[Vordul]Pop goes the flow of the weaselStrapped with an Ox full of dieselTrapped in the desert with eaglesThoughts of ghetto acapellas in cathedralsSpilling heavy gospels with cheatersTwisted up, high off the reeferLost beyond regions of logic and reason, just beingWe high so be not so obedient to society's laws and limitationsLost in this ghetto populationI'm just another face that's facing all t
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Geeshie Wiley, "Last Kind Words Blues," from American Primitive, Vol. 2: Pre-war Revenants 1897-1939. Download from archive.org.A very good friend had saved an article from Harper's (for subscribers only--go to the library and dig through the old issues for free) that dealt with old sound recordings of traditional song and the people who collect them, focusing on the late John Fahey, his Revenant
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I'm very aware that this is far from a creative choice when it comes to Gordon Lightfoot's music, but as much as I'd love to be hipper to things than I am, I'm not. My exposure to Lightfoot came as a kid, with my father's copy of Sundown. I know the big, popular tunes of his, and that's it.So I'm as guilty as anyone else when I say that Gordon Lightfoot deserves a lot more attention than he gets
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Hi all--I've made my own music for years, always a labor of love but with a small amount of recognition as well. I've been able, having hit 40, to make space in my life to spend more of my time with music, not only my own but with others. This blog, as well as one I keep to reflect on my own music, is part of that. I'll note that all of my stuff is available under a Creative Commons 3.0 lice...
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