Archive for the 'country music' Category
A Little Jones
I first heard “Worst of Luck” a few years ago: it’s about the most bitter song I have ever heard in my life. I have no idea who wrote it (it sure as hell wasn’t Jones), but it’s almost comical in its barely suppressed fury. And George is just the guy to deliver it: [...]
Read More..>>Trouble in Mind
Yabba Dabba Doo
…the King is gone and so are you.
Last night I broke the seal on a Jim Beam decanter
That looks like Elvis
I soaked the label off a Flintstone Jelly Bean jar
I cleared us off a place on that
One little table that you left us
And pulled me up a big ole piece of floor.
I pulled the head [...]
Blues on a Monday
Double dose of Gram might drive ‘em away…
and
…or maybe just make ‘em that much worse.
Read More..>>New Sounds from an Old Friend
My former bandmate Jennie Benford, from Jim and Jennie and the Pinetops, is playing in a new band called Garbage Bear, which I think is the funniest name ever. Well, except perhaps for “Night Burglar”, a tee-shirt she probably still owns with a picture of a raccoon on it thus labeled.
When I first started playing [...]
Dill Pickles at the Spruce Hill May Fair, Saturday May 9
The Spruce Hill May Fair is an annual event in West Philadelphia that’s always lots of fun. As the flier says, we’ll be playing at 2:00 PM or so. Other bands include:
Adimu Kuumba;
the Oubliette Ensemble;
Unidos de Filadelfia; and
the Cobalt Blues band.
Hope to see you there!
Stick Out Your Cans…
…here come the garbage man!
More live Dill Pickles from the NarbEarth Day Festival! And at the risk of sounding like an arrogant self-absorbed prick, check out my bass break.
George Jones: Burn the Honky Tonk Down
Classic honky tonk from the master.
Read More..>>A Workin’ Man Can’t Get Nowhere Today
Merle Haggard, “A Workin’ Man Can’t Get Nowhere Today
No one’s made a video yet for this song, and someone should.
For that matter, some mainstream female country star would have a huge hit by remaking this song as “A Workin’ Mom Can’t Get Nowhere Today”.
I don’t think Merle will mind if I publish the lyrics. [...]
The Most Beautiful Singing is the Carter Family
While the Band is Playing Dixie
And oh this is heartbreakingly beautiful:
You are My Flower/ I’ll Be Satisfied
I have never seen this footage before and it is so beautiful I may cry, oh my that version of “I’ll Be Satisfied” is just the best thing.
Turn this one up loud, poor quality: Sweet Fern
Little Moses
This one is [...]
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