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A few months before the song was recorded on the album '''August''' (a disc which contains a few good pieces such as '''Bad influence''' and '''Tearing us apart'''), [[wikipedia:Richard Manuel|Richard Manuel]] committed suicide at the age of 43. Manuel was the keyboard player and an historical member of [[wikipedia:The Band|The Band]], the group guided by [[wikipedia:Robbie Robertson|Robbie Robertson]], who had been alongside [[wikipedia:Bob Dylan|Bob Dylan]] for quite some time and had recorded some of the most important songs of all of rock history ('''The Weight''', '''The Night They Throw Old Dixie Down''', '''It Makes No Difference'''):. '''Holy Mother''' was dedicated to Manuel. | A few months before the song was recorded on the album '''August''' (a disc which contains a few good pieces such as '''Bad influence''' and '''Tearing us apart'''), [[wikipedia:Richard Manuel|Richard Manuel]] committed suicide at the age of 43. Manuel was the keyboard player and an historical member of [[wikipedia:The Band|The Band]], the group guided by [[wikipedia:Robbie Robertson|Robbie Robertson]], who had been alongside [[wikipedia:Bob Dylan|Bob Dylan]] for quite some time and had recorded some of the most important songs of all of rock history ('''The Weight''', '''The Night They Throw Old Dixie Down''', '''It Makes No Difference'''):. '''Holy Mother''' was dedicated to Manuel. | ||
It's a song of undefended suffering, of complete poverty, of absolute incomprehension when confronted with certain unexplicable facts of life. Clapton is not new to songs with strong religiosity, as seen in [[Presence of | It's a song of undefended suffering, of complete poverty, of absolute incomprehension when confronted with certain unexplicable facts of life. Clapton is not new to songs with strong religiosity, as seen in [[Presence of the Lord (Blind Faith album)|Presence of the Lord]] and [[Hold me Lord]], but in Holy Mother he reaches a higher level. This one of his finer pieces, because it's intensity and participation are connotated by recollection, seeing that words and music pour forth in the circumstances of a close friend musician's death. | ||
Where does this prayer come from? From the heart, from life and from his upbringing as a child. In an interview Clapton confessed: «My grandmother taught me how to pray the old fashioned prayers. And now and then they come back to me, especially in the hardest times». This song belongs to the same root of family and tradition, as though to demonstrate that certain seeds sooner or later begin to sprout and grow in an unforeseeable way. | Where does this prayer come from? From the heart, from life and from his upbringing as a child. In an interview Clapton confessed: «My grandmother taught me how to pray the old fashioned prayers. And now and then they come back to me, especially in the hardest times». This song belongs to the same root of family and tradition, as though to demonstrate that certain seeds sooner or later begin to sprout and grow in an unforeseeable way. | ||