Break On Through
I was standing on the stage at the Mak Tu' Bar in
Panajachel, Guatemala a few years ago. It was my usual Sunday afternoon
gig and I had a marvelous international band backing me. I'd just
recently added the Doors song "Break On Through (to the other side)" and
we were playing it in public for the first or second time. I was looking
at the mountain to the west that looms over the village and it occurred to me that our
energy as people allow us a tremendous creativity. A creativity that forms the
world we live in. I looked at that mountain and saw my energy pass through it.
Pass through the rocks and the dirt and the darkness on through to the other side
and out into the light. It became a metaphor for me as every week I'd sing the song
and see the mountain and feel the power of being able to pass through seemingly impossible
things in my life. As time went I modified my take on the song, told a story a bit
different than the Doors. One night at another show and at shows since then people
have told me things like "You have the spirit of Jim Morrison in you" or
"It's like you're channeling Morrison". Me, I don't think so. It's
just dramatics but there is nothing so dramatic as that concept of being able to 'break on
through', to get past the mundane, the troublesome, the worry, the conceit
complacency, or, you name it. It is how we make a difference in our own lives.
So now I've named my new record after that song and I feel like I'm planting a seed
in the Universe for me and I'm looking forward what's next.
Do the Sing Along