Tears in Heaven (acoustic Eric Clapton cover) - Mike Massé

Rock

Year2015

Duration3m

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Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton, performed by Mike Massé on 7/25/15, at the Little Bear Saloon in Evergreen, Colorado. See Mike in concert: https://mikemasse.com/concerts Book Mike: https://mikemasse.com/contact/ Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/1DMvbBffYjrqEkl6iaievmsi=09a0cdf086644736 Listen on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/album/id1029599016 Mike’s 80-song collection, “Covers (Mostly Live)”: https://music.apple.com/album/id538715861 Mike’s 30-song collection, “Covers, Vol. 2”: https://music.apple.com/album/id1127918593 Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B013KOPDTU/ Keep up with Mike at: https://mikemasse.com Buy merch: https://mikemasse.com/merch Please share and help spread the music: http://www.facebook.com/mikemassedotcom http://twitter.com/mikemasse https://instagram.com/mikemassemusic Liner Notes: I consider this song to be hallowed ground. As a piece of music, it’s beautiful, haunting, and even uplifting somehow. As an expression of grief, it’s devastating. I approach this song with sincere reverence for the very real pain felt by very real people. I didn’t know little Conor, but as a father, I know the innocence and purity of a little boy his age and how precious those little souls are when they’re with you in your home, in your life. [If you don’t know what inspired the lyrics, Google it at your own risk, and prepare yourself to cry your eyes out, and prepare your heart to feel the pain of a deeply wounded artist.] When I perform this work, I try to wall off some of my own emotions and not think too hard on the song’s meaning and origin, lest I break down mid-song. I can’t imagine how hard it is for Eric Clapton to perform this. After everything we went through with our own little Noah, I feel a type of kinship with the pain and fear expressed in this song, but I don’t pretend to fathom even a glimpse of the heartbreak and loss that brought Mr. Clapton to write this modern masterpiece. I hope my rendition will remind you of how you felt