I've had to force myself to acknowledge the Christmas season for many years. That's not to say I loathe the holidays, but the concept of a "holiday" had always been alien during my childhood, and the rabid nature of Christmas in America just makes the entire experience even more detatched. It's become a speeding, near train-wreck of consumption, buying, giving, and eating more crap, crap, and c...
Watch this moment from the days of live TV. The kid on Ford's right is his son Brian, and he's really getting into the music. WC Fields once cautioned actors against working with "kids and animals." This is why.
I've had to force myself to acknowledge the Christmas season for many years. That's not to say I loathe the holidays, but the concept of a "holiday" had always been alien during my childhood, and the rabid nature of Christmas in America just makes the entire experience even more detatched. It's become a speeding, near train-wreck of consumption, buying, giving, and eating more crap, crap, and c...
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Heavy airplay in the Nesteroff household this week:Although I can't yet verify this, my ears think that this arrangement has the fingerprints of the incredible and legendary Billy Strange all over it. UPDATE: Billy Strange writes in "I'd LOVE to take credit for this arrangement ...... But I can't. It was written for Ernie by Jack Fascinato!!!! And it's really great!!!!"
I was raised in a pretty secular household, and I've kept my upbringing with me. Still, there is something really moving about some of the old hymns I used to go to church to hear my grandma sing when she was in the choir. So today, this Sunday morning (at least, it's still morning here on the east coast), I decided to pull out a record by Tennessee Ernie Ford entitled "Nearer The Cross."I go...