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Birth of a legend

Posted on: Monday, November 21st, 2005 in: Music

If you read this site much you know that among other pursuits, I love guitars–instruments in fact. Mandolins, dulcimers, guitars…anything with strings.
You probably also know that a little shop in Texas, Pawless Guitars, has been building a special guitar for me for the last year or so. Vince Pawless has built [...]

Fear and Loathing

Posted on: Thursday, November 17th, 2005 in: Music

So enough ranting already. The world’s sure not all sour grapes. So here are a few musical items I’m excited about:

XM Radio. X-Country plays all kinds of great stuff like the Nadas, Robert Earl Keen, Daddy, and Kelly Willis to name a few. It’s the first time I’ve tuned into any [...]

A Rat the Devil Wouldn’t Have

Posted on: Friday, November 11th, 2005 in: Music

Hey you! Are you listening to me?
If you are then why in the world is the CMA holding its awards in New York? I love the Big Apple…great food, lots of culture, a general lack of terrorists recently. Still, this is kind of like putting lipstick on a pig–it still ain’t pretty.
Then [...]

Leftovers

Posted on: Friday, November 4th, 2005 in: Music

Man…what a week! No news from any of yous’ guys yet but I have some of my own:

Daddy has risen to the top of the Miles of Music bestseller list. Also, they landed at #34 on the X-Country chart over at XM Radio. And…and…you can now buy the disc at CDBaby. [...]