The story behind this song takes us back to September 15-20 1987, not sure which night it was my guess it was either a Friday or a Saturday given that I was going to school. I was a freshman in college at SUNY New Paltz and went down to NYC to see the Grateful Dead, take a listen and hear what went down.
Musicians | The Camp Store Carlsbad, CA | 3.29.2024
Dan Greenbaum
Aaron Brownwood
Mike Hunt
Mark ODonnell
Lyrics
She stepped right off of the train
Headed straight across the platform
Behold, such a beautiful face, (she came up to me)
Asked me for a lighter, you got one
Let me see the moonlight in your eyes
Let me see the New York City lights
Let us smoke some incense and fill the air
Baby don’t you know that we’re almost there
Because! Tonight it's only rock and roll, babe
You can have it any way we want, or else waltz away
Madison Square, walk right inside
We’re gonna dance to our favorite songs all night
Gonna get crazy, let go and have ourselves a hell of a time
We can go crazy on each other and have ourselves a hell of a time
Oh if you feel me, babe
Won’t you join along
If you feel, feel, feel it, got to join along
I know you long to, join along
If you want a right place
If you want a piece of the action, action
The whole, such a sweet embrace
Always amplifies attraction
Because! Tonight it's only rock and roll, babe
You can have it any way we want, or else waltz away
Madison Square, walk right inside
We’re gonna dance to our favorite songs all night
Gonna get crazy, let go and have ourselves a hell of a time
We can go crazy on each other and have ourselves a hell of a time
Oh if you feel me, babe
Won’t you join along
If you feel, feel, feel it, got to join along
I know you long to, join along
When we missed the last train home
Camped for Letterman tickets but got none
Floated through outer space
Rockefeller Center and then some
Because! Tonight it's only rock and roll, babe
You can have it any way we want, or else waltz away
Madison Square, walk right inside
We’re gonna dance to our favorite songs all night
Gonna get crazy, let go and have ourselves a hell of a time
We can go crazy on each other and have ourselves a hell of a time
Oh if you feel me, babe
Won’t you join along
If you feel, feel, feel it, got to join along
I know you long to, join along
About the Song
Join Along is a melodic homage to an incident that happened after a Madison Square Garden Grateful Dead show. My friends and I ended up stranded in NYC late nite after missing the last train north on the Hudson line. We ended up cruising up to Radio City, Rockafeller Plaza to camp out for David Letterman tickets. 6 country kids, very high on acid, safe on the marble floors of NBC in the 80s.
About the Day
Another beautiful day in paradise, the day before I was spooked as the local weather men said it was going to rain, it didn’t. Our live shows are about giving back to the community, and celebrating their enduring spirit. The good lord wouldn’t have it any other way, so the weather held. First time I used the 80s custom Telecaster live at a show through a Fender Chris Stapleton Princeton, also the first time we performed the newly written song, “Warmth of the Fire“
About the Ram
Mark "The Ram" O'Donnell is an independent American composer, producer, filmmaker, multi-instrumental performer, designer, and visual artist based out of Carlsbad, California. He performs original, surf-inspired rock-and-roll music on the West Coast.
For more information about the Ram and his music, go to www.TheRamMusic.com
Song Metadata
Join Along
The Ram
UPC :197146039459
Release date: September 23, 2022
ASCAP Work ID: 920728999
ASCAP Singer Songwriter IPI Number: 375350750
ASCAP Publisher IPI Number: 375351159
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