Rober Earl Keen farewell tour (ticket prices certainly match) tomorrow night at the Ryman. A few months ago I said I was done with downtown Nashville. I'm making an exception. Quite a fun show. REK played a long time, over 2.5 hours. All the hits were played and he brought out Todd Snider for Play ...

Rober Earl Keen farewell tour (ticket prices certainly match) tomorrow night at the Ryman. A few months ago I said I was done with downtown Nashville. I'm making an exception.

I've been in a serious Tom T. Hall rabbit hole lately. I found an old interview with him where he talks about politics and religion. He kinda tied his liberalism to things he saw in most churches growing up. I do believe he was a christian but he said the things that got Christians fired up most had...

I don't care what Pence's motives were. When the chips were down he did the right thing. He is a pretty shitty, loathsome guy for the most part, but he got this one right.
I think KISS is a terrible band. Strutter is a damn good song though.

I do not like Mike Pence. I am beginning to respect him a lot more through the course of these hearings though. Agree. But I think we need to be careful for throwing around words like "brave" and "hero". The Republicans who stood up are simply fulfilling the oath they swore. The are doing the bare-...

I do not like Mike Pence. I am beginning to respect him a lot more through the course of these hearings though.

The problem, Mr. Clams, is that this is NOT, or should not, be about anyone's opinion about Trump; it's about facts: What happened, who did it, and why. Seriously bubba, you think facts still matter? Are you not paying attention?? Have you learned nothing in the last 6 years??? IMHO, this is probab...

3 really good records were also released last Friday S.G. Goodman—Teeth Marks Angel Olsen—Big Time Fantastic Negrito—White Jesus, Black problems All vying for playing time I've been digging the S.G. Goodman too. She's basically local to me. She's from Hickman, Kentucky, which is a tiny little town ...

I watched it.
Not gonna move the needle at all.

Remembering Levon. Born on this day in 1940, he passed away at the age of 71 in 2012. This is from the new album with Mavis Staples, Carry Me Home. fuGWSAi6IgI Levon has been on my mind a lot lately. I've been working a good bit in the Arkansas delta and I've gone through Marvell, his hometown, sev...

My wife and I are headed out later today and heading to Merlefest in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Lots of great artists on the bill. Looking forward to it. Next week I'm gonna attempt a trifecta of Adam Carroll in Mobile, Steve Forbert in Meridian, Ms and Scott Miller in Nashville. It's an ambitious ...

You’re not kidding. It’s funny because growing up downtown Nashville was a great place if you wanted to get mugged, stabbed, etc., but ~10-15 years ago it actually began to improve as more businesses moved in. Unfortunately, that led to BIG business moving in and now what we’ve got is essentially a...

Beautiful night in Music City for a rock show (besides the downpour that came after the show, but that’s beside the point)! Lydia Loveless kicked things off, and while her set was a subdued, solo affair, she has some wonderful songs and is always one of my favorite DBT openers. DBT took the stage a...

Iowan wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 27, 2022 8:41 am

That new Ian Noe is really good.

I'm really into it. River Fool, Ballad of a Retired Man, and Road May Flood/ It's a Heartache are on a nonstop loop in my head.

My wife and I are going to boogie down to Birmingham in a couple weeks and catch Ian live.

Clams wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 25, 2022 7:09 am

Brand new and really good
For those who like the Prine/Simpson/Childers strain of music.

It's fantastic.

Might even bring his old six string
Hammer that CCR

Saw Robert Earl Keen play his last Road To Christmas show ever last night at Germantown Performing Arts Center in suburban Memphis. It had been rescheduled due to covid shit.
It was a blast.

Thanks for the kind words, folks.

I've tried to get into The Kernal for quite a while but it had never totally clicked for me. I'm all in on this new release though.
He was on Rhett Miller's podcast a few weeks ago and he seems like a very interesting, nice guy too.

https://i.imgur.com/CZE7Y2V.jpg Shit yeah !!! My dad passed away Christmas Eve. He was not a metal guy at all, but he absolutely loved UFO. Those records got worn out around our house when I was a kid. He and his brothers went to see them in the late 1970's anytime they were within a two or three h...

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cortez the killer wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 29, 2021 2:00 pm

Driftless Area = Good beer & good tunes

And fishing. I'd love to visit some day.

My wife and I went canoeing near Spring Green, Wisconsin, which is in the Driftless Area, a couple years ago. It was great.
Wisconsin is great.

All the best.

My father had a liver transplant 15 years ago. I'm a big fan of the transplant.

dime in the gutter wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 08, 2021 9:13 am

don't do it....

Maybe the greatest live recording ever. I hadn't listened to it in a year or so and it was staggering.

dime in the gutter wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 07, 2021 1:38 pm

Me too.

I wasn't there but here's a couple of vids that are circulating online. Thanks Tyler. 3RdNsQMPyf0 mBhbVO1JJP4 Random thoughts... I was there and it was pretty great. Although I did leave before Patterson and Cooley joined Jason during his set. David Hood also came out and played bass on Everybody N...

I am really digging the book so far.
However, in a book that explicitly stresses the importance of places and the people who come from those places, it says Lynyrd Skynyrd is from Gainesville. They definitely were not.

A while back there was some discussion on her about the origins of the vitriol and division we see today between political factions. I made a case, or at least expressed my belief, that it started in the early 1990's with Rush Limbaugh, the rise of conservative talk radio, and Newt Gingrich. Well, l...

My tickets are purchased. Looking forward to it.

Sadly, this is going to make Katrina look like a summer rain storm. Category 4 hurricane PLUS full to capacity hospitals (thanks Covidiots) equals a disaster in the making Not so much. I know you are a lot closer to "local" than most of us, so do you have any information not generally available. Be...

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chuckrh wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 28, 2021 3:30 pm

Thoughts & prayers to all of you in Ida's path. Looks like an ugly one. Be safe & well!

Sadly, this is going to make Katrina look like a summer rain storm. Category 4 hurricane PLUS full to capacity hospitals (thanks Covidiots) equals a disaster in the making

Not so much.

I'm always surprised that Song for a Deckhands Daughter isn't more of a favorite.

It has perhaps my favorite line from any of his songs....

"Came home at Christmas
Wouldn't say where he'd been
With no presents for the children
Only stories for the men"

I am tapping.