“In a perfect world, Steve Earle would run Nashville.”
– Todd Snider“If I can get me out of the way, I can do anything”
– Steve Earle“I don’t really think in terms of obstacles. My biggest obstacle is always myself.”
~Steve EarleAll we do as songwriters is rewrite the songs that have impressed us till we find our own voice. It’s part of learning the craft.
~Steve Earle
One of our greatest musical heroes
Fort Worth Blues:
Joseph Henry “T Bone” Burnett (born January 14, 1948) is an American musician, songwriter, and soundtrack and record producer. He was a touring guitarist in Bob Dylan’s band on the Rolling Thunder Revue. After the tour ended, Burnett and two other members of the backing band formed The Alpha Band, followed by his first solo album in 1980.
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Joan Baez has recorded many Dylan songs. Her unique and beautiful voice carries some of them to different places. For many Dylan enthusiasts, Joan Baez’s interpretations are the only tolerable ones, besides Dylan’s own 🙂
Baez first met Dylan in 1961 at Gerde’s Folk City in New York City’s Greenwich Village.
Here are my chosen 5:
Farewell Angelina:
Check out this full post about the song.
Continue reading “January 9: Joan Baez was born in 1941 – here singing Bob Dylan songs”
An artist cannot be responsible for what people make of their art. An audience loathe giving up preconceived images of an artist.
~Stephen StillsOne thing the blues ain’t, is funny.
~Stephen StillsHe’s a musical genius
~Neil Young
Continue reading “January 3: Stephen Stills was born in 1945 – Happy Birthday!”
I saw Ronnie Hawkins play near my hometown, Port Dover, Ontario, and I saw him play there on New Year’s Eve and the following spring I booked myself to be his opening act on maybe five shows, and he hired me after the first night.
-RickDankoYou put a song on the record or on tape and you stop singing it. You just don’t sit around and sing it anymore unless you’re performing. That’s kind of sad.
-Rick Danko
Continue reading “December 29: The late great Rick Danko was born in 1942”
Roebuck “Pops” Staples (December 28, 1914 – December 19, 2000) was an American gospel and R&B musician.
A pivotal figure in gospel in the 1960s and 70s, he was a tremendous songwriter, guitarist and singer. He was the patriarch and member of singing group The Staple Singers, which included his son Pervis and daughters Mavis, Yvonne, and Cleotha, later just Pops and his daughters.
Pops Staples – Gotta serve somebody (Jools Holland, 1994(?)):
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