Well, that was uplifting.
Because, Donovan and Dylan.
Because, Donovan and Hurdy Gurdy.
Because, Redbone and because I had NO idea the band was Native American.
Christopher Walken was inspired!
ANd now for those of us who want to hear Weapon of Choice…
Mucho better
Because, well, because of this review: "Ayler’s interpretation of Summertime is remarkable. It’s idiosyncrasy, it’s insistence on the violence of translation, the blood on the floor that is interpretation. Chang Tzu’s butcher slipping his blade effortlessly inside the spaces between the bones, dancing with the carcass of an ox that falls away entirely separated, a harmonic equation of blood, bone and flesh. Could Gershwin have ever imagined Ayler?
The poet Ted Joans likened the impact of this trio to hearing someone scream the word ‘fuck’ on Easter Sunday in St Patrick’s Cathedral." -The Penguin Jazz Guide by Brian Morton, Richard Cook
Fuck
“Every man is evil yes and every man is a liar
Unashamed with the wicked tongue sing
In the black soul choir”
Hillbilly Goth?
While I have been raging over the recent deregulatory frenzy of “swamp clearing”, this old silly track keeps playing in my thoughts.
Sorry if it’s already here but I still need to go through the thread. In the meantime:
I don’t think anyone has posted that one yet;
I love Jack and Meg’s version:
Because roots run deep.