More Gillian and David.

Haven't seen her play the Wilma Lee D-45 in a while. 🤔 Maybe chooses not to travel with it? Probably best. If you're Gillian Welch, the axe choice is secondary. Still, I'd have to play that one.

Chris Stapleton goes back to the 70's disco well, and Miranda Lambert's along this time. Every so often pop-country radio surprises me with what they take a liking to. How does anyone in that general demographic today know anything about disco balls or roller skates, much less connect with that sound?! (well, I reckon it got me!)





*extra points to J.T. Cure... Chris' longtime bassist. Perfect line for this.

never thought I'd see/hear that...

War Prayer by Mark Twain.  Recited by Jesse Welles
Never heard this one before.   Found it intensely wonderful and sad at the same time.

Quoting myself from a while back...

Quote from: edwardofhuncote on March 26, 2024, 01:53:59 PM
Greasiest bass line on Country radio. I just about wrecked the truck the other day.

Bassist is J.T. Cure, if anybody's curious. Been with Chris for a good while.

Again, I'm just curious... I used to spend a lot of time around Gen Z consumers of pop-country radio. They like it.

War Prayer really gets to the absurdity of it...war, that is...

Quote from: peoplechipper on December 21, 2025, 08:47:15 PM
War Prayer really gets to the absurdity of it...war, that is...

Christopher Eccelston reciting Wilfred Owen's "Dulce Et Decorum Est": 
@nd Lt. Owen did not, alas, survive the War To End All Wars......

Peter

and so did that...

Alligator Moon; unreleased 1978 album by Robt. Hunter:

Peter

2 hours & change of Crime Jazz...........

Peter

This is up on the forum according to the comments. I was listening away from the computer and it came up without knowing who it was. I couldn't figure out if it was Pat Methany or Alan Holdsworth. When I walked back to the computer I saw only the Alembic body and the right hand on the strings. I figured out it must be Jimmy Johnson.

Quote from: DistillaMatto on December 27, 2025, 07:22:02 AM
This is up on the forum according to the comments. I was listening away from the computer and it came up without knowing who it was. I couldn't figure out if it was Pat Methany or Alan Holdsworth. When I walked back to the computer I saw only the Alembic body and the right hand on the strings. I figured out it must be Jimmy Johnson.

It's too early in the morning for that earful of notes!  HA!  That performance was 40 (!!) years ago with my original 5-string 76-418 and before I had gray hair.    As with all things Holdsworth, the back story is complicated and Allan would have never wanted that video released.  But he's gone so all bets are off.  Anyway, don't wear yourself out listening.

Jimmy J

Thanks for the Holdsworth!  Cameras seemed a bit intrusive; but the resulting shots were nice.  I read the bit in the notes about splitting the stems and applying some eq and compression; the sound quality is pretty good.

Jimmy's rig is taller than he is!   I suspect you don't travel with it much these days.

Bill, tgo