Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Lord Acton
The human herd stampedes on the fields of facts and the valleys of truth to get to the desert of ignorance. Saman Mohammadi
The only difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits. Albert Einstein
"...if the military is going to defend our freedoms, then we need freedoms to defend. Our freedoms must be restored before the military can defend them..." Lawrence M. Vance
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Lord Acton
The human herd stampedes on the fields of facts and the valleys of truth to get to the desert of ignorance. Saman Mohammadi
The only difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits. Albert Einstein
"...if the military is going to defend our freedoms, then we need freedoms to defend. Our freedoms must be restored before the military can defend them..." Lawrence M. Vance
"I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it." - William S Burroughs
"I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it." - William S Burroughs
I like the high & lonesome sound there, Dak, but I'd call that clawhammer banjo Old Time rather than Bluegrass.
Bill Monroe would have been 100 years old this Tuesday, September 13.
Uncle Penn:
UNCLE PENN Recorded by : Doug Kershaw; Bill Monroe; Buck Owens; Elvis Presley; Ricky Scaggs; The Flying Burrito Brothers; Hank Williams
Oh, the people would come from far away They'd dance all night till the break of day When the caller hollered ""Do-se-do"" He knew Uncle Penn was ready to go.
CHORUS: Late in the evenin' about sundown High on the hill and above the town Uncle Penn played the fiddle, oh how it would ring You can hear it talk, you can hear it sing.
He played an old piece he called ""Soldier's Joy"" And the one called ""The Boston Boy"" The greatest of all was ""Jenny Lynn"" To me that's where the fiddle begins.
REPEAT CHORUS
I'll never forget that mournful day When Uncle Penn was called away They hung up his fiddle, hung up his bow They knew it was time for him to go.
I like the high & lonesome sound there, Dak, but I'd call that clawhammer banjo Old Time rather than Bluegrass.
Seemed close enough to call either way. I get that bluegrass is a specific genre, but Roscoe has to at least merit honorary mention.
"I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it." - William S Burroughs
Yeah, boy. I've got an electronic keyboard and a little grand pye-a-no that I've just put new bass strings on.
You can do all kind of nonsense with digitized sound, but there's nothing like live strings resonating through spruce & mahogany. It just fills the atmosphere in a different way.
Recorded by : Doug Kershaw; Bill Monroe; Buck Owens; Elvis Presley; Ricky Scaggs; The Flying Burrito Brothers; Hank Williams
Many of them can be seen right here:
"I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it." - William S Burroughs
my girlfiend could play the fiddle like crazy, and sing,(maybe a little flat, but not horrible so)... i would browbeat her into driving around the countryside, stopping at beerjoints, and playing for beers.
I used to drive all over hell with girls to hear music here and there. We'd drive twenty hours non-stop to Texas with an open twelve pack and a quart of coffee and drive without stopping. It's a wonder that we never got nailed. Those were the good old days.
the thing that really bothers me is that nobody knows what they're capable of.
like this beach in baja california... the topography made a slit with a natural reverb, and the mexicans would sing there... the americans shit there, despite their knowing what the place was about.
mexicans seem to assume they can sing, so they sing... americans seen to assume nobody can sing unless they have a microphone.
lord knows how many americans have... voices... that could reach us, if they wwere still human.
So finally it was just easier to move here and go to Gilley's?
Yes, except it ain't there no more. The building's still there, last time I checked. I drove down to Pasadena (Pasa-get-down-dena as they call it here) and took some pic's of the empty shell.
We don't do any bar hopping in Houston for some reason. I do all my Texas drinkin' and drivin' in Austin these days.
Lots of those great voices of the past trained up without microphones like Hank and Kitty. That includes the big classical voices that I'm real fond of too and have on vinyl.
Never heard that before. But then there are a lot of songs I have never heard.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Lord Acton
The human herd stampedes on the fields of facts and the valleys of truth to get to the desert of ignorance. Saman Mohammadi
The only difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits. Albert Einstein
"...if the military is going to defend our freedoms, then we need freedoms to defend. Our freedoms must be restored before the military can defend them..." Lawrence M. Vance
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Lord Acton
The human herd stampedes on the fields of facts and the valleys of truth to get to the desert of ignorance. Saman Mohammadi
The only difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits. Albert Einstein
"...if the military is going to defend our freedoms, then we need freedoms to defend. Our freedoms must be restored before the military can defend them..." Lawrence M. Vance
Mmmm mmmm, possum gravy and it ain't even Thanksgiving!
See how nice I am to everyone? That's just how I roll.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Lord Acton
The human herd stampedes on the fields of facts and the valleys of truth to get to the desert of ignorance. Saman Mohammadi
The only difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits. Albert Einstein
"...if the military is going to defend our freedoms, then we need freedoms to defend. Our freedoms must be restored before the military can defend them..." Lawrence M. Vance
my girlfiend could play the fiddle like crazy, and sing,(maybe a little flat, but not horrible so)... i would browbeat her into driving around the countryside, stopping at beerjoints, and playing for beers.
it was a fucking tragedy.
Why was it a "tragedy"? Drunk driving tickets, wrecks with injuries or people killed?
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Lord Acton
The human herd stampedes on the fields of facts and the valleys of truth to get to the desert of ignorance. Saman Mohammadi
The only difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits. Albert Einstein
"...if the military is going to defend our freedoms, then we need freedoms to defend. Our freedoms must be restored before the military can defend them..." Lawrence M. Vance