For Memorial Day 1982 my parents decided to take my sister and I to visit my grandfather in Indiana. In those days, the Indy 500 wasn’t shown live so we all gathered around the television at night to watch the rebroadcast. While watching that year’s race the little weather strip came across the [...]

According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Jay Bennett, former Wilco collaborator and multi-instrumentalist died last night in his sleep in Urbana, Illinois. Bennett, whose feud with Jeff Tweedy was well-documented in the critically-acclaimed film “i am trying to break your heart”, was amidst a lawsuit against his former band regarding royalty payments.
Bennett joined [...]

It’s not hard to guess that I’m a big fan of both Tommy Womack and Will Kimbrough. Aside from being terrific songwriters, they are good friends whose work together is even more magical.
And they’ll mow your yard. Seriously.
As a little promo for their newest joint album, For a Second Time, the [...]