Over the Rhine

One of my latest and coolest discoveries is that I went to high school with Karen Bergquist.....the singer/guitarist of Over the Rhine (website). I didn't know a thing about Over the Rhine (MySpace). After doing some searching, I realize that I really like the music. Karen (now Karin) and I overlapped only one year at Barnesville High School. I was a freshman and she was a senior. But, knowing how small Barnesville is and knowing that not much celebrity-ism comes from Barnesville, it is a pretty cool thing that Over the Rhine is a great success. I'm loving the music and I feel like I can identify with the lyrics and mellow-music because it has a lot of "Ohio" in it. Hard to explain, but I feel a connection.

Give OTR's "Born" a listen.....and then check YouTube for more, Drunkard's Prayer, Ohio, etc. Over the Rhine is playing in Asheville next Wednesday. What a coinky dink!



OTR Born:
Pour me a glass of wine
Talk deep into the night
Who knows what we'll find

Intuition, deja vu
The Holy Ghost haunting you
Whatever you got
I don't mind

I was born to laugh
I learned to laugh through my tears
I was born to love
I'm gonna learn to love without fear

Put your elbows on the table
I'll listen long as I am able
There's nowhere I'd rather be

Secret fears, the supernatural
Thank God for this new laughter
Thank God the joke's on me

I was born to laugh
I learned to laugh through my tears
I was born to love
I'm gonna learn to love without fear

We've seen the landfill rainbow
We've seen the junkyard of love
Baby it's no place for you and me

I was born to laugh
I learned to laugh through my tears
I was born to love
I'm gonna learn to love without fear

OTR: Long Lost Brother.
Over the Rhine "Long Lost Brother"


I have to say that some of OTR's songs move me like the days when I used to absorb myself into Pink Floyd The Wall and The Final Cut. Once I get my iTunes tranferred to my new computer (yes....I got a beast of a machine)....I'm going to pick up a few of OTR's CDs. Love it!