again similarly someone posted a clip of this on Flickennabokk . . . . . . WHY? A clip? the attention span of a gnat! Here’s the whole thing and another in the series 'bought when it came out' 1988
«Once I said that Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world – and I'll stand on Bob Dylan's coffee-table in my cowboy boots and say that. It was for the sticker of a Townes record, I believe At My Window. Did I believe Townes was a better songwriter than Bob? No. Townes said to me, "That was really nice. But I've met Dylan's bodyguards and I don't think that's a good idea". A few years later I toured with Bob and found out he only had one bodyguard and he wasn't that scary. Bob invented this job and he's never had any trouble making people understand how good he is. Townes, on the other hand, shot himself in the foot every chance he got, so he needed the help. Trust me, Bob knew who Townes was. I toured with Bob in 1988, he played Pancho And Lefty one night, just to let me know he'd heard what I said about his coffee-table» – Steve Earle, 2017
«One way to measure a songwriter is to look at the singers who sing their songs. Townes Van Zandt has had some of the best – Neil Young, John Prine, Norah Jones, Gillian Welch, Robert Plant, Garth Brooks, Emmylou Harris and hundred of others. Another way to measure a songwriter is – are their songs still being sung? Townes's are. Every night – in small clubs, in lonely bedrooms and wherever the brokenhearted watch the shadows grown long» – Bob Dylan, 2022
The Bob Dylan Fan Club
Steve Earle and The Dukes - Live at The Continental TEXAS 2018 - FLOPPY BOOT STOMP
Everyone’s sober right? Well here’s a right treat Steve Earle and The Dukes from way back in 2018 (sic!)
"This was released in 2018 as a Record Store Day release only 2000 were available. So if there are any hard feelings about posting this I will remove it. "
Steve Earle - Hardly Stricktly BlueGrass SF 2018
Track 01. Warren Hellman’s Banjo 2:38
Track 02. Feel Alright 3:47
Track 03. Jerusalem 5:47
Track 04. Guitar Town 3:27
Track 05. I’m Still in Love With You 4:41
Track 06. Goodbye 5:38
Track 07. The Galway Girl 4:10
Track 08. Train A-Comin’ 2:35
Track 09. I Know You Rider (trad) 4:52
Track 10. Dixieland 3:54
Track 11. Ben McCulloch 4:57
Track 12. Copperhead Road 4:55
Track 13. So You Wannabe an Outlaw 3:16
Track 14. Lookin’ for a Woman 3:24
Track 15. The Firebreak Line 3:46
Track 16. Taneytown 4:56
Track 17. The Revolution Starts Now 6:01
Track 18. San Franciscan Nights (Eric Burdon & the Animals cover) 5:10
This from Big O and very fine it is too!
So I'll bid you Good Night . . . . . . . with this haunting one from the master Steve Earle . . . .think I have bought everything since Guitar Town . . . . . . . . .
Steve Earle - Radio Sets 2002-2007 - Floppy Boot Stomp
Lovely article and tribute to Nanci Griffith here from the Aquarium!
The Last of The True Believers - Nanci Griffith - Aquarium Drunkard
On the July 21st, 1998 episode of The Late Show with David Letterman, a murderer’s row of country and folk songwriters were arranged on the stage. They were performing Guy Clark’s “Desperados Waiting for a Train,” and Clark himself was there to kick things off. Jerry Jeff Walker, Steve Earle, Rodney Crowell, Jimmy Dale Gilmore, and Eric Taylor would also take turns singing, but the central figure, the reason all of these songwriters were there, was the lone woman on stage:Nanci Griffith.
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Nanci Griffith walked a very fine line that can be difficult as an artist. Her songs contained politics just in the very nature of being about humans and humanity. But while it was obvious that some of her songs were about her own experiences, so many others were about the people out there that she met, knew or otherwise saw. And that widescreen view of what life is about is a huge part of what made her music endearing and relatable across generations. Sometimes empathy can be some of the most radical politics of all.
"Thanks for the wisdom, Nanci." |article by j neas
"A true Renaissance man, Steve Earle has also become a novelist, a film, TV, and stage actor, playwright, author, record producer, and radio host over the course of his 30+ year career. Earlier in 2018, he appeared in the off-Broadway play Samara, for which Earle also wrote the score that The New York Times called “exquisitely subliminal.” He is also in the process of writing his memoirs for future publication."
