Cool Album Of The Day : Dave Alvin "Blackjack David"
Today’s Cool Album of the Day (#808 in the Series) is Dave Alvin, Blackjack David
I’d like to write a little about Dave Alvin. Because I LOVE Dave Alvin.
Not in a physical way you understand, I don’t even know the man after all and neither of
Road-Tested Mark Knopfler is a Working Class Act
A masterful musician and workmanlike writer who continues to connect — whether through allegorical tales of adventure or powerfully personal reflections that cut to the core — impressed the hell out of longtime devotees and some random disbelievers at the 1stBank Center on October 29.
And his name isn’t Bob Dylan.
Song of the Moment: Youngstown
As the presidential race comes down the stretch, it's all about Ohio.
So we're told.
Ohio is the swing state du jour.
All eyes are on it.
Whatever.
There are many songs about Ohio. The top of the heap is - no doubt - the one
How criticism helped the vaudeville: The spotlight on Franklin “Baby” Seals
I have always had a soft spot for persons and events which for whatever reason have fallen out of grace in history books. Often, their story discloses much more of their environment than the historic relics which have been promoted on a pedestal, for the historic aura of the latter
Ramblin' With Jack Elliott -- Austin, Texas 1972
Jack Elliott is an extremely rare individual. As troubadours go, he is a legend. As a human being, he is an enigma. He represents many things to many people, but most of all he stands as one of the last of a unique breed of American male—the professional rambler.
Bruce's Darkness To Nebraska (A Song Cycle To Badlands)
In 1973, Terrence Malick Directed Martin Sheen & Sissy Spacek, (as well as Warren Oates), in the art film "Badlands" more than rumored to be Bruce Springsteen's favorite film. It's based on the mid West murder spree of Charles Starkweather and his girlfriend Carol