Carbon Leaf Countdown #7: Let Your Troubles Roll By
Feb 14
One of the most uplifting songs you might ever hear comes in at #7. Another from the great Indian Summer, it’s “Let Your Troubles Roll By!”
There are just so many great lyrical phrases in the song that can easily get stuck in your head for how good they are. Right off the bat, we’ve got what should be one of the all time great quotes on love. “Love endures, it clings away. When asked to leave, it begs to stay.” God, who among us wouldn’t rather here that quoted at weddings than the quote from Corinthians? The song doesn’t stop there and has so many great lines that really have you looking forward to each new verse. If I mentioned Charlie Brown earlier, I couldn’t go without mentioning the random but great inclusion of “Olive Oyle’s searching for her man” here. Besides that opening line though, nothing comes close to the chorus and no offense to the great line about love, but this quote is good for any occasion at any time. “When all of your tears dry, let your troubles roll by.” Simple, but still deep; poignant, yet somewhat worn-out. It almost seems like that message you know in your heart to be true, but you need a romping rock song like this to really make it ring true.
All right, it seems lately I’ve been talking about live versions of songs. It’s just habit and I’m going to have to do it again. Even more so, I’m just going to have to mention how underrated Carter Gravatt is at guitar. This song, often used during their encore or as set-closer, is his shining pedestal on which he throws down some ridiculous skills. In the studio version, the song is great and all, but it’s a pretty straight forward rock song. Live? It turns into a crash-course of the electric guitar and all its wonders. From the almost innocent opening, Carter quickly improvises into a downright dirty feeling of why you need to let your troubles roll by. Otherwise, you’ve got this pain in you that you really can’t do anything with except wail on the guitar with. Tone of the song, people. It’s one thing guitarists of the 21st Century need to get down. Know the song & the tone of it. The guitar solo in “I Should Have Known” is taught in Music Conservatories to emphasize this. Why not include a live version of this song too? It hits it on all levels and really shows undoubtably that Carter Gravatt is a top-tier guitarist in whatever qualification you would use. Trust me, I’ve seen the song done enough times live to know it to be true.
Song: Let Your Troubles Roll By
Album: Indian Summer
Year: 2004
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