The band had just finished a very credible version of Merle Haggard’s classic Workin’ Man Blues [which is playing in the background as I type this…the newish version featuring Willie Nelson and Merle’s son Ben] and I mentioned to friends how great it was that young musicians continued to pay tribute to the greats of country… Continue reading Hypin’ Jorge
Category: Music
Tony Joe White / Dave Alvin: Subsonic Vocals
One of my Christmas gifts was an iTunes gift card, and I always use such windfalls as an excuse to look for music that’s a little outside the mainstream. Coincidentally, a song on SiriusXM’s Outlaw Country station caught my attention, and so I went searching for it. Although my car radio’s readout often truncates artist… Continue reading Tony Joe White / Dave Alvin: Subsonic Vocals
The Little Willies
Don’t try to read anything into the post title. It simply refers to a group of musicians who have successful careers on their own, but who enjoy getting together from time-to-time to perform, and they’re about to release a new album entitled For The Good Times. This album is essentially a cover tribute to some… Continue reading The Little Willies
Cleaning up iTunes Album Art
We went to a dance a few weeks ago and the band performed a song that we weren’t familiar with, but it was catchy enough that I looked it up when I got home. It turned out to be Forget You by a pudgy hip hop musician named Thomas Calloway; the cognoscenti will know him… Continue reading Cleaning up iTunes Album Art
Another 15 seconds of “fame”
Remember this post? No? Can’t say that I blame you; it dealt with some pretty obscure subject matter. Well, unless you’re a musician and music historian who’s writing a scholarly book about the musicians of Alabama including Gene Sullivan and who had almost despaired of finding a photograph of Mr. Sullivan…until he stumbled across this… Continue reading Another 15 seconds of “fame”
Q. Are we living in the End Times? A. Yes.
Jim Denison was our guest preacher yesterday. His message centered on the End Times, and he opened it with the question and answer that comprise the title of this post. Simply put, when Jesus Christ conquered death and the grave 2,000 years ago, He fulfilled all the Messianic prophecies. Every. Last. One. Of. Them. (Yeah,… Continue reading Q. Are we living in the End Times? A. Yes.
Random Thursday – The Wednesday Edition
Random observations while contemplating an age-old question: exactly how much Angel Food Cake is the equivalent of one piece of chocolate cherry fudge cake? Oh, and reader beware. Here there be snark. In large quantities. And possibly *gasp* sarcasm. Think the EPA isn’t out of control? First, they* want to shut down the oil and… Continue reading Random Thursday – The Wednesday Edition
Willie Nelson: A Marvel of Musical Efficiency
Willie Nelson’s concert in a less-than-packed Horseshoe Arena last night was a model of efficiency. His bus backed through the doors of the coliseum at around 7:25 p.m., behind a stage that was a model of minimalism: one snare drum, two beat-up amps, a piano, and a couple of microphone stands. Willie appeared ten minutes… Continue reading Willie Nelson: A Marvel of Musical Efficiency
Black Rings of Distraction
I had a big ol’ Random Thursday post ready to go, but at the last second I decided you were probably tired of that meaningless, Content Free™ junk, so I pulled the trigger on a project that’s been rattling around in my head for a while, ever since I ran across this website. It’s called… Continue reading Black Rings of Distraction
The Beatless
I made a couple of jesting comments on Facebook and Twitter about this article describing the first documented case of something called beat deafness, wherein a man named Mathieu “can’t feel music’s beat or move in time with it.” But it’s a bigger problem than those researchers probably realize. I’m sure that complete beat deafness is… Continue reading The Beatless