The chamber-folk band Minos the Saint has been around for less than a year, but they’ve already played at some reputable venues including The Varsity and Mud & Water in Baton Rouge, and the House of Blues in New Orleans. Minos the Saint’s singer-songwriter and guitarist, Peter Simon, talks to The nsavides Podcast about the band’s music, how they collaborate, and the keys to their success.
Artwork from the band’s self-titled EP
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- Peter’s music recommendations: Patrick Watson, Lhasa de Sela
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Thanks Nick!! Very insightful!
Thank you for commenting, Ben! You have the honor of being the first commenter on the site, and in commenting within the allotted time mentioned on the podcast, you have commissioned for yourself a poem. Congratulations! A poem will follow shortly…
“The Poem for Ben Herrington”
The empty page I see distresses me
How to pen the mysteries you encompass
In you, Where the Wild Things Are, I see
And so we begin this wild rumpus
The way you play so natural it seems
Music greets you as a beloved friend
The others can rival only in dreams
To your talent this tribute I do send
That song you shared of Edvard Grieg startled
A few days before I heard his music too
Patterns form for poems that are bartered
It’s not just that which connects me to you
They Might Be Giants you did also share
You couldn’t know how it recalls a hole
To put to words that ache I would not dare
But such brought the song “Birdhouse in Your Soul”
Putting off this poem I did so try
But the world reminded of unpaid debt
Serendipity cares not if we cry
Ask Heaven and tell answers that you get
So ends the poem for Ben Herrington
I don’t know what it means, but now it’s done
This is a belated post, and has nothing to do with my desire to have a poem written for me. Thank you for the fun interview!
Even so, an “Ode for Peter Simon” has been written:
The rock ‘n’ roller, he sat beside me
From that chance luncheon I did glean so much
A Christmas album he did share for free
So much more though came from that simple lunch
A podcast too did come, but that’s not all
In that man I saw an artist quite rare
He is, I know, in it for the long haul
Yet for his young son he still shows great care
To a blues festival he brought the boy
Sunglasses he gave him to wear at night
Corey Hart should that young boy employ
Praise be to purple glasses worn so right
Ryman Auditorium he’ll soon play
P. Simon’s music you should hear today.