Can't get enough of them lately... it's like Norman & Nancy Blake, revisited, adjusted for inflation...

"Are You Experienced" covered by Eric Johnson, Austin City Limits 1988.

Nice one Dave.

"Playin' In The Band", 5/21/74: 

Man, were they on that night!

Peter

Quote from: Thomasio on February 07, 2023, 10:57:42 AM
Don't judge me 

Ganja Smuggling, Eek-A-Mouse (Wa-Do-Dem album).


Gosh that takes me back, i have a mate who knew i couldn't get to grips with Eeek-a-mouse songs and used to sing these songs at the top of his voice in the car when we were going out driving. Funny how things turn out, i met Eeek back stage at a festival we were both playing at. Really nice guy and really tall.

One of the best ones yet!

Bill, tgo

Awoke with a Heavy Mental song in my head...

Michael Hedges - Rootwitch

Totally Joey's fault... 😄

Lee Ann is from Waco, and like any natural-born Texan (like me) she was raised on country music from a different planet than 'I Hope You Dance', admittedly a huge commercial hit, a landmark song that she'll sing at every show from now on.

She hated it.  She hated what the record company expected from her.  So when her contract expired, she walked, and now sings modern and traditional versions of the type of music we grew up on, and we are the better for it.  What a woman.  This is the kind of thing I think of when I hear the term Americana.

Ms Wilson asked 'what's Americana' and I tell her it's music made by people who sing in pitch (even harmonies!) and play instruments in tune and in time.  Imagine such a thing!

What I'm listening to right now is my favorite sound in the whole world:  My wife having a good laugh.

She had me from "Buckaroo", back in nineteen-ninety-whatever-it-was when I got into that crazy town. What a voice, and she had somehow cracked the Music Row Code. Like you said though, sometimes you sing/play songs you don't love singing/playing, because of the relationship between your livelihood and the tip-jar or record executives.


LeeAnn is still a treat to listen to. She picks stuff that really works for her. And that band is tops.

In memory of Gary (and Ronnie, Billy, Bob, Leon, Allen, Ed, and Steve): 

Peter

My favorite version.

Bill, tgo

Blue Collar bluegrass humor, at its absolute finest.


...and knowing this Cat, it's most likely true!