I’ve finally found time to listen to the Steve Earle album Jerry Jeff. Wish I’d paid more attention to Walker when he was around. Earle & the Dukes rendition of Mr. Bojangles is awesome. And just reinforces what an extraordinary song that was. Reinforces my concept of a perfect song. What I mean by that …
I know posts to EPB tend to be quite short and oftentimes are simply a link to something someone has deemed worthy in his/her view. That is not a criticism; I too embrace brevity. This weekend people traveled from afar, eg. Japan, CA, WA, CO, and NH, to pay Ken Olson last respects at a …
People say Skynyrd was nothing more than a bar band. My favorite rock groups were mostly all bar bands at first, which is why they became so good at playing. “Freebird” is still one of my very favorite songs, as it is pure melodic muscle, great driving lead/rhythm guitars, and a simple, everyman’s lyric, sung …