late nights in August...
It's late here on the East Coast and Molly just got on the BART train in San Francisco. We just got off the phone, rambling about gentle-boys and politics, what have you... while she had 14 minutes til the BART train arrived in Oakland.
Why am I not in San Francisco I ask you? Because I love my famiy in Georgia and the Crack Shack and the variety of trees in the Southeast and the District and the promixity to Highlands, NC as well as NYC. The dog is asleep and I've just returned from my most favorite live show in DC thus far..hands down!... "The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band" at Jammin Java in Northern Virginia. We just got a gig there, and I've been following these cats for awhile. Watching the" Reverand Peyton's Big Damn Band" feels like you just walked into "Oh Brother Where Art Thou" in all the right ways. You just can't believe that young, attractive, talented, folks like this even exist anymore! It's beautiful and made my month!! We MUST have these folks play with us! Check them out www.bigdamnband.com/
They remind me of Dad and Fiddler's Grove...the rebel side of Fiddler's Grove, and by rebel I do NOT mean the Flag, but instead the musicians you want to hang out with by the camp fire all night, who are not mennonites with many children by the age of 16, but ramblers who's nomadic life you could scarcley imagine. They do not have a place of residency....just a van...and gigs. I am not so sure I could do that. yet............
Song of the week...month.................................... it's been awhile:
Marlin Brackett: The Key Song on his CD out of Atlanta, GA... you can buy it at http://cdbaby.com/cd/marlinbrackett . Man this makes me miss home. Look for him at Eddie's Attic in Decatur, on Google, or at Fiddler's Grove. Reminds me of dad and home.
Ben Harper Like a King on the "Welcome the the Cruel World" CD, amoung many others of course...so talented. This entire CD... genius. The Wiesenboard he plays and now manufactures and sells out of Claremont, California. An activist version of what my dad did growing up. Perfect.
Why am I not in San Francisco I ask you? Because I love my famiy in Georgia and the Crack Shack and the variety of trees in the Southeast and the District and the promixity to Highlands, NC as well as NYC. The dog is asleep and I've just returned from my most favorite live show in DC thus far..hands down!... "The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band" at Jammin Java in Northern Virginia. We just got a gig there, and I've been following these cats for awhile. Watching the" Reverand Peyton's Big Damn Band" feels like you just walked into "Oh Brother Where Art Thou" in all the right ways. You just can't believe that young, attractive, talented, folks like this even exist anymore! It's beautiful and made my month!! We MUST have these folks play with us! Check them out www.bigdamnband.com/
They remind me of Dad and Fiddler's Grove...the rebel side of Fiddler's Grove, and by rebel I do NOT mean the Flag, but instead the musicians you want to hang out with by the camp fire all night, who are not mennonites with many children by the age of 16, but ramblers who's nomadic life you could scarcley imagine. They do not have a place of residency....just a van...and gigs. I am not so sure I could do that. yet............
Song of the week...month.................................... it's been awhile:
Marlin Brackett: The Key Song on his CD out of Atlanta, GA... you can buy it at http://cdbaby.com/cd/marlinbrackett . Man this makes me miss home. Look for him at Eddie's Attic in Decatur, on Google, or at Fiddler's Grove. Reminds me of dad and home.
Ben Harper Like a King on the "Welcome the the Cruel World" CD, amoung many others of course...so talented. This entire CD... genius. The Wiesenboard he plays and now manufactures and sells out of Claremont, California. An activist version of what my dad did growing up. Perfect.
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