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Doc Watson (1923, Deep Gap, North Carolina) in “Deep River Blues”
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival (2007)

Vince Gill (1957, Norman, Oklahoma) in “Oklahoma Borderline” (guitar solo)
Crossroads Guitar Festival (2004) - Michael J. Fox alla batteria

In )))Stereo((( where available

Oddioddio (cit.)

Toby Keith e Willie Nelson alla caccia di un serial killer.

Vince Gill, Brent Mason and The Players. Live from Music City, U.S.A.

Questo si che si chiama suonare. Per la puttana.

Ditto!

(Live in Sidney, Australia, 1982)

Marty Stuart and Steve Earle - “Crying, Hoping” - 1996

Steve Earle & Del McCoury Band - “Graveyard Shift”/”Nashville Cats” - 1999

Farmer’s Blues (2003). Voci e chitarre di Marty Stuart e Merle Haggard. Due countrymen, uno del Mississippi, l’altro della California. Due stati, due realta’ opposte fra loro, un obiettivo comune: difendere i piccoli agricoltori.

E come diceva un tizio che ha commentato il video su youtube:

“And take to heart the message in the song. Support your LOCAL small farmers! Buy that produce, eggs and meat from someone who matters…not just the mega-grocery.”

E’ un messaggio universale, quindi prendetelo in seria considerazione.

Lyrics

Who’ll buy my wheat, who’ll buy my corn,
To feed my babies when their born?
The seeds and dirt, a prayer for rain, that I can use.

I work the land, I watched the sky,
I talk to God and wonder why,
But it’s the only life I know, these Farmer’s blues.

I see the seasons come and go, sending rain, fire and snow.
I’m at the mercy of it all, this life I choose.

Sometimes I hang my head and cry, when
That evening train goes by,
Wish it could take me far away, these Farmer’s blues.

The tractor’s broke, the fence is down,
Put own my suit and go to town.
And ask for a loan, that I know well, they might refuse.

But back at home, still by my side,
The one I love with worried eyes,
Waits for me, to love away, these Farmer’s blues.

Proud Supporter of FarmAid

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Justice for All

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Chi ha visto Mars Attacks! di Tim Burton sa cosa intendo

“Indian Love Call”, by Slim Whitman

Label: London.
Cat No: L.1149
Release Year: 1953

The Singing Brakeman e’ l’unico materiale audiovisivo disponibile in cui appare Jimmie Rodgers, pioniere e padre della Country Music, nonche’ una delle figure chiave nell’era pre-rock and roll. Si tratta fondamentalmente di un corto di circa 10 minuti, girato negli studi della Columbia Victor a Camden, New Jersey, il 27 Dicembre 1929 (whoa!). Jimmie, abbigliato da ferroviere (che poi era il suo vero mestiere prima di diventare una star della musica), canta tre sue composizioni: “Waiting for a Train“, “Daddy and Home” e la celebre “T for Texas“, conosciuta anche come Blue Yodel #1.

Il filmato, nonostante i quasi otto decenni, si vede e si sente sorprendentemente bene. Un plauso a chi si e’ occupato della conservazione.

Ad occuparsi della registrazione invece furono i leggendari Sooy Brothers. Charles e Raymond Sooy, fra i migliori ingegneri del suono allora disponibili, erano entrambi impiegati presso la Victor. Segnalo uno libro stupendo su di loro intitolato “The Sooy Dynasty Of Camden, New Jersey: Victor’s First Family Of Recording“, scritto da Paul Fischer e pubblicato dalla Middle Tennessee State University.

Alcune informazioni sull’opera:

Regia: Basil Smith
Fotografia: Frank Zucker and Chas. Harten
Audio Engineering: Sooy Brothers
Produzione: Columbia Pictures Corporation in associazione con la Victor Talking Machine Company e Western Electric System

Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
Sound Mix: Mono
Tipo Pellicola: 35mm

Il supergruppo degli Highwaymen, i fuorilegge del Country.

In piedi da sinistra

Johnny Cash, from Kingsland, Arkansas (1932-2003)
Willie Nelson, from Abbott, Texas (1933 - )
Waylong Jennings, from Littlefield, Texas (1937 -2002)

In ginocchio con il Winchester a leva

Kris Kristofferson, from Brownsville, Texas (1936 -)

Go back in time when country music represented the true America we all knew and loved. When a man’s word was his bond and a women’s honor was something to fight for. The glory days of the American frontier when country music was made by Good Men, Country Men, The Highwaymen.

Hell, yeah!

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Silver Stallion (live)

Silver Stallion (promo video)

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The Highwaymen (live)

The Highwaymen (slideshow)

The Highwayman (W. Nelson);
The Sailor (K. Kristofferson);
The Dambuilder (W. Jennings);
The “Starship” Pilot (J. Cash)

Una delle migliori versioni di “Foggy Mountan Breakdown”.

Lo show risale al 15 novembre 2001. Il supergruppo e’composto da: Earl Scruggs (banjo); Steve Martin (banjo); Glenn Duncan (fiddler); Marty Stuart (mandolin); Vince Gill (electric guitar); Randy Scruggs (acoustic guitar); Albert Lee (electric guitar); Gary Scruggs (harmonica); Jerry Douglas (dobro); Paul Shaffer (piano); Will Lee (bass); Harry Stinson (drummer).