Elliot Smith Waltz #2 Live Performance
The only Elliot Smith show I ever saw. This is all I have. Waltz #2. I was backstage with the Mark Lanegan band, who also performed that night. I heard his voice and was captivated by it's presence in such a huge space, rushed out to catch this song. Such exquisite songwriting, and so very tragic how he ended his life. Here is this beautiful take on a beautiful song and I am grateful for it. Stepping out of the shadows, and back in again.
I met him briefly in his backstage lair. My daughter was a huge fan. He gave me an autograph for her. A man of few words in person. Later that night Ben and Mike and I were at a nearby piano bar, he was in the room at the bar drinking whiskey, alone. I asked if we should invite him over, they said no. He was just that way.