I knew most of this story, having seen Sam at Woodyfest the past few years, but this is a very well written story by an Austin Statesman writer, Brad Bucholz.

Sam Baker – Sparked by Tragedy

This link will only be available for a month (until 11/17/09), but I thought I’d put it out there for convenience sake…

ACL Pilot Episode Willie Nelson 10/17/1974

Simply amazing… Randy shares his entire catalog of lyrics, anthology, interviews – the list goes on…

Randy Newman Home PAge

The NYT Last Word story on Odetta is quite good! Thanks to Jim Killingham on Facebook for the link!

Okay, so I’ve already got a dozen of these sorts of things lying around forgotten in my mailbox or in my favorites folder. I don’t care! Here’s another one. At least if I put them here, they’ll be easy to find. (I think )
This one is from upchucky.com Click on any year and a juke box pops up with 20 hits of that year!

40’s JuKeBoX 1955 JuKeBoX 1956 JuKeBoX 1957 JuKeBoX
1958 JuKeBoX 1959 JuKeBoX 1960 JuKeBoX 1961 JuKeBoX
1962 JuKeBoX 1963 JuKeBoX 1964 JuKeBoX 1965 JuKeBoX
1966 JuKeBoX 1967 JuKeBoX 1968 JuKeBoX 1969 JuKeBoX
1970 JuKeBoX 1971 JuKeBoX 1972 JuKeBoX 1973 JuKeBoX
1974 JuKeBoX 1975 JuKeBoX 1976 JuKeBoX 1977 JuKeBoX
1978 JuKeBoX 1979 JuKeBoX

What??? no 80’s? 90’s? no hair bands?   hmmm -  maybe that’s a good idea  -  you go chucky! youdaman!

If you want to learn what the pentatonic scale is… here is a great primer and an amazing demonstration of how universal and natural it is… presented by the one and only Bobby McFerrin
Bobby McFerrin and the Power of the Pentatonic Scale

Musical Minds – only available online through 7-7-09 but I thought I’d note this website so I can check and see if it might be rebroadcast at sometime in the future.

Here’s a website that has what probably comes very close to being a complete song list of what Prine has done
(so far – June 2009): http://www.jpshrine.org

And here’s the list – click on a song and get the lyrics… http://www.jpshrine.org/lyrics/index.html

It’s Thursday night and I started packing up for the trip. Patty and I leave early Wednesday morning. I’m trying to decide if I will be using this WordPress blog or Facebook to post pictures and notes on the festival this year. I’m sorta thinking it’s gonna depend on how easy it is to upload pictures…

stay tuned…

A few weeks ago I discovered Pandora Jukebox. You create a station based on an artist or song and the website will try to guess what else you might like. I started out with Jackson Browne and Steve Earle and was quite impressed. Tonight I tried to stump the band, so to speak. I created a station based on Chuck Brodsky, but Pandora was up to the task. Among the offerings was a song I’d never heard from an artist I was unfamiliar with (Graham Lindsey). I think I’m gonna have to get the CD. Here’s the lyrics – I think they might be impressive even without the music.

 Matchbook Song
Graham Lindsey
(Key of E or C+4)

E
This ain’t no love song
Abm
This ain’t organized and scripted happenstance
A
This ain’t no ordinary radio selling straining for amends
E             B          C#m   B
It ain’t this and it ain’t that
E                                                 B
This ain’t no sideshow stripped out college vomit dance
          A       E
It’s just a song

 
E
This ain’t Kansas and this ain’t May
Abm
This ain’t the stuffing in a scarecrow wearing nothing but the rain
 A
This ain’t no cheap and dismal trick or treat di-ag-nosed in a day
E B C#m B
It’s what you want, so you say
E                                             B
If you need something more then I’ll be on my way
          A         E
It’s just song

 
Chorus I
A                                 
So here’s your posies, here’s my tray
C#m                                        C#m9
What I hope we live long enough to see a better day
E
This ain’t forever, there’s no such thing
Abm
This ain’t no frantic rag a-waiving for attention in my dreams
A
This ain’t political masturbation masquerading as a theme
E B C#m B
Ain’t no psychology blowjob for a scream
E B
It could be you or it could be me
A E
But it’s just a song

Chorus II
A
So here’s your hook and here’s my line
C#m C#m9
I apologize, I couldn’t give enough to you with rhyme
B (2 bars) A (2 bars)
- – - – - nothing – - – - – -
C#m                                        C#m9
But I promise while these words may not resound
E                                       B
I’ll always be here even if my heart is wrong
A                E
With just a song

B (2 bars) A (2 bars) C#m (2 bars) E B A E

Bridge
E
When we are strangers
Abm
and there ain’t no better place that we can go
A
This ain’t no sensational and cataclysmic centuries show
E B C#m B
No high tech prophecy of doom or hope
E B
I’m  only trying find the right road
A E
It’s just a song

 
Chorus III
A
So here’s the hook and here’s my line
C#m C#m9
There ain’t nothing at the end, but it’s sinking all the time
B A
——– nothing ———-
C#m C#m9
Well this can’t be the only way back down
E B
But it’s the only way I’ve got to reach the ground
A E
With just this song

Damn it was good!!! and while I’m posting this Pandora pulls up a Bill Staines song I’d never heard…. I LOVE IT!!!

http://pandora.com