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Paranoid Bluegrass
Submitted by Slim on Mon, 31/03/2008 - 16:21.
You find the darndest things on the Interwebs. Today I stumbled across a link to a bluegrass version of Black Sabbath's Paranoid. And no, I wasn't looking - just because you can't see them doesn't mean they're not after you.
Sure enough there's a bluegrass band called Iron Horse and they have a collection of of Ozzie Osbourne covers called, you guessed it, Black and Bluegrass.
Hank Williams III - Puttin' the Dick Back In Dixie
Submitted by Slim on Sun, 21/10/2007 - 12:51.
In the critically acclaimed BBC documentary series Lost Highway: The History of American Country a couple of years back, was some interview footage with Hank Williams III. I've never had much time for Hank Williams Junior, but Hank Williams III struck me as the real deal.
Call it hard-twang, punkabilly, cowpunk, alternacountry, slacker swing or honky punk. It's certainly not your grandfather's country music nor is it your father's, either, unless your grandfather happens to be the legendary Hank Williams and your father Hank Williams Jr. read more »
I'm only Bleeding
Submitted by Slim on Fri, 12/10/2007 - 21:32.
Driving for some hours today to the Optomist in Queenscliff I was singing along with the Car Collection I made for the Rose's Gap road trip and on the way home was a stripped back version of It's All Right Ma, I'm only Bleeding by Bob Dylan with nothing but a guitar and a harmonica. The Byrd's version was a significant feature of the soundtrack to Easy Rider with Jack Nicholson, Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper.
IAMIOB is one of my all time Dylan favorites. Pure Beat poet inspired stream of consciousness pre-rap observations of the essential existential angst of modern life. I can't believe I just wrote that, but that's the best way I can put it. Or you can just listen to the man himself in one of these MyTube thingies. Sensational lyrics if you maintain the concentration. read more »
Pancho & Lefty
Submitted by Slim on Wed, 03/10/2007 - 23:08.
Townes Van Zandt (March 7, 1944 – January 1, 1997) was a country-folk music singer-songwriter, performer, and poet. Throughout his career he was widely admired by fellow songwriters, particularly in the folk and country genres, but greater fame eluded him, in part because of his unconventional vocal style and in part because his erratic personal behavior could make him quite difficult to deal with.
Many of his songs, including "Pancho and Lefty," "If I Needed You," and "To Live is to Fly," have been widely covered and are considered standards of their genre. read more »
