Here’s a tune by Juke Boy Bonner called Houston the Action Town. I’ve got a recording of it somewhere or another and it came to mind tonight so I thought I’d check out the YouTube machine to see if it was there, and sure enough… Read More
There are numerous American folk tunes that have their roots in true stories. There is Stagger Lee, Tom Dooley, Charles Guiteau, John Hardy, Pretty Boy Floyd and many more, a fascinating and bloody history. Most of these are about men, and most of them involve… Read More
There is no formula for when to change up a set of banjo strings. I find that at a certain point – and the amount of time doesn’t seem to be consistent – my strings seem to lose a bit of their brightness, and as… Read More
Here’s the Gladson Family Band, performing Black-Eyed Suzie. This is an example of old time music in which there’s a bit of singing in what would otherwise be an instrumental, but not all the verses are sung.
We hung one of the snowy owls out on the deck. It’s beside a star, one of our early mosaics. There are loads of mosaic pics over at our Long Branch mosaics site, if you’re interested in seeing some of our other work. Next up,… Read More
Georgie at rest…
I’m happy that I can now buy beer along with groceries at my local Loblaws. For those not from here, Ontario is very provincial when it comes to alcohol, and the idea of beer in grocery stores have just been made a reality. I do… Read More
Quite the choir today from these guys as we drove up to Long Branch Animal Clinic with Ladybug and Jacques. Everyone was a rockstar today!
Let’s start it off right. Here’s a shot of Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings – Stranger to my Happiness
27th Street 