Starlight on the Rails Here is Rosalie Sorrels covering Starlight on the Rails, which was written by her pal, the late Utah Phillips. Wow, I love this one. I’ve known this song for many years, but this interpretation of it is simply stunning. “Dreams are… Read More
Soul singer Solomon Burke has died at 70. I think Mr. Burke was a great singer and performer. His music gets a lot of play here at Anchovy World Headquarters.
East Texas Red Today I’m featuring another Woody Guthrie tune. This is the story of a railroad bull name of East Texas Red, who was the meanest bull around. This story has a moral, and that is that if you’re nasty to your fellow man,… Read More
Danville Girl Here’s Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston And Ramblin’ Jack
Boxcars, by Butch Hancock What will music be like when there are no more songs about trains or cars? For now, we still have a few and I’m right there clinging to them. Here’s Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band from their fantastic album… Read More
watch this excellent clip featuring Augie Meyers: South Texas Soul
It’s been a while since I posted some Texas Tornados around here…. Let’s change that right now. If you got the dinero, I got my Camero….
I posted a couple videos by Hound Dog Taylor over at SqueezeMyLemon this morning. He was a tremendously energized player. When I hear his music, I think of something I heard Utah Phillips say on some recording or another: “I prefer a rude vigor to… Read More
Let’s listen to a little bit of Canadian old time fiddle music. Here’s Mac Beattie with The Old Tyme Fiddler’s Dream, a fantastic song that showcases a number of Canadian fiddlers. Next up is Don Messer and his Islanders playing one of my favourite fiddle… Read More
I’ve been spending some most enjoyable time lately on another planet (some of you are thinking we know, we know Mister Anchovy). It’s Planet Barberella. Barberella was kind enough to send a post out to me, and I sure appreciate that. Regulars to this blog… Read More
27th Street 