James McMurtry - Live Lake Leelanau 2013 | Voodoo Wagon | A SILENT WAY SPECIAL

I first came across McCurtry about the time  his album St Mary of The Woods came out I think (2002?) . Mind you it could have been the Bossman here who turned me on to this master of Americana! Either way it is always worth re-visiting this guy who tells a story like nobody else I know! 

James McMurtry - Live Fountain Point, Lake Leelanau, MI. 2013

Back From The Dead...

Originally posted July 6, 2015

James McMurtry - Live Fountain Point

Lake Leelanau, MI.

July 14, 2013

Soundboard(?) @ vbr

Fountain Point on Lake Leelanau, Michigan. The historic 1889 waterfront resort 

welcomes you to a summer season filled with great performances. James McMurtry was

 joined in this front porch performance by Daren Hess - drums, Ronnie "Cornbread" Johnson 

- bass and Tim Holt - guitar/accordion. This performance was recorded on 

Sunday July 14, 2013.

This is an artist as rare as snow in July. Please get aquainted with him. 

He writes songs that paint pictures and can also play the guiar as well as anyone out there. 

Set List provided by Generous Anon!:

1. Bayou Tortous
2. Red Dress
3. What's the Matter
4. How I'm Gonna Find You Now
5. Just Us Kids
6. You'd A' Thought
7. Choctaux Bingo
8. These Things I've Come to Know
9. We Can't Make It Here
10 Copper Canteen
11 Freeway View
12 Lobo Town
13 Restless
14 Levelland
15 Too Long in the Wasteland
16 Lights of Cheyenne

@ 1:42:43

There's a one-liner that Americana singer-songwriter James McMurtry is fond of delivering onstage — at the core, musicians are really just glorified beer salesmen. "We're basically the service industry. We're symbiotically tied to the club business. Beer sales and tips, you know?" McMurtry tells Rolling Stone Country. "I've seen a lot of young bands that think they're artists and they're not there to sell beer, but we want to keep the club happy, because if the club goes under we don't have a gig."It's a cynical observation, which, for the acerbic McMurtry, is in keeping with his character. But it is also a show of solidarity with the hard-working class, be they songwriters and bartenders or the ranchers, fishermen and farmers whose struggles he sings about on his superb new album, Complicated Game.

Read more at Rolling Stone

 

http://www.jamesmcmurtry.com/ 

James McMurtry - How’m I Gonna Find You Now?

so here’s some gratitude as the guys at HQ do SO appreciate the fine turned ankle so here’s some more fine gals from the world of Rock and Pop!

Miley always gives of herself on stage I find!

Chaka Chaka Chaka Kahn!

Even Britney has her good points

and then of course there’s our favourite Antipodean Kylie!

Sheryl is always a treat!

Don’t you think!?

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN | Official Trailer | Searchlight Pictures | James Mangold

 Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan in A COMPLETE UNKNOWN, the ballad of a true original. A Film by James Mangold. Co-starring Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, and Monica Barbaro. Only in theatres Christmas Day. #ACompleteUnknown

Set in the influential New York music scene of the early 60s, A COMPLETE UNKNOWN follows 19-year-old Minnesota musician BOB DYLAN’s (Timothée Chalamet) meteoric rise as a folk singer to concert halls and the top of the charts – his songs and mystique becoming a worldwide sensation – culminating in his groundbreaking electric rock and roll performance at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965. A Film By James Mangold. Cast: Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro, Boyd Holbrook, Norbert Leo Butz, Dan Fogler, and Scoot McNairy. Subscribe To Searchlight Pictures:    / searchlightpictures   Connect with A Complete Unknown Online Follow A Complete Unknown on INSTAGRAM:   / completeunknownfilm   #ACompleteUnknown #SearchlightPictures

"Nowadays I listen to music on CDs, satellite radio and streaming. I do love the sound of old vinyl, especially on a tube record player from back in the day. I bought three in an antique store in Oregon about 30 years ago. 

The tone quality is so powerful and miraculous, has so much depth. It always takes me back to the days when life was different and unpredictable.." [Bob Dylan]

Reggae track of the Day | SIR GIBBS AND THE PIONEERS - Pan Ya Machete [1968] | Guess I’m Dumb

Sir Gibbs & the Pioneers - Pan Ya Machete (1968)

"The wonderful b-side to Joe Gibbs answer song to Lee Perry, People Grudgeful. Featuring the Pioneers, this also seems to be referencing Scratch.”

SIR GIBBS - PEOPLE GRUDGEFUL - PAN YA MACHETE - 7" vinyl single - collector series strictly limited to 500 copies - On presale now at https://www.harlemshufflerecords.com/ and all good record stores. Official release on 29th of September 2023. Was it sung by the ETHIOPIANS OR THE PIONEERS ? Read more below: This is the first re-release on 7inch vinyl single of the mythic double sided single credited to producer Joe Gibbs and released in 1968 on Amalgamated Records in the U.K. Although both tracks are credited to Joe Gibbs, many believe the A side “People Grudgeful” was sung by The Ethiopians whilst the B side “Pan Ya Machete” was performed by The Pioneers. “Grudgeful” though does not really sound like The Ethiopians and according to Trojan, both sides were performed by The Pioneers. Which makes sense for several reasons. Firstly, the sound of the song is indeed more reminiscent of the Pioneers/Joe Gibbs work of that time. In fact The Ethiopians did not record with Joe Gibbs, with the exception of The Ring which was released in 1972, four years later, while the Pioneers were routinely involved with Gibbs in 1968. Last but not least, The Ethiopians had no beef with Lee Scratch Perry whilst The Pioneers songs were clearly incriminated by Scratch in his hit song “People Funny Boy. Attention: This is a special limited edition strictly limited to 500 copies - one release only. Note: the number of copies is now included in the catalogue number “HSRSS-0023C-500” printed on the single label, “500” standing for 500 copies and C for collector. A SIDE: Title: "PEOPLE GRUDGEFUL" Artist: SIR GIBBS (THE PIONEERS) - Limited Edition 500 copies Year: 1968 Genre: Early Reggae Produced by Joe Gibbs Lee “Scratch” Perry who previously used to work as a music producer for Gibbs started his own label ”Upset” and got a hit in 1968 in Jamaica with his first recording “People Funny Boy” a song attacking his previous employer - Joe Gibbs - and incidentally The Pioneers. The music was similar to “Long Shot”, a track by The Pioneers just previously released by Gibbs that year. The lyrics were quite different though: “Now that you reach the top, And you turn big shot, All I've done for you, You no remember that” etc. Joe Gibbs immediately retorted with this single starting with “People Grudgeful” on the A side. The music was a much harder version of Lee Scratch Perry song, with aggressive vocals by the Pioneers whilst the lyrics responding point by point to Perry accusations. The result is a great and brutal track, a “bad” track typical of Gibbs style at thas time, very rare on 7” and very much in demand today… Incidentally, it was covered by The Fall in 1993. B SIDE: Title: "PAN YA MACHETE" - Artist: SIR GIBBS (THE PIONEERS) - Year: 1968 Genre: Rocksteady/Early Reggae Produced by Joe Gibbs The second wave of attack directed to Perry was on the flip with the virulent "Pan Ya Machete". Lee Scratch Perry released “People Funny Boy” on his record label which was called “Upset” and showcased a machete drenched in blood as a logo. A Panya Machete is a Jamaican expression for an hypocrite: A Spanish machete (n.) (also Paniar machete, Pannya machete) [the Spanish machete has a two-edged blade and thus ‘cuts both ways’] Although musically less aggressive than the A side, Machete is a great ballad with cracking vocals, made perfect by a dog repeatedly barking in the background! “Ah ah pan ya machete, hail Mr Upsetter, Little sins can lead to big big things, Me Nah come with water, dis time, me come wid fire, Pan ya machete, dats what you are, Two edge swords, dats what you are Scratch… “ Serious threats from the Pioneers! But things were not as bad it seemed considering Perry and The Pioneers did their first euro tour together in 1969…

Guess I’m Dumb

‘All We Ever Wanted Was Everything’ - Bauhaus | O My Soul

with clips for a favourite film The Man Who Fell To Earth [David Bowie/Nic Roeg]

O My Soul

Single of The Day | THE BIG SKY : BLUE AEROPLANES (Ray Davies cover)

Excellent track on a CD called The Modern Genius of Ray Davies, a covers album of Ray's songs. Some big skies on the video too.

The Big Sky : Blue Aeroplanes

The situation of Israel / Palestine | Al Jazeera - lolitsgaya

Somebody asked me over the weekend whether all the trouble in Israel started in 1948 and I found this really helpful. It’s really much earlier of course but it also indicates why the whole situation is so complex and difficult to resolve. One thing I can add of course is that violence and war never solved anything. Only through talking has peace ever been achieved. What happens in between is the slaughter of the innocents; men, women and children. The masters of war never bear the brunt of any conflict ever it is the civilian and the eternal soldier who faces the inevitable 

Just saying . .   

Cease fire NOW!☮️☯️

There is currently a debate live on Radio Four here including Netanyahu’s predecessor and some one said “There is a path to Peace. . . . indeed you may say there is ONLY a path to peace!”

I liked this statement

from lolitsgaya

fact checked where possible against Al Jazeera and Wikipedia

Emmylou Harris - Tulsa Queen

love this . . . . it’ll tear your heart out! 

after the beautiful recording of Emmylou and the Hot Band  in The Warner Theatre Washington  DC posted by Silent Way [here ] from back in 1976 I will end the day with this

a favourite song . . . . . . . .night all