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Jumpin’

smijer — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 19:38:24 +0000

How did I get to be thirty something years old and never hear of the Flamin’ Groovies?

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The Spider Farm Concert 2010

Buck — Tue, 11 May 2010 19:33:25 +0000

Well Uncle Al had the 2010 Spider Farm Concert and it was lots of fun. The weather was gorgeous during the day but it did get a little cold after the sun went down for an elderly guy who decided for some reason to wear shorts.

This year a couple of the tunes were posted up on youtube so here they are for your enjoyment.

Working Man Blues and Precious Lord.

That ain’t bad porch jammin’ in my opinion.

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Amazing Grace

Buck — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:51:17 +0000

I have heard it performed by many folks and in many ways but this is about as good as it gets.

That little girl is going places.

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Booker T Jones & the Drive-By Truckers

smijer — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:00:29 +0000

I ran across this looking for something to watch. So, John A Arkansawyer, & other fans…

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Thanks Boss!

jadarm — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:35:39 +0000

As a novice musician who has played, …and wishes to continue playing local venues…I want to extend a very meaningful Thank You to Mr. Bruce Springsteen for his stance on this.

ASCAP must have their heads up their proverbial backsides on this one. Sounds like they were trying to make an example…and using Bruce’s name in the process.

Gratuitous plug inserted here.

Get a life folks!

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Tearin’ it up!

Buck — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:58:25 +0000

I like a guy who puts lot of emotion in his music

Here is a real up and comer

His tongue / eye coordination is second to none.

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The CMA Awards Show

Buck — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:34:54 +0000

Well I broke down last night and watched the country music awards show. I had heard that Dave Matthews was going to perform with Kenny Chesney. I knew it would be about 45 seconds worth of Dave Matthews but what the hell. The show had already screwed me out of Modern Family so I figured I might as well watch it in its entirety.

It turned out to be the Taylor Swift show. It is funny. I just do not keep up with the music scene like I once did. Hell I only found out that Taylor Swift was a girl about a month ago. I had heard people talking about Taylor Swift and I had always just assumed Taylor was a male.

So I saw her perform for the first time last night. And I saw her perform and perform and perform and win and win and win and I thought what in the name of God has happened to country music?

She is a child who sings to children. Watching her made me feel like I was watching an episode of the mouseketeers. How is it that she gets to take home all of the hardware?

I was raised on country music. But when I say that I mean Jim Reeves, George Jones, Stonewall Jackson, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Johnny Horton and folks like that.

I can tolerate a good portion of the new country music I just do not really consider it to be country. As Rick Bragg once said of Faith Hill, “she is beautiful and sings beautifully but she is about as country as Siegfried and Roy”.

The world is changing. I guess it is as Brad Paisley sings. Welcome to the future.

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Artistic realism about romance – Paul Simon

smijer — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:46:46 +0000

I’m too old for romance, but for young people who might be reading… a sampling of snippets of Paul Simon lyrics about romance. PS keepin’ it real:

From “Still Crazy After All These Years”

I’m not the kind of man
Who tends to socialize
I seem to lean on
Old familiar ways
And I ain’t no fool for love songs
That whisper in my ears
Still crazy afler all these years

From “Train in the Distance”

Two disappointed believers
Two people playing the game
Negotiations and love songs
Are often mistaken for one and the same
Now the man and the woman
They remain in contact
Let us say it’s for the child
With disagreements about the meaning
Of a marriage contract
Conversations hard and wild
But from time to time
He makes her laugh
She cooks a meal or two
Everybody loves the sound of a
train in the distance
Everybody thinks it’s true

And my favorite… from “You’re the One”

Nature gives us shapeless shapes
Clouds and waves and flame
But human expectation
Is that love remains the same
And when it doesn’t
We point our fingers
And blame blame blame

A callous soul might think these words cynical, but they’re not. They’re just a little edgier and more organic than the rarefied imaginations of the sentimentalist. And more true. If you doubt, then just wait until you, like Joni Mitchell, have looked at love from both sides.

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One more

smijer — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:13:16 +0000

Hope I can be forgiven for being obsessed… One more and I’m done..

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Pretty Good

smijer — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:00:08 +0000

Via Unc… I post here because I know there are a couple of pickers in the audience. I expect they will agree with me that the kid is decent.

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Actually, this is just the one Unc stumbled upon. Turns out the kid has a couple of other tunes in his repertoire. … Billie Jean is good… as is More than Words… and tapping out Pachelbel’s Canon in D is very interesting.

Like I said, the boy doesn’t stink.

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