Every once in awhile you hear a song that stops you in your tracks. This song does it every time I hear it... every damn time! I'm not sure when Rodney Crowell first entered my awareness. I mean he has been bouncing around in there for decades... Hell he's been…
I have an old playlist playing today... It's bringing up plenty of old memories... https://youtu.be/AaZD_r3zXGk?si=h1MB_whdjrp6kosl https://youtu.be/BPTOY8FrvNw?si=-O1GXSs0KAQTtMY- https://youtu.be/PTUkE3hj8i8?si=n1ScCZCJMTjSKcaG And the music keeps playing...
Saturday, Christmas Eve Here's wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Peaceful New Year,,, Christmas in the Wild, Gary Boyd I am not an artist. But I wanted to paint something for the holidays... So I did. I guess I should sign it, but I'm really…
sunday A Sunday afternoon on the playlist... You never know what's coming up next unless you look... And there's weeks worth of music in the que...
It's Monday This time it's for real Linda... I was off to the doctor earlier today... Nothing wrong, just a regular follow-up. When I got back I was wandering around the internets... Somehow I stumbled upon a site called Cover Lay Down. They seem to have had their last post…
Sunday No images... Not many words... Just a video of a singer-songwriter I've never heard before that caught my ear playing from my music library... https://youtu.be/Shr47LVcA5I She is a favorite of my eldest daughter. Evidently I was given a couple of CDs back in the day and I ripped them…
Saturday... https://youtu.be/LwSE3sjv0ZM The Winamp machine was playing this song last night. For some reason it just didn't sound quite right and I couldn't figure out why... I mean I knew the song... Knew it really well... But not the Jimmy Buffett version. So, I went into google mode... And the…
Saturday Night Music https://youtu.be/uqheSQjmBhA The Winamp machine has hit the randomness of some really good blues guitar tonight... It's been probably two decades since I first discovered Matt Thorpe. I still enjoy listening to him make a guitar scream... During early 1999 Matt then persued a solo career spanning 8…
Friday Night Music https://youtu.be/SuapCENFM2U Ok... I was just letting YouTube pick the music on the TV in my living room... And this one was just really, really fun. And come on... Mary Chapin Carpenter! Saturday night and the moon is out I wanna head on over to the Twist and…
Friday https://youtu.be/7GSQKo-HTKU This morning dawned clear and cool... again. The day is sunny and destined to rise into the mid 70's. Just another ride on the rollercoaster that is SE Texas weather. Tomorrow's high is forecast to be 60 degrees at 5am... From there on the prognosticators are foretelling of…
Tuesday https://youtu.be/b8ctGQR0tho Stepping out on the back porch this morning before first light it felt like I thought it should feel on a warm and humid last day of August. The temperature was 79°, cooler than normal was still quite warm. It felt humid, but there was no condensation on…
Nanci Griffith, a Grammy-winning singer and songwriter who kept one foot in folk and the other in country and was blessed with a soaring voice equally at home in both genres, died on Friday. She was 68.Nanci Griffith, Singer Who Blended Folk and Country, Dies at 68, New York Times…
Talk about a blast from the past that is oh so relevant today... https://youtu.be/80_39eAx3z8 [Verse 1]There's something happening hereBut what it is ain't exactly clearThere's a man with a gun over thereA-telling me, I got to beware [Chorus]I think it's time we stopChildren, what's that sound?Everybody look what's going down…
Souls ain't born, souls don't die Soul ain't made of earth, ain't made of water, ain't made of sky So, ride the flaming circle, wind the golden reel And roll on brother, in the wheel inside the wheel via The Story Behind "Wheel Inside The Wheel" By Mary Gauthier. Have…
I just got this in an email from James Taylor... I though I would pass it on. http://www.youtube.com/embed/hx7z_vKMdCo
https://youtu.be/GZfj2Ir3GgQ Thank-you NPR. Kacey Musgraves - Merry Go 'Round is one great song. I heard this on the All Songs Considered Podcast I downloaded this morning...Damn, this girl can write...And sing. I will be following what should be a big musical career. Just Saying...Give it a listen. Later: Of course, my…
The house is empty...Crank the volume up... Just a bit. Listen to more Cowboy Junkies at Wolfgang's Vault. I have loved Wolfgang's Vault since I discovered it many years ago...Go check out their music. Then read their story.
There was a time not too many years back when the music never stopped playing in what ever room I was in. Then for a long time it was podcasts that played all day long. Then I began to notice that the predominate theme of the podcasts were all politics...…
https://youtu.be/KSkF2wGAVdA Ever since I heard her for the first time...There is some thing in Mary Gauthier's voice that I just can't get enough of. Tania Elizabeth adds another dimension. I have loved her playing since Paste first covered the Duhks way back whenever... I see they'll be in the Woodlands next…
One of my favorite music spots on the web is Wolfgang's Vault. I get weekly emails from them as they release new concerts from the archives. Today they sent out a link to this concert from 1972. After listening to the music as I read email and scanned the news…
I sat up last night in the field out behind my house. The cold clear sky was unusual for a peak night of a meteor shower. It is more normal to walk out on those nights and see the sky covered with clouds... But last night was beautiful. I had…
How I managed to avoid Anderson Fair all these years is beside me. It makes no sense. All of the people I enjoy listening to seemed to grow up into national stars on that stage in that little barn of a building. Yet miss it I did. Now I hold out for…
I just stumbled across this from Lyle's Facebook page...I have to say, the quality of the recordings are mind blowing...If you like Lyle's music, you'll love these...Have a listen. Pantry Natural Forces The Interview
Every time I hear this lady sing I wonder where I was all her life...Have a listen. I am...Again
The entire (well mostly anyway) reason for our jaunt up the road to the middle of the country wasn't to see the famous Arch. It wasn't to celebrate history. It wasn't even to find a cooler climate, though, that seemed to happen on the one day that mattered. The reason for the trip was to visit the special facility the citizens of St. Louis had built for the simple pleasure of watching the summertime antics of a flock of red birds. Cardinals of the subspecies Americanis baseballus St. Louis.
It's Sunday morning, two days after Christmas, the shines bright in a robin's egg sky. It's cold out...Though, nothing like most of the country. Yesterday's rain has given way to a still, beautiful morning...At least from the point of view of the window beside me as I sit here at…
Walking out to the mailbox today I spotted this guy growing at the base of one of our live oaks. I don't know what caused the strange pattern of growth, but it is definitely different. Another thing I noticed as I wandered down the drive is the first batch of…
My neighbors across the street have been makin' music for a few years now. For a while my youngest son played bass with them on some of their local gigs. These days they seem to be reahing a bit higher...And I for one, am very impressed with this video they…
From Facebook... Priscilla Ahn's brand new performance of 'The Boobs Song', recorded live in London! There is something about this young lady's voice that just grabs me. I could listen to her sing any time at all... Have a great Memorial Day Weekend.
It's hard to believe the impact one man's songs can have on a nation and a world...Thanks for living a life that can be an example to us all... Where have all the flowers gone? Long time passing Where have all the flowers gone? Long time ago Where have all…
I seem to enjoy finding blogs written by authors. One of the latest I've wandered across is by Fiona Robyn. She posted an article yesterday that popped up via my feed reader today. The title of the piece was How To Slow Down. I found this section in particular spoke…
I find myself musing about what was and what may have been as I hit the big double nickle. Simon and Garfunkel were two of my favorites. From the release of the Graduate on, I couldn't get enough of their harmonies. And now I find Paul Simon still says it…
Widely regarded as America's greatest living songwriter, Bob Dylan has written and recorded some of the most influential and acclaimed music of the past century. With countless studio albums, compilations and live discs to his name in his nearly 50-year career, Dylan continues to produce new music that's as vital…
And the party never ends... Robert Earl Keen is a hell of a story spinner and a pretty good songwriter. Sherry was a waitress at the only joint in town She had a reputation as a girl who'd been around Down Main Street after midnight with a brand new pack…
YES! Magazine Exclusive Interview :: Pete Seeger “I remember Pete Seeger from when I was a child and this story-telling, banjo-picking singer would come on his sloop, the Clearwater, to the neglected little parks that lined the Hudson River not far from my home. His presence brought people together to…