Orleans offers a preview of their new song, “Home,” on their YouTube channel. The song, (written by founder/lead guitarist/singer John Hall, Johanna Hall, and Don Schlitz) will be on the group’s forthcoming EP to be released spring 2021. “Home,” which is about family-- childhood, adolescence, marriage, parenthood, and childhood again--originally appeared on John’s 1997 solo CD "Love Doesn't Ask."
John & Johanna have written dozens of songs together, most
notably Orleans’ “Still the One,” “Dance With Me,” and Janis Joplin’s
"Half Moon.” Co-writer Don Schlitz is a member of the Country Music Hall
of Fame and former Nashville Songwriters Association and ASCAP “Songwriter of
the Year." He has written 21 number one hits including Kenny Rogers
"The Gambler."
Audio and video recordings were produced in isolation, except a
group video of John, Lance Hoppen, and Brady Spencer who gathered safely in
Nashville. Still photos were taken years or decades before the pandemic. The
video was edited and directed by Rob Arthur (Today Show, CBS This Morning,
Rolling Stone, Veranda Magazine, Peter Frampton, the Doobie Brothers).
Multiple Grammy winner Cindy Cashdollar plays lap steel on the
song and is featured in the video; she’s also the Americana Music Association
“Instrumentalist of the Year” (2016) and a member of the Austin TX Music Hall
of Fame. Cindy grew up in Woodstock NY, where Orleans was based in the early
years.
Orleans is John Hall, co-founder Lance Hoppen (bass, and vocals),
Fly Amero (guitar, vocals), Lane Hoppen (piano), Brady Spencer (drums). This is
the latest of many incarnations in its near 50-year history.
The band went from club and college shows in the Northeast to
worldwide acclaim with their top ten singles "Still the One," Dance
With Me," and "Love Takes Time.” Now entering its 28th year of
live performances, Orleans has produced a body of work spanning 16 albums and
several DVDs. The band’s music is still being heard on national TV; recently
John and Johanna’s “Still The One” was on Applebees’ commercials and Netflix’s
"Love, Wedding, Marriage."
HOME
Everyone
on earth has things they need
Things
that they cannot do without
When
they're old enough to chase their dreams
they
pack their childhood up and they set out
to
find a trade on which they can survive
Four
walls, a roof, a door to call their own
And
as the seasons change they laugh and cry
Learn
what it's like to live alone
But
when they need someone to talk to about anything at all
Someone
who will catch them when they're just about to fall
Someone
who will listen and then miss'em when they're gone
When
they need someone to love'em they go home
They're
searching for some meaning in their lives
Look
around for something that will last
They
find it in a husband or a wife
and
so begin to recreate the past
Their
babies learn to walk and then to run
and
soon they think they're ready for the world
There's
no way you can stop what you've begun
Just
give'em love someday they will return
When
they need someone to talk to about anything at all
Someone
who will catch them when they're just about to fall
Someone
who will listen and then miss'em when they're gone
When
they need someone to love'em they go home
Home
No
matter how the world keeps changing
When
you show up at the door
You
know that it's still yours
When
I need someone to talk to about anything at all
Someone
who will catch me when I'm just about to fall
Someone
who will listen and then miss me when I'm gone
When
I need someone to love me I go home
C
by John and Johanna Hall and Don Schlitz, All Rights Reserved
Irving
Music/Schmirving Music (BMI), and Don Schlitz Music/MCA Music (ASCAP
