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Deconstructing Blue Grass Lyrics: “Cold Sheets of Rain”

Posted by Brendan on June 23rd, 2009 filed in blathering, bluegrass, youtube

Cover your ears, it’s horrible
I’ve seen the lightning flashin’ I’ve heard the thunder roar
Somewhere on the dark side of town
My baby’s with a new love the wind is howlin’ on
I should be with her right now
Cold sheets of rain pouring down is my love safe and warm
Where is she sleeping now
Cold sheets of rain pouring [...]

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Damn Bluegrass Players

Posted by Brendan on May 13th, 2009 filed in bluegrass, comedy, comedy gold!

At it again…

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Bike Wheel and Bass Bag Update!

Posted by Brendan on March 30th, 2009 filed in Philadelphia, bicycling, bluegrass, direct action, plain pitiful, poverty

Thanks to Alexandra, Gary, and Peter, I am about 75% of the way to my new bike wheel. Anyone else who wants to contribute toward my fight against global warming (and toward firming up my ass), please use the paypal link on the right sidebar.
As it stands I’ll be buying my new wheel on [...]

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Bass Bags and Bike Wheels

Posted by Brendan on March 25th, 2009 filed in bicycling, bluegrass, direct action, old time, plain pitiful, poverty

Hey! Someone sent me a present!
i just got my first sweet little donation toward my bike wheel and/or bass bag!
But one gift, generous as it is, won’t help me solve global warming by biking or help bring old-time and bluegrass music to the teeming masses by protecting my bass.
So again I ask you: click [...]

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Buy Me a Present

Posted by Brendan on March 23rd, 2009 filed in bicycling, bluegrass, direct action, economy, meta, old time, plain pitiful

Look: your tax dollars are already going to a bunch of fucking assholes, like the shitbags that run AIG, Bank of America, and the rest of the insolvent banks. That’s a given.
And we all know they don’t deserve it. Not only did massive banks like Goldman Sachs help destroy the economy and rob our [...]

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O Brother, Where Am I? Dill Pickles TONIGHT! Fergie’s Pub!

Posted by Brendan on February 6th, 2009 filed in Philadelphia, bluegrass, old time

I got a nice little blurb in at Phawker today about old time music:
“Old time,” my fiddle-playing friend Nik says, “is like acoustic trance music.” At least the fiddle tunes are. While a bluegrass song is generally about 3 minutes long, old time songs can go on for a lot longer than that. In [...]

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True Song

Posted by Brendan on February 2nd, 2009 filed in bluegrass, history, old time, youtube

Poor Ellen Smith how she was found
Shot through the heart lying cold on the ground
Her clothers were all scattered and thrown on the ground
And blood marks the spot where poor Ellen was found
They picked up their rifles and hunted me down
And found me a-loafing in Mount Airy town
They picked up the body and carried it [...]

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Dill Pickles: Old Time at Fergie’s, February 6

Posted by Brendan on February 2nd, 2009 filed in Philadelphia, bluegrass, old time

You will need Quicktime to hear us play “Johnson’s Old Grey Mule”. That’s me making all those horrible animal noises.

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In The Pines

Posted by Brendan on December 19th, 2008 filed in bluegrass, youtube

More Bill… this one’s a must see, the mandolin break is insane.

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Christmastime’s A-comin’

Posted by Brendan on December 19th, 2008 filed in bluegrass, old school, youtube

Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys, “Christmastime’s A-comin’”

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