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She sounds like Linda Thompson in that song. Never listened to this album. Thanks @UTCzech III

This one kills me every time I hear it. Cory Branan also has a great one called The Freefall, but all of the YT versions suck. It is from his album, Mutt. Has several great verses but the overall feeling is one of despair. "And I was fucked up As my haircut She was wasting Good perfume"

I really love Todd Snider's version. It had a much different vibe than REK's original. Stripped down, sounds hungover and full of regret, sorrow and shame.

This is now my favorite quote from Hornfans/Shaggy/Surly.

Aha. And they can be none more black than they are.

What does he mean by 'double stingers on the back'? Never heard that term.

Ray Wylie will whip his ass.

This thing sits in the back of his studio with shit piled all around it. Been a couple of years since I've actually seen it. He has it dialed in and never touches it but he records directly now so he is clearing out some space and he just picked up a Vox that he is using mostly. I'm using my Blues Jr mostly with my pedal steel....hell, if Buzz doesn't take it, I'll just scoop it up for one of my guitar amps.

@Buzzrock Aha. He put a greenback speaker in it. He lives 2 blocks from me. I think you have my cell.

@Buzzrock One of the guitarists I play with has a Blues Jr he is wanting to sell. He is asking $300. It isn't as clean as that one but it sounds fantastic. I have a newer model and his sounds a lot better than mine.

Sorry Bogey.....As Wheels says, Paul Simon is the noted sawed-off, song stealing bastard. https://www.laweekly.com/los-lobos-on-paul-simon-do-you-mean-zydeco-when-you-say-zy-decko/

Fuck that sawed-off, song stealing bastard.

The guy who does the Cuttin' Grass podcast told me "Rehab taught me how to get sober. IOP taught me how to live and stay sober". I did the same as you....Residential/IOP then eased back in to work. It helped me ease back in to life after being in the protective bubble of rehab. Best advice I got was "Don't rush yourself".

Early in sobriety, I mentioned to a friend that I had a bad day the previous day and he said, "Did you really have a bad day or did you have a bad 5 minutes that you hung on to the rest of the day". If I'm having a shit day or if stuff starts to pile up on me, I can just restart my day at any time, as many times as I need to.

Is this a Koa top or back/sides? My brother has a Koa (back and sides) Taylor....I think maybe a 200 series but it was a limited edition. I sounds like a much more expensive guitar. A coworker also has a 700 series Koa (back and sides) that sounds incredible. Both of these have Spruce tops.

John Clark was one of my counselors at treatment in Nashville. Dude has an amazing story and does such a great job with that podcast. I'm so happy for him. Another good one is Cuttin' Grass by Joe Singer. COMPLETELY different styles. Joe is just a dude learning how to live sober while John's is more of a closing argument style. But both are fantastic and vital parts of my recovery.

Anyone else watch Matthew Perry's interview with Diane Sawyer? Wow. It was really eye-opening to my wife. I had told her the same things about myself and she kind of brushed them off as me being weak. Then, when she hears him say he was taking 50+ Vicodin a day and had been in over 60 detoxes, spending over $7 million in rehabs and hospital stays, I think it finally set in for her. I have long since given up caring if he gives a shit but it was the first time she acted like she had any sense of understanding what I was going through in that last year of the wheels coming off for me. Then, three days ago, the lead singer of one of the bands I play in walked into his house and blew his brains out in front of his wife. He was 31. His father-in-law and I are going over to the house to clean up that mess, literally. Everyone, please be kind to yourself. As a friend of mine says, "Stay reachable, stay teachable and stay humble"

I tried that book about 10 years ago because fuck going to AA. I'm not THAT bad, right? That book didn't make a dent in me, but truly glad it helped you. It was another 6 years before I finally ended up in treatment.

Whiskey Grove is a masterpiece.

Released recently: "When I Go I Ghost". Been a fan since his first album when I saw him open for Kelly Willis over 20 years ago. Each album gets more solid and this one is fantastic. The production work is fantastic. Lasts of harmonized guitar work. First video is the 'single' if that is still a thing. Has an appearance by one of his running buddies. Cory always has a ton of great guitar work in his recordings and this is no different. But my favorites are his dark songs. And "Pocket of God" is up there. Included the great line, "When I picked her off the street...........Bought her some tits and fixed her teeth". Pocket of God:

Wait. Found this on. He also does two great John Hiatt songs.

If you can find Albert's self-titled album from 1982, pick it up. I can't find any evidence on youtube but the thing is incredible. His version of Sweet Little Lisa.

And Terry Williams on drums, who went on to play in Dire Straits among others. His work on that Live Alchemy album is incredible. Never mind Billy Bremner who has played with just about every British act since the late 70s. Add in Carlene Carter, Kelly Willis, and the Pretenders? Yep. Those two guys are pretty good as well. My favorite:

That keyboard/mandolin player runs/owns a bakery business that supplies bread to restaurants in Atlanta.

I have always marveled that he has stayed out of the business for so long. Just set up shop on his farm in Watkinsville and enjoyed life. I may have mentioned this before, but shortly after his aneurysm, I ran in to him in a café in Greensboro, GA. I was the only one in the place who recognized him. As I was leaving, I stopped by his table and said, "I just want to see how you are doing and let you know that people are thinking about you." He asked me to sit down with him and his buddy. They were in town to play golf. We talked about life, weather, kids, travel, golf, health, where we were from. We never talked about music. And REM at the time was very favorite band and still is the most important band to me, personally. For me, they changed music....pretty much were responsible for the "College Radio" sound. At the time, I have 10 CDs in the changer in my trunk, and they were all REM. All the studio records up to that point, plus several bootlegs. A couple of weeks later, Buck and Mills were on a national radio show (can't remember the name) and the question was "How do people in Athens treat you now that you are hugely famous." Mills said, "They just treat us like neighbors. In fact, Bill was recently telling me about running in to a guy at a café who checked on his health, and they talked for half an hour and never talked about music."