is this one of them

Yes.. Its not from Paul Kelly’s latest album Stolen Apples.. this song is from his 2005 collaboration with the Stormwater Boys called Foggy Highway. This is a fantastic album.. one of my all time favs. But then again I love dirt music.

Kelly’s colloborations with blues/bluegrass bands (eg Uncle Bill on Smoke) tend to have a lot more ‘biblical/spiritual’ songs perhaps because of the genre.

Listen to some samples here

Oh yes, Happy Birthday David!!