Don’t Stand No Foolin’
My Babe – Little Walter Many who know me only tertiarily know me as the Harmonica Man. I spent the bulk of last year carrying around at least one harp … Continue Reading Don’t Stand No Foolin’
Is Your Money That Good?
Masters of War – Bob Dylan The University of Maine system has, as many universities do, a stock portfolio. This is nothing surprising, and at first glance, it looks like … Continue Reading Is Your Money That Good?
To Be A Pilgrim
Who Would True Valor See – Maddy Prior This song has been playing on loop while I’ve been writing my latest story: a tale of pursuit and faith set in … Continue Reading To Be A Pilgrim
A Land That’s Fair and Bright
Big Rock Candy Mountain – Harry McClintock Since I was a little crawling child, I knew this song. I thought it was one of those tunes that all children hear; … Continue Reading A Land That’s Fair and Bright
Poor Old Marat
Marat/Sade – Judy Collins The 70s were, if nothing else, a time of changing ideas. A lot of kids still wanted a revolution, and with the way Washington was being … Continue Reading Poor Old Marat
Around the Blooming Heather
Wild Mountain Thyme – Liam Clancy Picture, if you will, the mountains. Picture them tall and snow-capped, with grass adorning the crags and spurs of stone, and perhaps a stream … Continue Reading Around the Blooming Heather
Tin Soldiers and Nixon’s Coming
Ohio – Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young On May 4th, 1970, the Ohio National Guard fired live ammunition into fleeing student protestors and killed four people. All students. Two of … Continue Reading Tin Soldiers and Nixon’s Coming
Every Man a King
I apologize for the lateness of this post. My day-to-day work has been hellacious. Kingfish – Randy Newman There once were a hundred thousand Frenchmen in New Orleans. Back when … Continue Reading Every Man a King
Buying Some Of That
Down in the Mall – Warren Zevon I’m going to make a holiday shopping list. What to buy, what to buy… I need to get a new jacket. For me. … Continue Reading Buying Some Of That
Could You Call Some Other Day?
Oh Death – Dock Boggs There is a wooly bear lying flattened in the dirt of the driveway. The poor little caterpillar is completely pancaked by some errant driver, some … Continue Reading Could You Call Some Other Day?
Three Lanes Moving Slow
Telegraph Road – Dire Straits (14 minutes; I love my long songs) The current price of gas, average it out, carry the ten, is somewhere in the neighborhood of 3.50 … Continue Reading Three Lanes Moving Slow
Forward Roll
Foggy Mountain Breakdown – Earl Scruggs A banjo is not a guitar. A banjo is not a guitar as a bat is not a bird. What’s the exact point of … Continue Reading Forward Roll
High Water Everywhere
By Wilson Krause High Water Everywhere (Parts I and II) – Charley Patton It’s been rainin every single night and day for two weeks. We’re livin up on a hill … Continue Reading High Water Everywhere
Heart in the Highlands
By Wilson Krause Highlands – Bob Dylan (It wouldn’t be right for me to talk about my near-and-dear music without him) The night I slept in the inn that sat … Continue Reading Heart in the Highlands