Van Wagner is my favorite Central Susquehanna Valley musician. He's one of the best guitar players I've ever heard, he's a mensch who has both mined coal and logged timber and is now a public educator, and he's steeped in the folk and singer-songwriter traditions, with a beautiful way of telling a story in a song.
He's written a lot of great songs, but I think my favorite is probably "If Time Could Stand Alone" (on the album with the same title), because of the way he sings about living your whole life as a prayer (you can buy it on iTunes).
He's been awfully busy lately, sandbagging, and taking pictures, and writing and recording songs about the flood:
. . .Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayers.
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