'Selfless'
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Joe, I was rushing to the end to say that the Willie song seems the most expendable to me (which is probably the first time I've ever thought that).
As usual I was being a smartass, Hayden. I love the song, and the album it's from, Phases and Stages, is one of the ones I profiled for Lost in the Grooves.
David, that's definitely a mix after my own heart. I can't tell you what to delete, although I've acquired a personal and probably temporary distaste for Tecumseh Valley. For six months after Townes died, practically every singer I saw thought he had to do a Townes song and they almost all did Tecumseh Valley. Their versions ranged from bad to "I think I'll go to the bathroom and hope the sound doesn't reach there."
Oh, Ginger, I'm sorry that you have a dislike for "Tecumseh Valley" now, because it's such a great song. The first version of it I heard was Nanci Griffith's, but I've fortunately been spared a thousand lesser covers of it.
I'm sure I'll get over it, because it's a great song. I too first heard it by Nanci Griffith.
Kate and Ginger - send me you addresses.
makes notes for mailing
I almost put on "Snake Mountain Blues" but "Tecumsah Valley" worked better nestled up against the moody "Silver Raven." I do love Our Mother The Mountain quite a bit - the ultimate country/goth album until Johnny resurrected his career with Rick Rubin. My favorites though are the title track, "Kathleen," and "St. John the Gambler."
joe, that Willie record is as good as advertised and since all the songs are new to me (except "Sister's Coming Home" which I knew from the Emmylou cover) it's quite a treat to get so much Willie in his prime.
Tragic news of the week? There's a HUGE free bluegrass/folk festival in Golden Gate Park next Sunday with much talent that will be conflicting with Emmett's birthday party. It's got Greg Brown (JZ's alltime favorite), Guy Clark, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Del McCoury and dozens of others. Le sigh. Might be able to catch some of the later shows.
You obviously showed poor planning when you conceived Emmett.
His birthday was on the twenty-third, but we pushed the party back a week since his Mom was out of time.
Here's the full schedule - fifty acts at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. Emmylou, Gillian Welch, Steve Earle, Nick Lowe, Robert Earl Keen, Hazel Dickens...
Hey, this looks kind of cool -- some people at Columbia are doing a study about music (I got an email because I signed up for that "six degrees" thing a hundred years ago):
Now we have another project that we think you might enjoy. This one tries to understand how people form their musical tastes. If you participate you will have a chance to discover and download cool new music. It's legal and totally free. Check it out, >[link]It's apparently "up and coming" artists that you listen to/download.
As usual I was being a smartass, Hayden. I love the song, and the album it's from, Phases and Stages, is one of the ones I profiled for Lost in the Grooves.
D'oh! I wasn't being a smartass. I love that album, but if that song is the one I'm thinking of, it's not one of my favorites.
some people at Columbia are doing a study about music (I got an email because I signed up for that "six degrees" thing a hundred years ago):
I tried that last Friday and my reaction to the seven or so of those songs I heard veered from indifference to outright hatred. But I hope there's some good stuff on there.
And damn, I'm being negative today. Should just shut mouth.
I just did it, and listened to about a dozen songs, amd my most positive reaction was "meh."