Saturday, August 12, 2017

Saturday Emmylou Blogging

Published on May 3, 2017
This performance at the Ryman Auditorium on 2 May 2017 celebrating the 25th anniversary of the album Emmylou Harris & the Nash Ramblers At The Ryman https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_th... and celebrating the 125th anniversary of the Ryman https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryman....

The Nash Ramblers are Sam Bush (fiddle & mandolin), Larry Atamanuik (drums), Al Perkins (banjo & resonator guitar), John Randall Stewart (guitar), and Byron House for the late Roy Huskey Jr. (bass).

"Guitar Town" is a song written by Steve Earle; it was the title cut on his 1986 album which reached no. 1 on the country charts.

Enjoy this video and look for the PBS special (long live PBS!) on 5 August 2017,

Thanks to LJ Simon.

Monday, August 7, 2017

Oh, the irony...

Ironic Times

Top White House Domestic Policy Adviser Angrily Disputes Poem on Statue of Liberty
And don't get him started on the Gettysburg Address.
Study: Heavier People Assumed To Be Americans
Thinner people assumed to be subversive aliens out to destroy our way of life.
Administration Looking Into Discrimination Against Whites in Universities
Also wants to tackle discrimination against blacks in the NBA.
Paris Awarded 2024 Olympics, Los Angeles 2028 Olympics
2032 Summer Olympics go to North Pole, 2032 Winter Olympics given to Jamaica.