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For me, the three song trilogy on "It Had To Happen" is just pure greatness. No More Buffalo, 12 O'Clock Whistle, 60 Acres. I can't listen to one by itself...the three go together Yep. And on No More Buffalo......... "Those are combines kicking up that dust...." What a line.... I'd point to the horizon, to the dust of the herds Still hovering in the air Somebody said it ain't any such Man you wish so hard you're scaring me 'Cause those are combines kicking up that dust But you can see what you want to see

That Mandy podcaster is getting better with her voice and the thing goes along. She does a great job of sorting thru this shit hole of this family. The first episode was unlistenable and she threw a fit about it early on, but she has lessened on the vocal fry/Kardashian voice. The most annoying thing she does now is "my fiancé" this and "my fiancé" that. . She appears to actually do research and reporting rather than reading websites then just talking about it. The most maddening part of the whole thing is how the local cops seem to blatantly leave info out of police reports, seemingly to protect this so-called family. I kind of seems like the wife may have left the dad. Mandy was talking about some discrepancies in the family's actual home address. I'm kind of guessing dad was pissed at mom for leaving (maybe because she found out he was a fucking thief) and at the spoiled brat for being a spoiled brat and just took them both out.

Maybe Grandpa is fed up with the level of dipshits in that generation and is just getting rid of them.

I think he went with him mom but spent a lot of time in Archer City. Too many references in songs. Or maybe one little memory just sticks with him. I seem to remember reading that he spent some time on Dallas, assumed with his dad. All of the stories on Complicated Game have such intricate details. And "Don't you be yelling at me while I'm cleaning my gun". What a way to start the song. "6 O'clock Whistle" is my life story growing up. The only difference is my grandmother took me down Scott Street in a Buick Wildcat, not a Dodge. But everything else is spot on. Having to go with her while calves got worked, waiting in the car at the beauty shop, driving thru a certain part of town and being told to lock the door, riding behind the mosquito truck as it sprayed DDT, bitching because grandad new what time lunch was so why was he late, watching her putting saccharin tablets in her tea.... I told him this once and he just looked at me like he had no idea what I was talking about. He had just plopped down next to me at the bar before an Isbell show. Bartender thought he was a homeless dude.

Experience Required: Bouncer at Magic City at plus Cooking Experience Optional.

Just add: In Levelland...."I can hear the marching band, doing the best they can to play Smoke On The Water, Joy To The World". Holy shit. I can attest to the fact that if you were sitting on at the Texaco station in Archer City (from Talkin' At The Texaco) in the mid-70s , you could hear the high school band playing "Smoke On The Water".

Holy fuck. I could go on and on about McMurtry's lyrics and Rachel's Song" is LOADED with them. "It opens with a great line about the 'eastbound C&O being dusted with a half inch of snow'. His new one has so many as well. He mentions details in songs that only someone who lived the life in the song's subject understands what he is talking about. I'm actually going back through his albums and picking these things out...I'm just infatuated with the way he can pull this off. He does it with every character he develops in his songs. From the new one, this one sticks out to me: Jackie: "She leased all but the trap, ponies can't graze a thing. Another bobtail full of coastal aughta last until spring" And @Celery Man Listen to "Levelland". Didn't see it mentioned above. The lyrics are fantastic and Grissom blisters his way through that one. He is also all over the new one though I don't think I would start with the new one to get familiar with him.

I have 14 of 15. It stays on my board and works wonderfully. I get more comments and questions about that than anything else. We do a version of "Ain't No Sunshine" were I open with a really nasty sound, playing the melody through for a couple of times, then the singer comes in. I use the SS with a little tremolo and compression. Into my slightly dirty small Vox amp, it is about the perfect tone.

914-714=200. It is 200 better.

$5,000? I went for the single shot

"Don't pick up anything you can't lift"

Details please and thank you.

I'm going to post this here because of that white LP. ...probably my dream guitar..and he KILLS that Skunk Baxter guitar..... I LOVE the way he plays along with the horns at 1:24. What an amazing cover. And Cousin @Steel Shank Her name is Ksenia Buzina.

Yep. I read this in a news release and my heart sank. I couldn't tell if this applies to just the music store or also all of his other businesses. “Sweetwater has a strong track record of sustaining long-term, scalable growth by identifying and capitalizing on new market opportunities,” says a news release from Providence Equity.

Everly Brothers with a couple of other guys on guitar. Those 'family' harmonies...like them and the Louvin Brothers.....so tasty.

On the same tribute album where Kelly does 'Memphis', Syd Straw and the Skeletons rolled out this version of Harper Valley. This is a great album if you can find it.

This will ALWAYS make me laugh.

More outstanding news @Bash Riprock! I've been riding rollercoaster lately. Told the wife I was headed to a meeting the other night and she threw a grade A hissy fit. "You going to ANOTHER meeting?" She did this about 9 years ago and I left the house, went to a bar and drank for the next 7 years. Pissed me off. This time, I responded rather than reacted, but it still pissed me off. I generally go to 2 meetings a week....occasionally 3. I also attend 2-3 Zoom After Care meetings from my treatment center, one which I co-host. Although I responded like I should have, I've still been in a fucking funk over it. I've been trying to give her leeway for the past 2 plus years. She used to go to Al-Anon, but hasn't in a while. But her belief thru her actions that once you quit, you are cured just ain't going to cut it.

Kelly knocked out another Tom T. song. She actually learned the song with the band and didn't tell Bruce. Bruce is always taking requests and can play just about any country song and was freaking her out. She had someone yell out Harper Valley PTA....Bruce kind of laughed and she said, "I'll take a stab at it" and they fired up the song. The look on Bruce's face was shock..... I wish I could find the video of that...it is around somewhere, but I like the vibe of this version.

If you haven't heard this, do so...now. https://www.audible.com/author/Tom-T-Hall/B001HQ10VY Another great version of "That's How I Got To Memphis". And Charley Crockett:

Holy shit!

Whores do whore things. Gotta love 'em.

Same here. I never gave her a second thought, until I saw that movie. Plus, those Stephen Bruton songs were fantastic!