Thursday, September 22, 2011

Monday, September 12, 2011

happy birthday Possum


someone made this um...tribute to the george jones classic. fitting birthday wishes for the man who once attempted to drive to the liquor store on a lawn mower.

Monday, September 5, 2011

flowers of the forest


This is a really haunting version of the traditional Scottish ballad by Dick Gaughan. I have been obsessed the last day or so with the Fairport's version on "Full House". This was the song played at Sandy Denny's funeral.

JA Brown


This would have been my grandad Army Brown's 98th birthday. He spent most of his twenties and thirties gigging around the South in a swing band back during the Depression. One of his bandmates and best friends was Sidney Chilton, Alex's dad. I wrote "Ponotoc" on my last album for my grandad; he was one of the first people to take me out and buy records and explained all the different instruments in the symphony orchestra. And whenever we had family reunions the evenings would end with Army sipping scotch and playing endless medlies of Tin Pan classics. Along with my father, he is one of the central reasons why I ended up devoting most of my life to music.

Sunday, September 4, 2011

big bottom


Noted bass gospel singer and Elvis backup vocalist JD Sumner....Good way to start your Sunday