Category: Musicology
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Bringing the rain
Earlier this year I was in New York on business so of course I spent some time hanging out with my brother, codename “xourmas.” (We have a little duo when we play together called the Power & Mighty.) He taught me a few cover tunes he had been working on over the past little while,…
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This ain’t no cocktail you buy in a bar
One of the songs I’ve been playing the longest with the Reuben Kincaid is an original by Ceil Vortex about prison booze called “Pruno”…
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Must-share flotsam: Dylan and the Band live
For your listening pleasure, this Bob Dylan and The Band 1969-1970 Compilation DVD:
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Ukepalooza remixed
At long last, the entire Cheeses & Tequila set from Web Directions in ’10 is available, now with multi-camera intercutting and rockstar-like fretboard closeups!
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Tomorrow’s the day my bride’s a-gonna come
I’ve been messing around with the Bob Dylan song “You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere,” which was popularized by the Byrds, among others. Six years ago I posted some vocal and baritone uke musings to this blog and promptly forgot about it. Then the Reuben Kincaid started jamming together and we broke this song out once or…
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Probably time to break out the Edirol
I love the spontaneity of recording the band on the phone, and the quality is really not bad, but I’ve got a nice compact digital recorder and I should be using it.