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Now Looky Here Gal, Don’t You High-Head Me
[Man, I have no idea how this happened, but I plumb forgot to publish July 23rd's post. I wrote the draft, put in on the imeem playlist and forgot about it. Whoops! I'm on the road in the AM, so enjoy the Whoo-fer Wednesday!]
Lester Flatt had the kind of talent that could only have been [...]
They Tell Me Of A Place On Earth, But I Ain’t Found It Yet
There’s a particular sort of sorrow that’s expressed so perfectly in this song. One of my very favorite Bad Livers tunes, and that’s saying something.
Those within reach of San Francisco and Oregon will get a chance to see the newly reunited Livers (the Bob Grant version — sorry, fellow Ralph White fanatics) at Hardly Strictly [...]
Sigh
Today, all the songs are making me cry because someone very special was taken from this world too soon. TP was the definition of the word “lovable,” and he touched countless people with his generosity and his commitment to creating a better world.
In addition to being one of the nicest, most genuine people I’ve ever [...]
Prop Every Leanin’ Side
A little spiritual number to get you through the holidays.
The Nashville Bluegrass Band - Every Humble Knee Must Bow from To Be His Child (insound / amazon CD / amazon mp3 / itunes)
Mandatory Christmas Content - I’m At Peace With The World
The King of Christmas songs.
Elvis Presley - If Every Day Was Like Christmas
I’d Crawl Every Inch Of That Ground
Listen, dear hearts — please go see The Del McCoury Band when they come to your town. Worthy successors to Bill Monroe And The Blue Grass Boys. Who will be the worthy successors to The Del McCoury Band?
The Del McCoury Band - A Far Cry from The Family (which seems to be out [...]
Darkness Finds Me Weeping There
In that dear old village church yard
I can see a mossy mound
Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys - Village Church Yard from the 1971-1973 box set (CD / download)
