Salt of Joy

Album: The Heat (1991)
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  • In the late '80s or early '90s, you may have seen the Dan Reed Network on bills with The Rolling Stones, Bon Jovi or UB40. They were very popular in the Portland, Oregon area and cracked the Top 40 with the song "Ritual." The Heat was their last album, and two years after it was released, Dan Reed wrote to the Dalai Lama and was granted an interview with His Holiness, which was published in Spin magazine in 1994. This led to a more spiritual journey for Reed, which is reflected in his music and his lifestyle. In our 2010 interview with Dan Reed, we asked him if there was a song from his DRN days that he was particularly proud of, and Reed replied: "'Pride' is something that I have tried to slowly delete from my life, but there are songs from the past that I am still comfortable playing and being behind the lyric. I think that 'Salt of Joy' is one of those songs. Although blindly optimistic, it still rings true to how I feel today regarding having hope for the future even in the face of corporate globalization and all that that brings."

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