By now, you may have heard that Jay Bennett died Sunday at the age of 45. Like most people, Bennett entered my consciousness with Wilco, a gig that began promisingly with sweet guitar licks and great change-of-pace piano songs. Then things happened. I hope I’m wrong, but I’m afraid Bennett’s legacy will be too informed […]
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How in the name of Billy Joe Shaver did I overlook the Sir Douglas Quintet covering “Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues?” It’s only one of my favorite Bob Dylan songs! Well, inspired by stewART’s link to the Dylan/Sahm rendition in last post’s comments, said oversight is now corrected — and hopefully improved upon. Sir Douglas […]
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“I first met (Bob Dylan) in ’65. We’ve had a friendship for a long time. He decided to play on a record I was making in New York. We were just friends playing together.” –Doug Sahm to Jim Groenenwegen and Bill Bentley, Austin Sun, 1975 “Doug had a hit record (“She’s About A Mover”) […]
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Browsed the latest Austin Chronicle today and stumbled over this eyecatcher in Austin Powell’s “Off The Record” column: “Doug was like me, maybe the only figure from that old period of time that I connected with. I’d never met anybody that had played onstage with Hank Williams before, let alone someone my own age. Doug […]
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As Setting The Woods On Fire and Groover’s Paradise have already noted, country singer, Vern “The Voice” Gosdin (pictured left in front of brother, Rex) passed away on Tuesday at the age of 74. I wrote about The Gosdin Brothers last summer as part of the Clarence White Chronicles. The songs listed below are all […]
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