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Okay - it's Wednesday. It's been a very busy week, and things do not seem to be slowing down any time soon. But, it's all good.
Wednesday, we shuffle up every single song in my phone's memory and see what happens. So, these may be newer songs, random songs that don't fit another classification, "stragglers" from prior featured albums, things I don't remember adding to my phone, classics, favorites, and assorted goodness. We call it "Wild Wednesday". For one, the results can be pretty wild, but mainly, "wild" as in "wildcard".
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Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Wild Wednesday Morning Shuffle - Crawfish, Cigarettes, and Fishing Line Mix
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By the way, a white supremacist/propagandist has been given unprecedented power by the current president. I am not okay with this. #Notapoliticalcomment #Facts #Vigilance #Resistance
Man - some days, you just have to push forward purely on force of will... yesterday, after a full day of work, I recorded an upcoming Double Shot show, then I headed to The 5 Spot for another $2 Tuesday. Elli Perry, Thor Platter, Los Colognes - including Derek Hoke joining for a new song of his, AJ Hobbs (who I have featured here on E2TG and who is in the New Music playlist - by the way AJ Hobbs backing band included all three members of Buck N' Stuff, and the late night set was Buck N' Stuff themselves Not a bad night of music for $2. Dragging a bit today - but...
Today's Wild Wednesday Shuffle comes from a random shuffle of all of the songs currently on my phone.
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By the way, a white supremacist/propagandist has been given unprecedented power by the current president. I am not okay with this. #Notapoliticalcomment #Facts #Vigilance #Resistance
Man - some days, you just have to push forward purely on force of will... yesterday, after a full day of work, I recorded an upcoming Double Shot show, then I headed to The 5 Spot for another $2 Tuesday. Elli Perry, Thor Platter, Los Colognes - including Derek Hoke joining for a new song of his, AJ Hobbs (who I have featured here on E2TG and who is in the New Music playlist - by the way AJ Hobbs backing band included all three members of Buck N' Stuff, and the late night set was Buck N' Stuff themselves Not a bad night of music for $2. Dragging a bit today - but...
Today's Wild Wednesday Shuffle comes from a random shuffle of all of the songs currently on my phone.
Thursday, February 11, 2016
Thursday Morning Music Shuffle - Be My Enemy Mix
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It's been a weird week filled with annoyingly insignificant snow "events", a day off, a significant life event, just one (so far) live music night, and some pretty cool shuffles...
Shuffle.... pretty cool....
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It's been a weird week filled with annoyingly insignificant snow "events", a day off, a significant life event, just one (so far) live music night, and some pretty cool shuffles...
Shuffle.... pretty cool....
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Thursday Morning Music Shuffle - Close Your Eyes, Breathe Slow and We'll Begin Mix
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"Close your eyes, breathe slow, and we'll begin..." - from "The Pan Within" written by Mike Scott and recorded by his band, The Waterboys from their album This is the Sea.
Last night I took the Blackstone Bus to Music City Roots at the Factory in Franklin. I think the bus is one of this town's best kept secrets. Every Wednesday, the bus departs from The 5 Spot in East Nashville makes a stop at Soulshine Pizza in Midtown and then makes its way down I65 to Franklin.
Reasons it is such a cool, awesome deal: 1. The ride is free. You pay your (usually $10) Roots ticket, select the Blackstone Bus option. 2. They serve samples of different varieties of Blackstone Beer (the longest currently operating local brewery). 3 You get some free hors d'oeuvres courtesy of Monnells. 4. There is usually awesome live music on the bus and 5. You don't have to drive.
About #4 - the scheduled music performer was under the weather, but because Nashville - it turned out that The Worry Dolls were on board. The Worry Dolls are recent transplants from London. I had seen them at a showcase during Americana, and they graced us with some songs on the bus. I nice treat to be sure.
This weeks Music City Roots was pretty eclectic. Host Jim Lauderdale opened the show with a song from his new album - which I now really want to check out. A bluegrass band from Italy played one song. I really dug them a bunch - they are called La Terza Classe. The Orphan Brigade played next, they are a really interesting group of experienced players with a pretty fascinating story. They completed their current album in Kentucky at what is called the Most Haunted House in America. I really liked their music which is kind of moody roots music - I guess. LynnMarie was next with her polka band. They won me over by opening their set with a cover of The Who's "Squeezebox" and a song written about LynnMarie's son who has Down's Syndrome. The latter song really spoke to me.
Amy Black was up next - backed by some of the players who joined her when I saw her CD Release show at The Bluebird Café and supplemented by a horn section and noted Nashville bassist Hags Haggerty. They sounded fantastic.
Ted Drozdowski's Scissormen played the final set of the night and did what they do best - bringing the authentically original take on psychedelic North Mississippi blues music. And for those who read yesterday's post - no, the MCR stage could not contain Ted Drozdowski. Drozdowski is a phenomenal guitar player and his band provide some amazing support.
The closing Music City Jam featured a pretty awesome version of a song Muddy Waters recorded called "Rollin' and Tumblin'". It was amazing to hear the different takes from everyone on stage.
On to the shuffle:
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"Close your eyes, breathe slow, and we'll begin..." - from "The Pan Within" written by Mike Scott and recorded by his band, The Waterboys from their album This is the Sea.
Last night I took the Blackstone Bus to Music City Roots at the Factory in Franklin. I think the bus is one of this town's best kept secrets. Every Wednesday, the bus departs from The 5 Spot in East Nashville makes a stop at Soulshine Pizza in Midtown and then makes its way down I65 to Franklin.
Reasons it is such a cool, awesome deal: 1. The ride is free. You pay your (usually $10) Roots ticket, select the Blackstone Bus option. 2. They serve samples of different varieties of Blackstone Beer (the longest currently operating local brewery). 3 You get some free hors d'oeuvres courtesy of Monnells. 4. There is usually awesome live music on the bus and 5. You don't have to drive.
About #4 - the scheduled music performer was under the weather, but because Nashville - it turned out that The Worry Dolls were on board. The Worry Dolls are recent transplants from London. I had seen them at a showcase during Americana, and they graced us with some songs on the bus. I nice treat to be sure.
This weeks Music City Roots was pretty eclectic. Host Jim Lauderdale opened the show with a song from his new album - which I now really want to check out. A bluegrass band from Italy played one song. I really dug them a bunch - they are called La Terza Classe. The Orphan Brigade played next, they are a really interesting group of experienced players with a pretty fascinating story. They completed their current album in Kentucky at what is called the Most Haunted House in America. I really liked their music which is kind of moody roots music - I guess. LynnMarie was next with her polka band. They won me over by opening their set with a cover of The Who's "Squeezebox" and a song written about LynnMarie's son who has Down's Syndrome. The latter song really spoke to me.
Amy Black was up next - backed by some of the players who joined her when I saw her CD Release show at The Bluebird Café and supplemented by a horn section and noted Nashville bassist Hags Haggerty. They sounded fantastic.
Ted Drozdowski's Scissormen played the final set of the night and did what they do best - bringing the authentically original take on psychedelic North Mississippi blues music. And for those who read yesterday's post - no, the MCR stage could not contain Ted Drozdowski. Drozdowski is a phenomenal guitar player and his band provide some amazing support.
The closing Music City Jam featured a pretty awesome version of a song Muddy Waters recorded called "Rollin' and Tumblin'". It was amazing to hear the different takes from everyone on stage.
On to the shuffle:
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Wedneday Morning Music Shuffle - Mountains, Rivers, and The Sea Mix
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Been busy this week with writing and getting ready to write. There is a pretty good chance that I won't have time to post a shuffle tomorrow or Friday, but if I can I will. In any event, expect some other kinds of posts to even things out. I am finally going to be getting out and about a bit tonight - at least that is the plan. And by the way, that "Nashville dilemma" that I have written about is still very much a thing. I'm already double booked on some live shows almost two months out. What a great problem to have.
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Been busy this week with writing and getting ready to write. There is a pretty good chance that I won't have time to post a shuffle tomorrow or Friday, but if I can I will. In any event, expect some other kinds of posts to even things out. I am finally going to be getting out and about a bit tonight - at least that is the plan. And by the way, that "Nashville dilemma" that I have written about is still very much a thing. I'm already double booked on some live shows almost two months out. What a great problem to have.
Thursday, October 1, 2015
Thursday Morning Music Shuffle - Why? 1K Mix
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I'm not sure what it is about round numbers... zero is a round number. We all seem to like lots of zeros. Why zero? Why not nine? or eight? Ah well, who am I to blow against the wind?
So this is post number 1000* for Ear to the Ground. Quite a milestone, I suppose, and I am really thankful for everyone who has read, shared, commented over the years. I am been introduced to a lot of great music and met a bunch of really awesome people as a result of this blog. I certainly did not expect that happen when I began. I mean I hoped someone, somewhere would read theses rambling posts, but it has been a great ride so far.
*1000 posts on Blogger. The first six or seven months of Ear to the Ground were on Posterous. A few entries were cross-posted but some were not.
Ear to the Ground is for one thing, a way for me to share my experiences with the music of my life. From the beginning, I knew that I could not cover all of the music being made - that I would not compete with the Brand-X music blogs with their top ten lists and clickbait headlines... In my daily shuffle, I strive to keep a good mix of old and new music from a variety of genres and movements.
I cannot really say for sure why music has become such an important part of my life. I just remember the joy of discovery I experienced when music like Velvet Underground or The Jam or The Clash or Bob Dylan or Bruce Springsteen first came into my consciousness. Music is filled with connections and if you follow those connections you often are lead down rabbit holes and find yourself in places you never could have expected. I think life can be like that, too. I hope I never lose that spirit of discovery - again. I lost it once, and I was lucky enough to have it revived.
Been in a nostalgic mood... last night I took the Music City Roots bus from The 5 Spot in East Nashville to The Factory in Franklin for a special Music City Roots show. It was a benefit from Tommy Womack who was seriously injured in an automobile accident earlier this year. The show was filled with iconic figures from the Nashville Rock music world that I first experienced (from the perimeter) back in the mid to late 1980s. Dan Baird opened his set with "Keep Your Hands to Yourself" which became a massive hit single for Baird's old band, The Georgia Satellites. Beginning in February 1985 and ending sometime in early 1993, I kept a journal which basically would have probably been a blog or at least a Livejournal in a later time. Just random thoughts, and I quoted song lyrics quite often. From the moment I first heard, "Keep Your Hands to Yourself" - it made it's way into my brain and I quoted it often in my journal. It was almost surreal watching the song move from this (sort of) local college radio song to the top part of the nationwide singles charts. Dan's set included material from his brand new record as well as a way too cover of Springsteen's "Johnny 99" from Nebraska - which by the way was the first album I ever bought on CD.
Webb Wilder - so many great shows over the years, and his set was filled with songs from his brand new album. Will Kimbrough - I remember a sput-of -the-moment drive to Nashville with my friend Boyd to see Will's old band Will and the Bushmen. I remember Bill Lloyd joining them on stage that night. Lloyd was there, too last night.
Jason and the Scorchers tore up the stage and 30 something years later - Jason Ringenberg and Warner Hodges still defy gravity and still careen around the stage like an out of control whirling dervish. I first saw the Scorchers live almost exactly 30 years (give or take a few weeks) ago, and "Broken Whiskey Glass" still gets me every time.
So - let's get on with our shuffle for post number 1000. It isn't a shuffle of a specially prepared playlist.. like almost all of my posts - the music player shuffle picked the tunes and placed them in a certain order... and here we go.
"The Return of Jimi Hendrix" by The Waterboys
"The Old and the Young" by Midlake
"All Along the Watchtower" by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
"Enjoy the Rise" by Saint Cole
"Waterfalls" by Crow and the Canyon
"Hoka Hey" by Dan Martin
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I'm not sure what it is about round numbers... zero is a round number. We all seem to like lots of zeros. Why zero? Why not nine? or eight? Ah well, who am I to blow against the wind?
So this is post number 1000* for Ear to the Ground. Quite a milestone, I suppose, and I am really thankful for everyone who has read, shared, commented over the years. I am been introduced to a lot of great music and met a bunch of really awesome people as a result of this blog. I certainly did not expect that happen when I began. I mean I hoped someone, somewhere would read theses rambling posts, but it has been a great ride so far.
*1000 posts on Blogger. The first six or seven months of Ear to the Ground were on Posterous. A few entries were cross-posted but some were not.
Ear to the Ground is for one thing, a way for me to share my experiences with the music of my life. From the beginning, I knew that I could not cover all of the music being made - that I would not compete with the Brand-X music blogs with their top ten lists and clickbait headlines... In my daily shuffle, I strive to keep a good mix of old and new music from a variety of genres and movements.
I cannot really say for sure why music has become such an important part of my life. I just remember the joy of discovery I experienced when music like Velvet Underground or The Jam or The Clash or Bob Dylan or Bruce Springsteen first came into my consciousness. Music is filled with connections and if you follow those connections you often are lead down rabbit holes and find yourself in places you never could have expected. I think life can be like that, too. I hope I never lose that spirit of discovery - again. I lost it once, and I was lucky enough to have it revived.
Been in a nostalgic mood... last night I took the Music City Roots bus from The 5 Spot in East Nashville to The Factory in Franklin for a special Music City Roots show. It was a benefit from Tommy Womack who was seriously injured in an automobile accident earlier this year. The show was filled with iconic figures from the Nashville Rock music world that I first experienced (from the perimeter) back in the mid to late 1980s. Dan Baird opened his set with "Keep Your Hands to Yourself" which became a massive hit single for Baird's old band, The Georgia Satellites. Beginning in February 1985 and ending sometime in early 1993, I kept a journal which basically would have probably been a blog or at least a Livejournal in a later time. Just random thoughts, and I quoted song lyrics quite often. From the moment I first heard, "Keep Your Hands to Yourself" - it made it's way into my brain and I quoted it often in my journal. It was almost surreal watching the song move from this (sort of) local college radio song to the top part of the nationwide singles charts. Dan's set included material from his brand new record as well as a way too cover of Springsteen's "Johnny 99" from Nebraska - which by the way was the first album I ever bought on CD.
Webb Wilder - so many great shows over the years, and his set was filled with songs from his brand new album. Will Kimbrough - I remember a sput-of -the-moment drive to Nashville with my friend Boyd to see Will's old band Will and the Bushmen. I remember Bill Lloyd joining them on stage that night. Lloyd was there, too last night.
Jason and the Scorchers tore up the stage and 30 something years later - Jason Ringenberg and Warner Hodges still defy gravity and still careen around the stage like an out of control whirling dervish. I first saw the Scorchers live almost exactly 30 years (give or take a few weeks) ago, and "Broken Whiskey Glass" still gets me every time.
So - let's get on with our shuffle for post number 1000. It isn't a shuffle of a specially prepared playlist.. like almost all of my posts - the music player shuffle picked the tunes and placed them in a certain order... and here we go.
"The Return of Jimi Hendrix" by The Waterboys
I love music that references other artists and their music. I love songs that are about dreams. I love The Waterboys and I love Jimi Hendrix. This song is from The Waterboys 1993 album Dream Harder and the version I heard was from the 2005 live album Karma to Burn.
"The Old and the Young" by Midlake
Midlake are a folk band from Denton Texas. This song is from their fourth and most recent studio album Antiphon.
"All Along the Watchtower" by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Speaking of Hendrix... the recording I heard was from the Atlanta Pop Festival in 1970. Bob Dylan has indicated that when he plays this song (which Dylan wrote) he performs it as a cover of the Hendrix version.
"Enjoy the Rise" by Saint Cole
We have a sneak peak of from forthcoming album Within the Skin from this electronic dance/indie pop band from the UK. Great sounding, accessible electronic music.
"Waterfalls" by Crow and the Canyon
Crow and the Canyon are an acoustic folk band from Portland, Oregon. I love this song.
"Hoka Hey" by Dan Martin
We close out this milestone post with the opening and title track off the current album by Oklahoma musician Dan Martin. Maybe my favorite song on the album, and I dig all the songs from Hoka Hey - the album.
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Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Tuesday Morning Music Shuffle - Never Chew a Pickle Mix
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ICYMI - check out the exclusive premiere of Mark Robinson's "Gone South (Electric Rock)" Video.
It is a rainy day in Nashville... You know what I like on a rainy day? Music!
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ICYMI - check out the exclusive premiere of Mark Robinson's "Gone South (Electric Rock)" Video.
It is a rainy day in Nashville... You know what I like on a rainy day? Music!
Monday, September 21, 2015
Monday Morning Music Shuffle - Like Monkeys Do Mix
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Well, back to reality and back to our daily shuffle. More recaps of AMA 2015 will be forthcoming.
Suffice it to say, I had the time of my life - hearing tons of great music, seeing and meeting people, and sharing some once in a lifetime moments.
It is Monday and that means, I am back to work and we have a nifty shuffle to kick off the post-AMA hangover week...
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Well, back to reality and back to our daily shuffle. More recaps of AMA 2015 will be forthcoming.
Suffice it to say, I had the time of my life - hearing tons of great music, seeing and meeting people, and sharing some once in a lifetime moments.
It is Monday and that means, I am back to work and we have a nifty shuffle to kick off the post-AMA hangover week...
Saturday, September 5, 2015
Saturday Afternoon Music Shuffle (Live Blog Event) - Who Knows What May Happen Mix
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Welcome to Saturday, and a ultra rare Saturday shuffle - live blogging experiment. Enjoy...
3:09p.m. Hit Shuffle
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Welcome to Saturday, and a ultra rare Saturday shuffle - live blogging experiment. Enjoy...
3:09p.m. Hit Shuffle
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Wednesday Morning Music Shuffle - Champagne Eyes Mix
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The mid-week point has been reached... A fun night at The 5 Spot last night for $2 Tuesday. Got to meet and hear Angela Easterling. Her new album, Common Law Wife - which we have featured a few songs from - is one of the best I've heard this year. She has a very unique and beautiful sound. Joe Nolan played a full-band set. It was the first time I saw him with a drummer, and it sounded great! Host Derek Hoke played a short set backed by Paul Niehaus on pedal steel, Steve Latanation on drums, and Mark Robertson (of the Legendary Shack Shakers) on upright bass. Then, Carl Anderson played a long set of his wonderful songs. Not a bad $2 show...
Tonight, Brian Wright opens up the last week of the Joe Fletcher residency at The 5 Spot. I had to miss the first two weeks, but I will not miss this one. Two of East Nashville's finest writers.
Onto the shuffle:
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Monday, August 24, 2015
Monday Morning Music Shuffle - Strangest Cargo Mix
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Just as the weather is showing it's first signs of cooling off, the music around town is heating up. Shows are stacking up, Americana Music Association Festival is just a couple of weeks ago, outdoor shows are starting to ramp up...
Meanwhile, the E2TG Random Music Shuffles roll along. We have a good one that covers quite a bit of musical ground... shall we? We shall!
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Thursday, August 6, 2015
Thursday Morning Music Shuffle - Man Can Be Mix
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It was great to see three great local artist with their awesome bands last night at The Basement (Classic not New). Andrew Leahey, Mac Leaphart, and Sara Syms. Fun night!
Jumping right into the shuffle...
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It was great to see three great local artist with their awesome bands last night at The Basement (Classic not New). Andrew Leahey, Mac Leaphart, and Sara Syms. Fun night!
Jumping right into the shuffle...
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Thursday Morning Music Shuffle - Beautiful Bones Mix
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Another great night of music in Nashville - both the shows I saw and those I wasn't able to see (can only be in one place at a time!). What I saw: Lindsay Ellyn had her EP release show at Two Old Hippies in the Gulch, and once again demonstrated why I have been so impressed with her music since I met her last fall. It's a simple formula that not too many can or will follow. Start with great songs, surround yourself with top-notch talent, treat others kindly, and work hard. Her EP Out of Road is out and available at the usual places, and it comes highly recommended by #E2TG.
After Lindsay's show, I hopped over to 3rd and Lindsley for the Bobby Memphis Benefit show. It was a great night for a great cause, and I finally got to see the Human Radio live and her both their classics and some awesome new songs. (Read my Review on No Depression). To donate to the Bobby Memphis fund - visit the Go Fund Me page.
Human Radio reformed at the end of 2014 and they are in the midst of a Kickstarter Campaign for a new album and tour.
Whew! Btw, another great night of music on tap for tonight! Shuffle did you say?
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Another great night of music in Nashville - both the shows I saw and those I wasn't able to see (can only be in one place at a time!). What I saw: Lindsay Ellyn had her EP release show at Two Old Hippies in the Gulch, and once again demonstrated why I have been so impressed with her music since I met her last fall. It's a simple formula that not too many can or will follow. Start with great songs, surround yourself with top-notch talent, treat others kindly, and work hard. Her EP Out of Road is out and available at the usual places, and it comes highly recommended by #E2TG.
After Lindsay's show, I hopped over to 3rd and Lindsley for the Bobby Memphis Benefit show. It was a great night for a great cause, and I finally got to see the Human Radio live and her both their classics and some awesome new songs. (Read my Review on No Depression). To donate to the Bobby Memphis fund - visit the Go Fund Me page.
Human Radio reformed at the end of 2014 and they are in the midst of a Kickstarter Campaign for a new album and tour.
Whew! Btw, another great night of music on tap for tonight! Shuffle did you say?
Monday, April 27, 2015
Monday Morning Music Shuffle - Bouncing in to Graceland Mix
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Last night, I took in a fine show at 3rd and Lindsley with East Nashville songwriter Aaron Lee Tasjan opening for the legendary Ray Wylie Hubbard. And, yes this was as badass awesome as it sounds like it would be... but don't take my word for it... okay, take my word for it... read my review at No Depression...
Tonight I am seeing some up and comer named Bob Dylan. Heard some good things about him...
Shuffle-wise, we start off the week with some good stuff.
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Last night, I took in a fine show at 3rd and Lindsley with East Nashville songwriter Aaron Lee Tasjan opening for the legendary Ray Wylie Hubbard. And, yes this was as badass awesome as it sounds like it would be... but don't take my word for it... okay, take my word for it... read my review at No Depression...
Tonight I am seeing some up and comer named Bob Dylan. Heard some good things about him...
Shuffle-wise, we start off the week with some good stuff.
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Tuesday Morning Music Shuffle - This is Definitely Not Offensive Mix
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Some pretty remarkable things have been happening in regards to me music writing. I can honestly say that I see completely overwhelmed sometimes (in the best possible way), and that I truly feel humbled. In the last day or so, I have seen words that I wrote showing up on Facebook posts and websites and other places, posted by people I respect a whole bunch. I am continuing to find my place in the crazy mixed up circus that is the Nashville/East Nashville music world. I just recently got invited down to Safety Harbor Songfest this weekend in Florida to hang out with awesome people and hopefully write some words. Gratitude is a overused, underappreciated emotion, but one that I am feeling in abundance today. I am not going to name names simply because I will leave people out, but I know for a fact that none of this would be possible but for some of the people who read this blog in the early days and connected with me so that I knew I was not writing into an abyss (or to the disproportionate number of site visitors from Russia in those early days). Nor, would I have continued with the encouragement and concern expressed by some when I had to take an unexpected break from blogging. Nor would any of these good things be happening with the friendship and support of those who helped me through one of the roughest patches of my life.
To think this whole vast empire (sarcasm intended) was built on the foundation of a random shuffling of songs... Let's shuffle, shall we...
Some pretty remarkable things have been happening in regards to me music writing. I can honestly say that I see completely overwhelmed sometimes (in the best possible way), and that I truly feel humbled. In the last day or so, I have seen words that I wrote showing up on Facebook posts and websites and other places, posted by people I respect a whole bunch. I am continuing to find my place in the crazy mixed up circus that is the Nashville/East Nashville music world. I just recently got invited down to Safety Harbor Songfest this weekend in Florida to hang out with awesome people and hopefully write some words. Gratitude is a overused, underappreciated emotion, but one that I am feeling in abundance today. I am not going to name names simply because I will leave people out, but I know for a fact that none of this would be possible but for some of the people who read this blog in the early days and connected with me so that I knew I was not writing into an abyss (or to the disproportionate number of site visitors from Russia in those early days). Nor, would I have continued with the encouragement and concern expressed by some when I had to take an unexpected break from blogging. Nor would any of these good things be happening with the friendship and support of those who helped me through one of the roughest patches of my life.
To think this whole vast empire (sarcasm intended) was built on the foundation of a random shuffling of songs... Let's shuffle, shall we...
Friday, February 27, 2015
Friday Morning Music Shuffle - Alone in a Crowd Mix
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The end of a long strange week... we have a pretty nifty mix of old and new music of various styles and moods and subjects... all making a cohesive morning shuffle...
The end of a long strange week... we have a pretty nifty mix of old and new music of various styles and moods and subjects... all making a cohesive morning shuffle...
Friday, February 6, 2015
Friday Morning Music Shuffle - A Real Double Duchess Mix
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"We Are Undone" by Two Gallants
"The Silent Orchestra" by Hamilton Leithauser
"Expressway to Your Heart" by Soul Survivors
"This Day" by Meat Puppets
"Riverside" by Julie Christensen Band
"Jimmy Hickey's Waltz" by The Waterboys
"Revolution Rock" by The Clash
"My Uncle Used to Love Me But She Died" by Roger Miller
"New Amsterdam" by Elvis Costello and the Attractions
"We Are Undone" by Two Gallants
The title track from the album of the same name... see what I did there? This folk duo are from San Francisco and their name is a reference to the title of a James Joyce story from The Dubliners. Grabbed this track from an ATO Records sampler, and I want to hear more.
"The Silent Orchestra" by Hamilton Leithauser
From Black Hours, the debut solo effort by the lead singer of The Walkmen.
"Expressway to Your Heart" by Soul Survivors
Some late Sixties' Philly Rhythm and Blues... Yeah! From When the Whistle Blows Anything Goes... yes it does...
"This Day" by Meat Puppets
Another from Forbidden Places, I am definitely under the influence of Meat Puppets.
"Riverside" by Julie Christensen Band
Ah! A last chance to plug tonight's show at The Family Wash. Julie is incredible and she has a killer band, so yeah... Nashville - get down there.
"Jimmy Hickey's Waltz" by The Waterboys
Instrumental from Fisherman's Blues. Shall we waltz?
"Revolution Rock" by The Clash
from the classic London Calling... I love this song and this sound.
"My Uncle Used to Love Me But She Died" by Roger Miller
I am a fan of absurdity. This song is purely absurd, and I love it.
"New Amsterdam" by Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Elvis Costello! Get Happy!! One of my favorite songs...
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Thursday, February 5, 2015
Thursday Morning Music Shuffle - It Wasn't Long Ago Mix
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Had a terrific time at Music City Roots last night: Family and Friends, Matt Phillips, The Bros. Landreth, and Dale Watson. Big thanks to the Sippy Biddys for letting me be a honorary guest biddy for the night.
On with the shuffle..
Had a terrific time at Music City Roots last night: Family and Friends, Matt Phillips, The Bros. Landreth, and Dale Watson. Big thanks to the Sippy Biddys for letting me be a honorary guest biddy for the night.
On with the shuffle..
Monday, February 2, 2015
Monday Morning Music Shuffle - Big Opportunity Mix
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At press time, No Depression is featuring my latest live review on the front page of their site. Check it out.
Meanwhile, we kick off the week with a morning shuffle that does not feature any dancing sharks...
At press time, No Depression is featuring my latest live review on the front page of their site. Check it out.
Meanwhile, we kick off the week with a morning shuffle that does not feature any dancing sharks...
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Wednesday Morning Music Shuffle - Pretty as a Prayer Book Mix
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In the midst of a busy week of music. Had the opportunity to hang out with some friends, watch some talented friends make music, and be introduced to some music I haven't heard before. Tonight, it is Darrin Bradbury playing at the Stone Fox on the west side of Nashville.
In the midst of a busy week of music. Had the opportunity to hang out with some friends, watch some talented friends make music, and be introduced to some music I haven't heard before. Tonight, it is Darrin Bradbury playing at the Stone Fox on the west side of Nashville.
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