tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75881212011-08-17T13:06:39.900+10:00A Country Music Death Beast and Worker in the Dylan-Industrial Complex in Sydney AustraliaAmandanoreply@blogger.comBlogger6841100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588121.post-48818410338056665162008-01-29T06:02:00.000+11:002008-01-29T09:29:05.995+11:00

Not hereabouts at least. Blogger has served me well, I have no complaints with it and recommend it anyone. But I was feeling the need for a Daniel Craig-esque reboot of the franchise and so you now need to go here for the new site.

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A list of every book Art Garfunkel has ever read.

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I think I can honestly say that Jose Feliciano has never before been mentioned on this blog. Got the Best of the Johnny Cash Show DVDs -- more later.

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I'm not doing Tamworth this year ;-( but if I were I would probably try and catch Andy Baylor at the Southgate every single damn day. The place is just not the same without him. Steve from Yesterday and Today will also be setting up at the Southgate, selling the best country collection this side of Nashville and probably the other side of it too.

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Notes:* I don't know why Willie Nelson is under R&B either.* Big Mama Thornton with the Muddy Waters Blues Band is my new favourite blues record EVAH. * Honeyboy Edwards they say is one of the last living connections to R. Johnson, having palsed around with him on the day he died.* Danny O'Keefe wrote "So Long, Harry Truman" and also "Goodtime Charlie's Got the Blues." Never heard of him before

Amandanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588121.post-76668585610217708632008-01-08T07:50:00.000+11:002008-01-08T07:57:38.914+11:00

I did a quick 2007 Favourites at Hickory Wind. I neglected to mention Bishop Allen, The Broken String. Listen to the MP3 of Bullet and Big D to see why. Although that song is not actually on the album but it should have been. This is what I said:Upfront and Down Low -- Teddy Thompson. Can't add much more to my original review. Still holding up a few months later.Hammer of the Honky Tonk

Amandanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588121.post-44495409632144074002007-10-12T18:17:00.000+10:002007-10-12T18:26:15.101+10:00

A very acceptable new record of honky tonk. The Mootster is joined by ex-Dwight svengali Pete Anderson on guitar and production.Listen to: The Man, The Myth.

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Ages ago, I got the second volume of the Sopranos soundtrack and was captivated by "Black Books" by Nils Lofgren. It's still one of my very favourite songs. His solo work hasn't always reached those heights, but I got Sacred Weapon (2006) the other day and it's excellent. Rocky, bluesy, funky, a bit of country including Nils of some gorgeous pedal steel, interesting and varied songs, Nils'

Amandanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588121.post-50584250825158114352007-10-10T15:24:00.000+10:002007-10-10T15:40:22.544+10:00

I met Keith at the LA premiere of Pirates 3, and I mean, what do you say to someone whom you listen to literally every day of your life? For me, it's simple, it's the Stones and Dylan, bar when you have someone over, then it's a bit of Marvin Gaye on top just to be sociable.~ Bill Nighy. The Word, August 2007, p. 61I wanted to buy the new issue of The Monthly while waiting for the train but

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Recently went on an eMusic splurge. Pearls Before Swine were a 90s psychadelic folk band and One Nation Underground was released in 1967. According to Wikipedia:They were quickly signed up, and recorded One Nation Underground (1967), featuring songs of mysticism, protest, melancholia, and some controversy in the case of “Miss Morse”, which spelled out an obscenity in code.The sophisticated 2007

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This is a great cover. "As the albums have gotten worse, the covers have gotten better. Discuss." Also I love that at his official website you can actually pat the dog. Go on, try it. So cute!I have put this off and off because I listened to it a few times and did not like it. This depresses me because I love Steve Earle but have not, not one bit, loved his last few albums. I choose

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Picture stolen from my sister's blog.The new Tom Russell, Wounded Heart of America, which is a collection of ogher folks covering him from over the years plus a few new ones from Tom himself. I got it from the best shop in Sydney Yesterday and Today -- go buy stuff.Veteran's Day -- Johnny Cash Recorded on "Boom Chicka Boom" in the Mercury interlude between being dumped by Columbia and crossing

Amandanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588121.post-88209134325542704492007-10-09T08:40:00.000+10:002007-10-09T08:49:58.967+10:00

October 23rd. "Close Up the Honky Tonks" is on Dwight's MySpace page.

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OK so September is pretty much over and I am not going to make my one-post-a-day target. But I did OK. I hit a wall when uni deadlines started bearing down. This essay won't write itself and bob knows I've given it enough opportunity to do so. Having a semi night off for the rugby league grand final even though I hate both teams.All I want to say about it is this:And BOOOOO to the NRL for being

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Song of America is a three CD set exploring the byways of the great American songbook originating with none other than Janet Reno. I’ve only heard bits and pieces thus far, as is usual with projects like this some of it works and some of it fails to grab you BUT it has given me my favourite song of the year.Bettye LaVette covering Bruce’s Streets of Philadelphia. You can hear it here.I always

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1.Handle With Care -- Traveling Wilburies2. Somehow, Someday -- Ryan Adams3. Promised Land -- Elvis Presley4. I'm Walking the Dog -- David Ball5. Bethleridge -- Robbie Fulks6. Find You At Last -- John Hiatt7. Cold Irons Bound (Live) -- Bob Dylan8. There's a Story in Your Voice -- Elvis Costello and Lucinda Williams9. She Knows Why -- Claude King10. Fraulein O. -- James McMurty11. Cipó de goabeira

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First live performance of Meet Me in the Morning, in Nashville. (with Jack White)

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Well, I've missed a couple of Septabulous days on account of: essay. We'll make it up on the back end. Trying to avoid doing just YouTube posts but I'm not above it.Dylan's Theme Time radio show is back tonight/today. Weee!Lucinda Williams has been doing these series of shows where the first half she plays one of her studio albums song for song ( PDF of World Without Tears show in LA. PDF is

Amandanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588121.post-2544546384373752792007-09-17T18:26:00.000+10:002007-09-17T18:29:14.512+10:00

Alberta Hunter.

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Nowt to say except I added a Lastfm widget to the sidebar, below recent comments. Stickybeak away at what I'm playing on iTunes. It's all jazzed up today because that's what I put on when I'm in the other room writing an essay as I supposedly was.You will see the new Moot Davis album Already Moved On appearing there in the coming days. It's really very good.Went to Sydney Uni library today but

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Here's a recap of the FEM music so far:Teddy Thompson: Upfront and Down LowJohnny Irion: Ex TemporeCaitlin Cary and Thad Cockerell: BegoniasNorwegian Hank Williams etc

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New Bob Dylan album in January ... with Rick Rubin and someone called Jacknife? I thought Bobby/Jack Frost had had his fill of celebrity producers.

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... has some audio up from the forthcoming Mary Gauthier record, Between Daylight and Dark. I'm loving them all.

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Off topic and originally posted at Sidelined.The Bronx is Burning is a 2007 eight episode ESPN series (yeah, they make drama too. Who knew?) about the famous 1977 Yankees. Due to the tyranny of distance, my interest in baseball is casual but there's alot I find attractive about the game, and the mythology that surrounds it. By accident of birth I'm pouring over economy rates and not outs

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Ringtones.Why do people download ringtones when you can just load your own MP3s into your phone?Mine is "Like A Rolling Stone" and I didn't pay no stinking $5.95 or whatever for it.Oh OK I guess what you might be paying for is the right -- although I don't see why you should need extra permission, any more than to play it on your car stereo with the windows down -- to use it as your ringtone but

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An intensely lovely collection of early Neil Young meets early Elton John with a cosmic American sheen. The sort of music you would hear on the radio for the first time but be sure you'd been listening to that song all your life. Some tracks on his MySpace page -- particularly check out Eyes LIke a Levee and Roman Candle.

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Nothing groundbreaking with the new Bruce single but just hearing the E Street sound is enough for some of us. Go, Clarence! I can't imagine Bruce really thinks in terms of singles anymore, they chuck out this middling rocker for the pack and keep the best for the album. Can't remember what the "leaked" single for Devils and Dust was but it was the same for that. Wait for the album. October

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On Upfront and Down Low, below, Teddy Thompson does a heart-rending version of Dolly Parton's "My Blue Tears."For the only one that I have ever loved has gone awayAn' I'm in no mood for the sunshine today Know who else has recorded this track?Goldie Hawn, that's who.

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Sharon Jones, & the Dap Kings.MP3: This Land is Your Land, Sharon Jones &the Dap Kings.Soul/funk outfit discovered by me only recently and this song is about perfect for the day. "This Land is Your Land", yes that one, from the recent album Naturally. Woody Guthrie meets Detroit, and while that might sound iffy to some I can say No! It really works. Very hot, soulful, funky (they're a soul/funk

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Yes, I am posting today, although I am loathe to push Teddy down the page because SERIOUSLY! I LOVE IT. Actually, I already know what I'm doing for tomorrow. Suck on that.Picked up last month's Uncut today. Has an A-Z of Dylan People. I think I've said before somewhere here -- who can keep track -- I recently discovered Bob Neuwirth's latter career as a singer-songwriter, a very nice Guy/Townes

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Prior to Monday at around 3pm I had been listening almost non-stop to the Dylan, Norwegian stuff and Begonias of previous Septabulous* posts. Since then, post-visit to Egg Records in Newtown, it has been All About Teddy. All about Teddy, and his new long player Upfront & Down Low.OMG YOU GUYS! This is brilliant. The SMH review is good for background, saving me the bother. Good boy, MSM! You're

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Tom Russell's The Man from God Knows Where is a must have for all and it features a couple of Norwegian singers, Sondre Bratland and Kari Bremnes. Thanks to the miracle of eMusic, I recently started exploring their original Norwegian catalogues. I no speakee the Norskee and the lyrics are usually the main focus for me but I find I like their voices, delivery and the music so much I can’t stop

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Well Bob has been and gone.Your puny hu-man language has no words.MP3: Nettie Moore, Sydney, 15th August.These were my first live shows since '01 (behind the iron curtain of no-one-good-ever-tours-russia-ness in '03) but they still open and close with two extraordinary moments. Sure, the music in between is ineffable but I go to be In The Presence and the intro and the band farewells are where

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Two years late on this one but I've just discovered one of the best albumsof 2005: Begonias by Caitlin Cary and Thad Cockrell. Cary is the girlsinger from Whiskeytown but Thad is totally new for me. Modern traditional country duets which are a mix of the 70s Gram/Emmylou, an older Nashville tradition plus your modern alt.country sensibility. Thad sounds remarkably like Gram on one song ("

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Long NYT magazine article (may have to sign in) on flakey genius Rick Rubin.And just to remind you not everything he touches turns to gold : Charmed Life, Mick Jagger. Listen if you dare! Funny how no includes "Wandering Spirit" when they're reeling off all Rubin's masterpieces. Heh.

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Well Bob is in Sydney tomorrow and Thursday night and this is the first I've said about it, which shows how the blogging mojo has gone. Comment here on anything Bob if you wish and I might update later. If you're in Sydney come to the Crystal Palace for pre-gig drinkies.Update Wed: So I was told Denny Freeman, Bob's guitarist, was going to be sitting in with Cayton Doley's Organ Donors at the

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(which you cannot see unless you are his friend. Like me, suckas!) Classical, especially Vivaldi. Folk, especially Simon and Garfunkel (Feeling Groovy), John Williamson, and Redgum. I enjoy a selection of jazz, including Ella Fitzgerald. Some John Denver during car trips.

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Elizabeth Cook "Sometimes it Takes Balls to Be a Woman"This is the attention getter from her album Balls, but it is all great stuff. Produced by Rodney Crowell. Elvis "If You Talk in Your Sleep"From below collection. I actually wanted to find the Little Milton version, but there is precious little of him on YouTube. Get your act together, you people providing free stuff for my convenience!

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... for not blogging by telling you that you can buy this slice of heaven-- Elvis Presley, Walk a Mile in My Shoes: The Essential 70s Masters -- for $16.99 (sixteen dollars ninety nine cents AUD) from iTunes. Five discs. 120 (one hundred and twenty) songs. For whatever reason they have it all bundled as one album. Ta, Steve. Seen it in the hard copy shops for $90 and its USD71 on Amazon. Of

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In which I return to blogging (music blogging, anyway) , just to bitch.Ryan Adams is playing the Enmore on August 23rd, according to the Terrorgraph. A Thursday. What is it with these mid week gigs? Rawk stars and music promoters may not have real jobs, but some of us do. Some of us are already taking time off work/study for Dylan the week before and cannot take any more. Boo.

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Gotta run but if I don't do it now I'll never do it. Saw Wanda Jackson last night. 70 years old and still a voice that can strip paint -- in a good way.I believed she wore the same pink terry towelling fringey poncho as here:

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New Sydney and Melb shows announced for Bob. For anyone that may have doubted it, Bob Dylan has just confirmed he well and truly is “the master of modern times”. Last week fans proved Bob Dylan’s growing resurgence following the success of his latest number 1 album, Modern Times, with Sydney and Melbourne shows for his August tour selling out in a matter of hours. Second shows for both cities are

Amandanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588121.post-70205623061207427792007-06-13T07:14:00.000+10:002007-06-13T07:26:51.981+10:00

Since I'm doing such a stirling job of updating this blog, I thought I'd start another. I'm off to Egypt for eight weeks in November and Sherd Nerd is for travel musings and stuff Egyptological. I'll also be hosting Four Stone Hearth, an archaeology/anthropology blog carnival.

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But enough about me, let's talk about what I'm listening to. Bill Kirchen Hammer of the Honky Tonk GodsBest album name of the year and one of the most satisfying listening experiences too. Very varied in styles and a hot sound from a crack backing group which includes Nick Lowe. The title song is a rollicking hymn to the Fender and I've been quietly belting out the inspirational refrain for

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Me in The Glebe, which goes with the story linked below. Sorry for bodgy scan, its a big page and a small scanner and yeah its a bad crop but its late. It is not true what it says about us "flocking to the Abercrombie" on Saturday. Abercrombie is where we have (had, perhaps. We might be moving.) the monthly get togethers. Saturday, some of us will be up the road at the UTS/2SER monstrosity for

Amandanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588121.post-3560229421586746832007-05-24T07:36:00.000+10:002007-05-24T07:38:56.550+10:00

50 Million Beers

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Sydney Dylan page updated with Bob dates for the just announced Aust tour. Sydney is 15th August (YAY) at the Entertainment Centre (BOO). The rest are on the calendar for August. That's what I'll be doing in August, you can read about what I'll be doing in November/Dec here. At least then I will have an excuse not to blog.UPDATE: A couple of us have been "profiled" in the local press to

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The Sydney Dylan Society (Third Monday of the Month! Abercrombie Hotel, Broadway! All Welcome!) now has a website. If you have any problem using the navagation bar across the top of the photo, please let me know but I think they are fixed. Cross fingers.I was thinking about pictures for it, and didn't want to just rip off a photo in breach of copyright yadda yadda. So I looked into various

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But a really good fake. The Bob Dylan Revue is one of those tribute shows that does the rounds. I went the first time with a heavy heart but, hey!! They were really good and I had a great time. They've got some new dates of gigs 'round Sydney.Namely:19 May - Helensburg Workers Club24 May - The Bridge Hotel25 May - The Pine Inn Hotel27 May - The Brass MonkeyDemos and oher stuff at the website.

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"Journeyman???? You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. "This is good news though from the Daily Tele music liftout today. Empasis mine. Dates, please!!"Dylan fans will be pleased to know the journeyman will definately be in Australia to scare us later this year."

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Simon Bruce's only show in Sydney before heading back to Nashville and Little Big Horn's country rock comes highly recommended too.

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Cribbed shamelessly from PopMatters:MAY 8Ike Reilly Assassination—We Belong to the Staggering Evening: Verbose, but nonetheless rocking, Reilly’s music offers a Dylanesque mix of spunk and doggerel. FEM: Hmmmmspunkanddoggerelhmmmmm. Never heard of him/her/them but it's "Dylanesque" so they say.May 15The Avett Brothers—Emotionalism: A higher-profile work from the sweet-voiced, harmonizing,

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Yay, Andy Baylor and crew are coming back to Sydney. Yay.

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What's it to ya?Photo

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Kinky Friedman -- Sold American (with cameo by Jimmie Dale Gilmore)

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As many of you would know, Club Troppo's bi-weekly Missing Link feature rounds up events in the Australian blogosphere. I contributed the Yartz section this week. There's alot of fascinating stuff out there, when you actually go looking.

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Thanks to Chris for alerting me that a brand new Steve Earle song has been posted at the Exit 0 Yahoo! Group (in "Files.") You can also hear it a few minutes into this radio interview, his voice is a bit scratchy but it's nice and the interview is very good.The song is called Tennessee Blues "at this point" (although, elsewhere its "Goodbye Guitar Town"), it's a classic Steve solo acoustic track

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about Neko Case's microphone.

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There is a bit of chat in the comments to the post below about Wilco. I'm a Team Farrar partisan but Jeff Tweedy does a very good job on his duet on the new Charlie Louvin album. They do Great Atomic Power, the Louvin Bros classic, and deeply weird, gospel. The rest of the album is very pleasing too, old Charlie sounds on death's door ... but not in a bad way. His couple of duets with

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Science Blogs, which I love, has a new meme which is at once at the heart of Flop Eared Mule's existence -- music -- but also her greatest anathema -- awkward personal revelation! It started with a post on some research which is trying to say some useful things about musical preferences and personality (link to a PDF of the article in the journal Psychological Science.) This has lead to much

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I can't really improve on the All Music description: Hazmat Modine tap into the deepest veins of raw, unpolluted prewar blues and ancient jazz, then whip them up in a blender, tossing in strains of Caribbean calypso and ska, Eastern European klezmer and Balkan brass, Middle Eastern mystery, and more than a few unidentifiable elements that just somehow fit. The result is music that sounds at once

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In lieu of other inspiration I'm stealing this "Friday Meltdown" idea from Timmy at Surfdom whose made quite the tradition of it. Watching: Watching some classic New York Dolls video at YouTube, I'd love to see them later this month but may not be poss. Anyway. I've blogged about lead singer David Johansen's latter day blues reinvention with The Harry Smiths before (in fact, it was, like, my

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Away for the weekend tomorrow so this is all I got. Random iTunes 20.Done Somebody Wrong The Allman Bros BandHighway 17 Rodney CrowellIt's All in the Game Tom T HallShine Hallejulah Shine Bill MonroeNew York Times Cat Stevens (but I couldn't listen all the way through. Ugh.)Boulder to Birmingham Emmylou HarrisNorwegian Wood Tim O'BrienWays of a Woman in Love Charlie RichGotta Get it Worked

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A few weeks ago my sister -- newly relocated to Route 66 at Flagstaff, Arizona -- emailed about maybe going to see "some bluegrass guy." Meh, you know, if nothing else is on. Some chump the name of Ralph Stanley, never heard of the guy. Anyone else I would have blogged that puppy and made delicious fun but as The Boss sang (sort of) "you turn your back on your sister, you ain't no friend of mine.

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I was very shocked yesterday to read at Honky Tonk Highway of the sudden death of Les Scott. He'd been a fixture on the scene ever since I have been going to gigs here, and for along time before that, the heart of a lot of bands on bass, guitar and harmony.Tamworth Rage Page has a moving tribute page, including details of a memporial event at the Cooks River Club on the 25th, although all the

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... and a bottle or three of rum.Keith in Pirates III

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I moped about the new Lucinda Williams album West at Hickory Wind. You can read it here.

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This David Hadju article republished in The Oz earlier this week stirs something I've thought for a while. We need a new definition of rock music and to stop being so hung up on the meaning established fifty plus years ago. The Rolling Stones ply a nostalgia for the 1960s and '70s, as do various Motown acts that are on perpetual tour in the arts-centre circuit. For musicians disinclined to work

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This is probably the defining album of my childhood. Maybe it and Blood on the Tracks are the only albums I can say I know all the words to every song. (Born in the USA maybe too. OK and Cash's Bitter Tears and Emmylou Wrecking Ball probably now I think about it. You get the picture though, its an exclusive list.) "Rawhide" of course is the name recognition song but the western genre doesn't get

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This story did the rounds last week, A fugitive who apparently fled to Tennessee to see his ailing mother was being sought yesterday in Florida in the theft of a tour bus owned by country singer Crystal Gayle.A man believed to be Christopher Daniel Gay, who is being sought on felony theft and escape charges, was seen Thursday with the bus at a racetrack in Lakeland, Fla., telling the manager he

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Eric Clapton and bandSydney Entertainment CentreJanuary 30th 2007Guest post by Christopher SheilHe opened with "Tell the Truth", and poorly. But about half-way through the opener the players all found their slots, and in the end it was a triumph. There was "Key to the Highway" and a song I didn't recognise, which were OK, plus "Why Has Love Got to be So Sad?" which is a favourite. Then he went

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are up at his website.Hitting thre Northo. Noice.

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The website of the Nu Country show is always worthwhile, even if you can't get the broadcast, on a Melbourne community station. Very comprehensive Recently there were a couple of good obits, of Sneaky Pete and a songwriter I'd actually never heard of Dennis Linde, he wrote Goodbye Earl. It's a very interesting story.

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Further to the issues of sane licencing laws in NSW, John Wardle has passed on details of who to write to, and to say, to support the bill. Sign the petitionThe rest is over the fold.If you are at all able, Can I request that you one or all of these activities:Write to these state politicians in favour of these changes:NSW ALPFrank Sartor office@sartor.minister.nsw.gov.auMorris Iemma

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Today's Friday cat is Big Bill Broonzy. Unreleased live set from 1952 has recently been made available and, as you can read about at Hickory Wind, I've had the good fortune to hear it.

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Dream twangy double act this week, Mary Gauthier and Steve Young hitting town.The Metro last week printed a ticket price of $12 which seemed unbelievable to me and for good reason, they are actually $30 which is still exceptional value.17 Jan - Governor Hindmarsh - Adelaide18 Jan - The Harp - Tempe, Sydney19 Jan - Northcote Social Club - Melbourne21 Jan - Harvest Festival - Red Hill, VicMedia

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Do one yerself."Flop Eared Mule" is a trad song but the Holy Modal Rounders version was the inspiration for using the name. Hope I get to see this doco about then sometime.

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Happy to be gazumped by LAN Downunder on this news. Dale Watson touring Oz Feb 24-March 5 -- halfway through the paragraph starting "SXSW." Looked at the websites of all the likely venues but can't find anything. Someone will tell me.

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More 2006 releases that I like but I forgot about for the first list.Kris Kristofferson This Old Road WTF?? 2006? Oh yeah, I guess it is. I saw him live in ’05 and he did songs from it so in my mind it’s been around a lot longer. It would’ve been a definite inclusion otherwise. My original review.Bobby Bare, Jr The Longest MeowI plagarize myself: Son of 60s country star (the original "Streets of

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For the AHA.But the NSW president of the Australian Hotels Association, John Thorpe, said the proposals were just "pie in the sky stuff"."And if it did happen, the effect it would have on our industry would be fairly substantial. It would hurt. I don't know if the Government has considered compensation for these sorts of things," he said.I'm no expert on the byzantine world of NSW licensing laws

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The long awaited new Lucinda Williams album finally has a name, a release date (Feb 13) and an entry at Amazon. I think it's finally happening.Lost Highway has posted snippets of some songs, this link right here should take you, for the time being, to a full version of "Fancy Funeral." The Lost Highway audio player quality is usually terrible, I guess they fuzz it all out deliberately, so

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Andy Baylor was sorely missed in Tamworth last year but he's back and ready to burn the place up again.

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So I got an email from Bruce Elder in response to the Rosanne Cash post, and I'm including it all here because it makes a lot of good points and I agree with it, even/especially the bits where I'm wrong. This might come as a surprise given a defamation brief is what you might think he'd be sending me. In fact, I generally agree with 95% of everything he writes, it's just the other 5% sends me

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This year I was asked to submit a Top Ten for a group poll at Hickory Wind. All such lists are arbitrary, that goes without saying but safer to say it and head off the whinges. I had to rank them for HW and since this is a follow up to that, I’ve kept the structure although its pretty meaningless. The list today would be different of course which is not reflective of downgrading any album,

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Exceeding the polite number of YouTube links to post this week but the passing of Sneaky Pete Kleinow must be noted, and Christine's Tune contains the genre-defining work he's a legend for.

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Uke revival! Story on the 7.30 Report, including our own local Balmain group and Jake Shimabukuro.

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Kris Kristofferson once quipped, "I think between us, Bill Clinton and I have settled any lingering myths about the brilliance of Rhodes scholars," but as this delightful 1959 profile in TIME shows he wasn't wasting his time at Oxford. The ancient seat of learning has seen far too much to be startled by the carryings-on of its scholars. Just the same, a 22-year-old Rhodes scholar from

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January 8th Update: A really enjoyable night. I've always admired Rosanne Cash for her honest, pragmatic and wry (see ie her Mrs L's Monthly column), she is a very warm presence on stage too. The show opened with an excerpt from a short film about her called "Mariners and Musicians," which is also screening as part of the Sydney Festival. There were two others throughout the show, the Daily

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Was simultaneously following the cricket via the TV, radio and The Guardian's over by over, wherein I learnt what a terrible, horrible, ungracious, mean spirited, small minded, oafish person I am for being Australian. Just to show we can be gracious in victory and don't mind a good laugh when an Aussie makes a goose of himself, I offer the following. Mock away, even Poms may join in. Via AGB,

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My other bloghaunt Hickory Wind has a combined contributors' Best of 2006 album list. It's a small sample so Bobby gets number 1 with just the two votes but we'll all be posting individually on our lists daily which should flesh it out a bit. Larry kicked us off and I'm last, due January 13th.

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Very exciting double bill in Sydney in a few weeks. Mary Gauthier and Steve Young at the Harp on the 18th. I saw Steve, ah, must be at least six years ago now at the old Three Weeds in Rozelle (gone now, right?) and have been enjoying Mary Gauthier for a few years. Danke Harvest Fest for bringing them out.Jim Lauderdale is coming out for Tamworth (where I won't be this year, alas) but the only

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My uncle's new ride, photo from my sister's Chrissie photos.

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FYI the labels under the Eragon post below are a new feature as part of "Blogger Beta." For those unfamiliar, you apply topic labels to each post and if you click on them it brings up a list of other posts with that topic. I like the idea, I've been hoping Blogger would introduce it, but to be really useful I'd have to go back and apply labels to the previous 605 posts. I guess. Hmmmm.

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Guy Clark honoured in Nashville.Much later, Overton continued, he looked up to see Clark standing in front of him and wearing a most uncustomary cowboy hat."You looking for a country record deal?" he asked the looming Texan."Oh, hell no," Clark snorted. "It's just cancer."

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A review of Eragon by my sister. One day - I swear by all the powers of the air and the sky - that ayoung GIRL will be born to clean skinned anonymity in a peaceful ruralvillage where the long arm/clutches/tentacles of the eviloverlord/king/wizard/madman will reach only rarely but when they do willresult in the leaving of a beloved sibling/father/friend undersad/unfortunate/tragic

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As done by Cozzy and Shaun. This is like a soundtrack to the movie of your life.1.Open your music library.2. Put it on shuffle.3. Press play.4. For every question, type the song that's playing.5. When you go to a new question, press the 'next' button.6. Don't lie.Opening credits: Mary's Place -- Bruce SpringsteenWaking up: Born to Run -- Bruce Springsteen (Live Acoustic -- Chimes of Freedom EP)

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Another lists post to ease you into the weekend. The NJ Star Ledger offers "The 25 Greatest Songs You've Never Heard." Don't quibble that you've heard them, go with the flow. I second, third and fourth one recommendation there of Gallo del Cielo, written by Tom Russell. Joe Ely's version is great too but Tom's original does the melancholy and anguish better.Here are five off the top of my head.

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