It’s been a while since I’ve posted any Tango here at 27th Street. I think it’s time… JUAN D’ARIENZO – ALBERTO ECHAGUE – “Mi Japon “ and one more…. Juan D’Arienzo canta Mercedes Serrano Nada mas
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SULFLO has arrived…
The other day I mentioned that I was gathering parts to make an oil can banjo. Well, it arrived in today’s post…. It comes with all kinds of great info on the sides. For instance: IMPORTANT – Unless otherwise marked, this package contains SULFLO No.… Read More
Duncan & Brady
Back to our series on murder ballads. Duncan & Brady is also known as Been on the Job Too Long or Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. It’s all about the shooting of a policeman named Brady by a bartender named Duncan. This tune has been quite… Read More
No Dogs? Forget that….
Kansas City Hornpipe
Tonight’s Daily Dose features Fred Morrison on pipes. Why do I love folk music so much? Just give this one a listen.
So what else is new…?
The Argos won the 100th Grey Cup on Sunday. We watched it at a Cineplex movie theatre, a very workable and fun (and huge screen) venue for a sports event For my American friends who don’t know what I’m talking about, the Grey Cup is… Read More
The Can
I bought a can. On eBay. I’m waiting for it to make its way across the border so my postman can deliver it to 27th St. It looks like this…. It’s a beauty, isn’t it? Sulfur that flows. I like the slogan – It eases… Read More
East Texas Red
I think I may make the series of thematic music posts I’ve been making on the subject of murder ballads a weekly post rather than continue it daily. While only one reader has mentioned that I seem to be playing a lot of violent music,… Read More
El Paso
Let’s continue with another Daily Dose of Murder Ballads this evening by heading down to border country. Here’s Marty Robbins singing his career-defining tune El Paso. Robbins wrote this tune and first recorded it for his Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs album of 1959. By… Read More
Frankie and Johnny AKA Frankie and Albert
I know you know this one. Frankie is a woman – she caught her Johnny, or is it her Albert, with another woman and she shot him down. Like many murder ballads, this one may have origins in an actual murder. The song has been… Read More
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