August 2009
8 posts
Bob Dylan's Girl From The North Country all new... →
I’ve always loved Bob Dylan’s song Girl From The North Country but this morning I heard a version that made it sound all brand-new. To tell you the truth it gave me goose bumps. I don’t know much about the Eels other than I liked their first single at least ten years ago and apparently they also have a song entitled “Not Ready Yet” which leads to some Eels fans...
Blue Wing by Tom Russell (as done by me)
Felt like playing around with Audioboo today. It’s a program that allows you to record simple audio files onto your cell phone and then upload them to the internet. This is Blue Wing, a gorgeous song by Tom Russell, that I first heard on Dave Alvin’s King Of California record. Hope you like it.
Here’s the lyric:
He had a blue wing tattooed on his shoulder might have been a...
Jamcast interviewed me in their "Songwriters on... →
The UK roundup
Hiya guys,
got back from the UK. Time for a roundup.
Day one, Wednesday: Flying from Frankfurt to Heathrow, picked up rental car, looooong drive on the M6 to Stalybridge near Manchester. Was a featured guest with a 45-minute set in an Open Mic night presented by Acoustic Eclectic in the Q Inn. A good warmup, I guess. (Also see the blog post below.)
Day two, Thursday: No gig today. Made my way to...
One from the road
Hiya guys,
I’m writing you today from a little outside of York where I’ll be playing a house concert tonight. And I can already tell it’s going to be a good one. My hosts Tony & Nikki are most gracious, their house is beautiful, the room is great, sound is very good and we have a bunch of folks coming in.
I got into England on Wednesday. Took a plane from Frankfurt to...
UK dates coming up
Hi guys,
I’m real stoked to embark on my first solo UK dates ever on Wednesday. In January of 2007 Anny Celsi and I played some dates accompanied by my rhythm section of Clemens Noelle and Felix Himmler. The gigs went very well but pretty much everything else went wrong. We had our rental car broken into, had an accident, lost money … don’t ask. Alas, I’ve gathered up my...
