I could listen to David Bromberg sing Summer Wages 100 times in a row and never get bored. Once in a while I like to have a look on the YouTube machine to see if there’s a version I’ve missed. Let’s not forget it was… Read More
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Summer Wages
Just cause I’m feeling particularly Canadian today…this is Steve Earle covering Ian Tyson. My father used to sing this song to himself around the house when I was growing up. I don’t remember not knowing it. I think it’s part of my genetic code.
Never hit seventeen when you play against the dealer…
The song of the day today is Ian Tyson’s masterpiece, Summer Wages. I always think of this one as a very Canadian tune, yet it has become a bluegrass standard, performed by JD Crowe and the New South and the Tony Rice Unit and so… Read More
Bromberg
I was thinking about the music of David Bromberg, so I figured it was time to dig up some cuts from the YouTube machine and share them here tonight. Let’s start with a bittersweet song called Watch Baby Fall. In this next video Mr. Bromberg… Read More
Summer Wages
Some songs just have a lot of legs. Summer Wages is one of those…
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