Music
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Bold new insight
Barack Obama is a lot like Lenny Kravitz. Both have a well defined personal story which makes for an easy story for critics and pundits. They both sound just like vague rehashes of the Kennedy era so they seem familiar to those in the pundit demographic. Both were barely born then, so the talking heads can proclaim them to be “new”. Both are of mixed race ancestry so people can feel good about themselves for saying they like them. Both have problems with “authenticity”.
Where’s my CNN.com column?
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Tommy Womack at Decatur CD
Yesterday I went to see the immensely talented Tommy Womack at both Decatur CD and later Eddie’s Attic. One of the best shows I’ve seen in years. The photos are from the in-store appearance at Decatur CD.
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“I get real depressed and tell everybody”
That’s my favorite line on Tommy Womack’s latest album “There I Said It“. I like this album a lot. Womack has been on my top three list of favorite living songwriters for several years now, and this is probably his best work to date. It’s a bit more electric than much of his prior work, which usually i don’t like but it works quite well on this album.For those of you not familiar with Tommy, he was in the bands Government Cheese and the Bisquits and also worked with Jason Ringenberg on several albums. He’s had five (I think) solo releases; all very good. I’d ordered several of his other albums through his website and he was nice enough to send me an advance copy of There I Said It several months before it came out. I think it’s his best yet. He’s one of the very few non-bluegrass artists I listen to at this point in my musical life.
I think this is the only album review I’ve done on the blog to date.
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Happy, Happy
I won the open Mic at Limerick Junction last night, it was a decent performance on my part. I did the standard material.
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Three items of interest
- The UltraMarathon Man
- David Lee Roth Doing Bluegrass – sort of disturbing
- Not disturbing is Norman Blake in a rare YouTube appearance
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Loving the new camera
The new D-80 quite nice. From the A-Sides show at A Capella books last night. That’s my guitar.
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For those scoring at home
I won the open mic last night. I flubbed the Carter family song but the flatpicking on Ruby Ridge went over very well.
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Quote of the moment
I think my life will run out before my work does.
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Quick Wednsday rapid fire
- Free Fusion Razors
- Folk Alley seems cool
- Photoshop Tutorials
- Microsoft launches an html editor called Expressions. I’m quite curious.
- Republican uses animals, mariachi band to critique border security
- Google goes solar
- Crunching the Numbers on Hydrogen
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Open Mic Night once again
I did the open mic night at Limerick for the first time in quite a while last night. The songs I played were Blackjack County Chain, Red Clay Halo, Will You Miss Me, and
Waitin’ Around to Die. I played breaks on Blackjack County Chain and Will You Miss Me. It’s hard to tell how it all sounded with the PA the way it is. I’m bringing my pre-amp next time.The A-Sides are in the photo above.