The Wedding Song (There is Love) (acoustic Noel Paul Stookey cover) - Mike Massé

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"The Wedding Song (There is Love)" by Noel Paul Stookey, an acoustic cover by Mike Massé. For booking information: https://mikemasse.com/contact/ Listen on Spotify: http://www.mikemasse.com/spotify Buy on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/album/1330289113 Mike’s 80-song collection, “Covers (Mostly Live)”: https://itunes.apple.com/album/id538715861
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I'm posting this on Noel Paul Stookey's 80th birthday, so a big happy birthday to Noel! And yes, I do weddings. :)

Upcoming concert dates:

With Jeff Hall:
The Viper Room, Los Angeles, CA, Feb. 23, 2018: https://www.ticketbat.com/event/mike-masse-_-jeff-hall
Under the Bridge at Stamford Bridge, London, U.K. 29 June 2018:
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With Bryce Bloom:
Detroit, MI, Feb. 2, 2018: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3197029
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Mike solo:
Phoenix, AZ, March 3, 2018: https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1587475

European dates with Sterling Cottam:
Eindhoven, Netherlands, 6 April, 2018: https://www.ticketmaster.nl/event/mike-masse-tickets/207333
Leiden, Netherlands, 7 April, 2018: https://www.ticketmaster.nl/event/mike-masse-tickets/207451
Frankfurt, Germany, 9 April, 2018: https://www.adticket.de/Mike-Masse/Frankfurt-DAS-BETT/09-04-2018_20-30.html
Potsdam, Germany, 12 April, 2018: https://www.adticket.de/Mike-Masse/Potsdam-Lindenpark-Potsdam/12-04-2018_20-00.html
Bochum, Germany, 13 April, 2018: https://www.adticket.de/Mike-Masse/Bochum-Christuskirche-Bochum/13-04-2018_20-00.html
Schwerin, Germany, 14 April, 2018: (tickets available soon)

Liner Notes: I’m posting this on Noel Paul Stookey’s 80th birthday, so Happy Birthday, Noel! This is dedicated to my sister Marianne, and her husband, Donald Spontarelli. I sang this at their wedding. I’ve loved this song since the first time I heard it back in 1992, when my sisters (yes, plural--they had a double wedding) asked me to perform it. Noel Paul Stookey ("Paul" of Peter, Paul and Mary) credits this song to divine inspiration. I can't argue with that. When I told Shawn, my videographer, that I wanted to do this song, he mentioned that this song had been sung at both his and his parents' weddings. So I know this song holds special meaning and is sacred ground for a lot of people. I tried to treat it with due reverence—I even wore a suit. :) I left the original arrangement intact, adding only a few harmonies that I've always heard in my head.

A big thanks to Ovation for providing the beautiful 12-string guitar (which arguably steals the show). Here's the model I'm playing: http://www.ovationguitars.com/ovation-acoustic-electric-guitars/C2059AXP-5S I put that guitar through its paces, tuning it down two whole steps (and then a little sharp) to match the key of the original (played in G, but actually in E flat). My faithful old Guild 12-string sadly wasn't up to the task (perhaps it would have had better luck with an adjustment). The intonation, particularly for the pair of unison 2nd strings, was a struggle.

Thanks again to Shawn Herbert for filming this.

Thanks to you for listening/watching, and for helping spread the music,

-Mike