I feel a long and rambling post coming on. I hope you don’t mind. I was thinking today about the late U Utah Phillips, the Golden Voice of the Great Southwest, talking about the traveling nation: hobos, tramps and bums. Utah made it clear that… Read More
Regular readers will know that Memphis, one of our Newfoundlands, had surgery in the spring for a ligament problem on her back right knee. That has healed up well, but unfortunately, she has the same problem on the other side, and without surgery on the… Read More
We haven’t done much socializing here on 27th Street this summer, since I injured my leg back in March, but yesterday loads of family and might-as-well be family gathered here for a bbq. It was great to see everyone! A few pics were snapped along… Read More
This is for all the accordion freaks in the crowd. You know who you are….
I first heard Juke Boy Bonner singing I’m a Bluesman on a compilation record (remember records) I had way back in the early 80s. I was a serious blues freak back in those days. There was something about Bonner’s performance of I’m a Bluesman that… Read More
Here’s a great tune about a steamboat performed by Cathy Barton and Dave Para. If you don’t know their work, check out their other videos on the YouTube machine. Cathy Barton is one of my favourite clawhammer banjo players….but she also plays autoharp and hammered… Read More
Here at the Comfort Food Diner, I love one-pan wonders cooked in one of my trusty old cast iron pans. Tonight it’s chicken stew and it’s mighty good. You know I stopped on the way home for a fresh baguette and there might be some… Read More
Kitchen Girl is an old time standard. On clawhammer it’s usually, but not always, played in Mountain Modal AKA Sawmill tuning. I like this tune a lot and I’ve been working on learning it. If I ever get it down, you’ll hear my version, but… Read More
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