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Dammit boys. FOCUS!!!!!!!

I picked cornet. Quit after 3 weeks. Principal called me to the office asking why I quit. "I also play guitar. It's a TON more fun." He said, "As long as you're doing something musical." All of these years later, out of the 30 of us, only me and one of the chicks playing drums are still playing.

I always loved this song of his:

Dammit @bluto It doesn't show here: https://pages.e2ma.net/pages/12695/45668

Damn, they played that all last summer on the Ranch. She was a new artist I had never heard of. Still looking.

Ha. People say that about me all of the time.

About to ya say. I always wondered what Isbell thought about it. And like @jimmyjazz mentioned.....I'm pretty sure Billy Joe Shaver gave her shooting lessons.

I get it. I really do. He sold a lot of records. I was actually surprised to see that he was in the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Truly, good for him. Songwriting is hard work and what he set up with Big Machine is outstanding. I just think the term of 'legend' is a bit much in his case. To me, record sales isn't measuring stick. He sold more than probably John Prine, Kris Kristofferson & Emmylou collectively. Those seem like (to me at least) people that are in the legend category.

Also why I was hoping they would record that MusiCares night at the Troubadour. MusiCares is paid for by the Grammy's and it takes place at the same rehab where Isbell went. It's a really great thing they do and it doesn't get enough press. They guy who runs the program at that treatment center is a very talented dude and a great guy.

Her name is Carly Pearce. Stalk away.

Throwing the term "Legend" around a little too easily.

Best American Roots song (whatever that is )and best Americana album. Dude is pure class.

I never realized Toby Keith was involved with starting up Big Machine. Wow.

Set list from the show: Blind Boys of Alabama, “Loves Me Like a Rock” Jason Isbell and Sadler Vaden, “Kodachrome” Molly Tuttle and Ketch Secor, “Mrs. Robinson” Natalie Lafourcade, “You’re the One” Bobby Rush, “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” Ruthie Foster, “Slip Slidin’ Away” John Vincent III, “The Only Living Boy in New York City” Brett Dennen, “Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard” Larkin Poe, “Paranoid Blues” Susanna Hoffs with Grace Bowers, “Hazy Shade of Winter” Gaby Moreno, “Late in the Evening” Silvana Estrada, “El Condor Pasa (If I Could)” Sean and Sara Watkins, “Hurricane Eye” Madison Cunningham, “Kathy’s Song” Andrew Bird and Alan Hampton, “American Tune” Johnnyswim, “Rene and Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After the War” Marcus King, “America” Allison Russell, “The Sound of Silence” Dwight Yoakam, “The Boxer” Jackson Browne, “I Am a Rock” Rufus Wainwright, “Bridge Over Troubled Water” Rodney Crowell, “Graceland” Finale, “You Can Call Me Al”

A bunch of cool people got together at the Troubadour and paid tribute to a song thief. But we got this gem out of it. I read about the show but didn't think it would be recorded. Still, someone got a decent video of it. Isbell and Sadler also did a cover of Kodachrome.

Holy Shit.....just found this from 2015.

Hell. She played at Woodstock. Early on, people were lumping her into the Joni Mitchell track. Had a couple of borderline hits that got critics talking....then Brand New Key came out and all that critical praise went away. Bob Lefsetz had a long article about her recently. I kind of liked this song. She wrote this one after Woodstock. The person before her at passed out candles to the crowd.

Have you heard Ted's album with Aimee Mann?

This is a great analysis of Wichita Lineman. Strong Songs is a great podcast if you enjoy song structure, writing and arrangements. Dude is super talented and spends a lot of time dissecting songs. https://strongsongspodcast.com/search/wichita lineman

WTF is going on here?

In my house, the vegetable drawer is just a staging station for the compost piles. I probably have the most expensive compost in the county.

See did get an implant but couldn't hear the beeping. And yes, that is exactly what she was doing. Me under the detector and she is under one of the hallway lights. Very helpful.

I start hearing a random beep......need to find the suspect detector bitching about a low battery. Wife is following me around as I try to locate the beeping. Constantly asking, "which one is it?" Kitchen smoke? Nope hallway smoke? Nope Upstairs smoke 1? Nope Upstairs smoke 2? Nope Now I'm standing under the carbon monoxide detector waiting for that motherfucker to beep. Her: Maybe it's one of the light bulbs!

Thanks for trying to get this back on topic @uoftorange. And strong effort by wife. VERY strong. For the rest of you motherfuckers. FOCUS. We don't need advise from Dr. Phil or Dr. Ruth....we just need to wallow in each others pain. Now, back on track me homies.

Gentlemen! Focus!