Blues Wednesday – Hubert Sumlin

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Near the end of the day today I put on some Hubert Sumlin from his two albums from the 2000’s About Them Shoes and Heart and Soul and both of the albums have the later heart and soul! Sumlin played guitar for Howlin’ Wolf in the 60’s and is till going strong as a matter of fact he was the winner of The Blues Music Award for Best Tradition Artist of the Year!  You can check out his gallery here with pictures of Hubert with a boat load of stars! Ok so now I’m listening to The London Howlin’ Wolf  Sessions which I think I had on vinyl at one point but don’t know where it is now! Anyway I think I’m going to give that and some other Howlin’ Wolf music a listen tomorrow. Maybe even some Muddy Waters!

Here’s Hubert with one of my favorites “Killing Floor”

Albert Castigilia – Keepin On on a “Blues Wednesday”

Originally posted Aug 2010 Revised July 2025

The one blues album that I listened to this was the soon to be released album by Albert Castiligia pronounced (“ka-STEEL-ya)” Keepin On.

This is how it happened

So, we’re at The College of William and Mary sweating and moving my daughter into her new dorm room on the third floor with no air conditioning and thankfully we’re done!

Yesterday was the trip down and tomorrow the trip back a little bit of music listening! The one blues album that I did listen to was the soon to be released album by Albert Castiligia pronounced (“ka-STEEL-ya)” Keepin’ On.

Discovering Albert Castiglia

I had never heard Albert Castigilia’s music until the other day when I turned on the Blues station on XM Radio and they were playing some tracks from an XM live performance and it sounded great. So I came home and listened to his release before his new albumThese are the Days and really liked it, particularly his cover of a favorite of song on mine “Loan Me a Dime”.

About Keepin On

From his website about the new album:

Most of his new CD release, Keepin On, was recorded live with very few overdubs. He enlisted five session musicians to help on the project, including harmonica master Sandy Mack, who played on “I Could Not Ask for More,” a Peter Green song. 

Mack had played on “Ghosts of Mississippi,” a track from Albert’s A Stones Throw album in 2006. According to Castiglia, “He kicked butt then and he picked up where left off on this session.

Keepin On features five new original tunes, plus other covers of songs by John Lee Hooker, Mack Rice, T-Bone Walker, Robert Nighthawk and Bob Dylan

Castigilia met blues legend Junior Wells in 1996 and became his lead guitar player until Junior’s death in 1998. After Junior’s passing he toured with Sandy Hall and then started a solo career in 2002 with the release of his first CD Burn.

Since then he’s released  three other albums making his new album his fifth. His album These are the Days earned him a Blues Music Award nomination for “Song of the Year” for his original, “Bad Year Blues.” 

Castiglia was nominated again by the Illinois Blues Blast Awards and this time walked away a winner for “Song of the Year” for “Bad Year Blues,” as well as being nominated for the “Sean Costello Rising Star Award.”

I enjoyed Castiglia’s vocals and guitar work throughout the album. Standout tracks include the opening track “Cadillac Assembly Line, the title track “Keep On, Keepin’ On” and the closing track “Closing Time”.  But there’s good work on every track. This CD will be on the player with a while along with These Are the Days when I get home!

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Here’s “Cadillac Assembly Line” from Keepin’ On by Albert Castigialia

Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper Leavin’ Town on a “Twang Tuesday”

Originally Posted Aug 2010 Revised and Updated July 2026

A Jazzy Beginning Leads To Some Bluesgrass Keepers

A Jazzfter listening to Blackberry Smoke I was doing some writing and needed to listen to something without words, so I put on some Wynton Kelly, piano. Kelly played a lot with Miles Davis and Wes Montgomery and is a fine jazz pianist. I listened to an album of about six songs all very good jazz! 

Then it was time for sone twang I had checked the Roots Music Report and found a couple of names I didn’t know and went to Rhapsody to listen.

Two Bluegrass Discoveries – Michael Cleveland and Frank Solivan


The two artist were Michael Cleveland and the Flamekeeper and Frank Solivan and the Dirty Kitchen. Both albums were pure bluegrass and really good. I really didn’t listen that closely to all the tracks but the picking and vocals were both really good. Like Blackberry Smoke they both will be downloaded for some further listening.

The Michael Cleveland album that I listened to was Leavin’ Town and like I said I was impressed. When I came home I went to the band’s website and read that the song “Jerusalem Ridge,” won the International Bluegrass Music Association’s 2009 Instrumental Recorded Performance of the Year!

It was great to know that what impresses me also impresses others that know more about music then I do! Cleveland’s other albums have been award winners also Let’er Go Boys (2006)was voted Instrumental Album of the Year, International Bluegrass Music Association. Live at The Ragged Edge the 2004 release by Tom Adams and Michael Cleveland was also Instrumental Album of the Year, International Bluegrass Music Association as was Michael Cleveland’s Flamethrower.

About Michael Cleveland and the Flamekeeper

Michael Cleveland and the Flamekeeper band is composed of: Michael Cleveland on fiddle. As I said previously Michael has won all kinds of awards. In addition to the one’s listed above at the 2001 IBMA awards, Mike took his first Fiddle Player of the Year award, and shared the title of Entertainer of the Year with Rhonda Vincent and the Rage.

In 2002 Mike rejoined The Dale Ann Bradley Band. That year he won the Fiddle Player of the Year award and again in 2004. And the list goes on and on.

  • Jesse Brock the 2009 IBMA Mandolin Performer of the Year is on mandolin,
  • Tom Adams , vocals and guitar,
  • Marshall Wilborn on bass and vocals and rounding out the band
  • Jesse Baker on banjo.

All in all an impressive lineup and deserving of their awards! So Check them Out! I know I’m going to listen some more to Leavin’ Town and then some of the other albums!

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Here’s Michael performing one of my favorite songs “Lee Highway Blues”

Bingo! — Steve Miller Band’s Blues Side

So today I went again to the construction site in Voorhees for the new Virtua Hospital to observe the installation of underground stone columns. The columns are designed to make the ground more stable during an earthquake.

So I had the player on shuffle on the way over and back. A good mix from all the music I’ve listened to over the last several weeks was playing a little Gold Heart, The Devil Makes Three, Killbilly, Tommy Castro and then I heard a voice from the past and I had forgotten that I had downloaded his new album actually his first album in seventeen years and that voice belonged to Steve Miller and his new album Bingo!

A little personal footnote: both of my daughter Elizabeth’s children, Emma and Lucas, were born in the hospital I was working at at the time. Needless to say, the site looks a lot different today than it did back then.

Bingo! Becomes the Soundtrack for a Run

So I made the album the soundtrack for my four mile run this evening and both turned out to be good! The 67 year old Miller’s voice is still good as is his guitar playing. I was a Steve Miller Band fan from Sailor through album seven Recall the Beginning and then came The Joker and Fly like an Eagle and I kinda lost interest in the band.

Bingo! Hits No 1 on Billboard’s Blues Chart

The album debuted at No 1 on Billboard’s Blues Chart and Miller graces the cover of the current issue of Guitar Player Magazine. Where Miller and Johns discuss the album, the follow-up album and what people can expect from the band’s tour.

My Thoughts

For me this album works on all levels, even though there’s no new songs! I just like the total vibe of the album it’s more bluesy than some of the rock hits albums and the guitar work really stands out! The album was produced by Andy Johns who is the younger brother of Gyn Johns who produced Miller’s early albums

Tracks that I like included: “Hey Yeah”, a cover of Jimmie Vaughan’s “Don’t Cha Know”,and “Come On (Let the Good Times Roll). A track that caught my attention every time I’ve listened to the album!

Earl King’s “Come On (Let the Good Times Roll)” is a burning solo workout and takes the party jam into an entirely new musical dimension. Vocally, Miller touches on his ’70s persona, but it’s only a glance; the rest is burning blues. – Thom Jurek, Rovi All Music Guide

The main release has ten tracks. The version I put on the player from Rhapsody had four bonus tracks and I like these four tracks as much if not more than the others. They are more blues driven and remind me of the early Steve Miller that I loved. More from the All Music Guide Review:

There are also four bonus tracks, the most notable are readings of Elmore James’ “Look on Yonder Wall” — with a killer vocal from Buffalo — and the closer, Roosevelt Sykes’ “Drivin’ Wheel,” with Miller’s filthiest guitar work of the set. This is a welcome return for Miller, and a must for modern electric blues fans. ~ Thom Jurek, Rovi All Music Guid

I agree with Thom Jurek and think that Drivin’ Wheel may be the best track. Anyway if your a blues fan or a Steve Miller fan the album is well worth checking out and I know it will be on my player for a while!

A 6-Pack Playlist from Bingo!

Years after this post and a post Let Your Hair Down I- I had a weird day with Miller’s “Quicksilver Girl” you can read about it here.. Some songs literally stay with you forever!

Ray Wylie Hubbard and a Crazy Friday Night

Originally Posted July 2010 Updated and Revised July 2026

2026 Update : Since I wrote this post back in 2010, a lot has changed we have iPhones, Kindles and laptops. We’re also empty nesters with two of our children in their forties and another one to reach that milestone in December. We have five grandchild. But Ray Wylie’s still singing “a enlightenment b endarkenment ” via the CD player!

Ray Wylie Hubbard was one of the musicians I discovered while digging through the bargain bins at Tunes. Along the way I also found artists like Nathan Hamilton, Max Stalling, Jimmy LaFave, and many others. Those bargain-bin discoveries became some of the best musical finds of my life, and revisiting them will be one of the ongoing themes of A Sixties-Seventies Man.

How It All Began……

So I was all ready to write a post about Ray Wylie Hubbard last night, I had given up on the Phillies and was enjoying Karin Slaughter’s new book, when the Phillies started their unbelievable comeback. Soon the game was over and Nick went to bed.O

He has been sleeping in the air conditioned back room, which meant I could not get to the computer. My wife was still on the one in the family room and I was still enjoying Broken!

Soon it was almost midnight I tried to start the post but the computer would not cooperate so I went to bed! But I was a happy camper though enjoying the first victory by the Phils after entering the 8th inning behind! Anyway here is the piece about Ray Wylie Hubbard.

Discovering Ray Wylie Hubbard

I first discovered Ray Wylie through Jerry Jeff Walker and Ray’s song “Up Against the Wall, Redneck Mother” but really didn’t follow Ray’s music until he signed with Philo Records in 1997 and his music really became available.

I picked up his second Philo release Crusades of the Restless Knights and became a Ray Wylie fan. I have all of the albums he has released since with the exception of  Delirium Tremolos. While I’ve only listened to it on Rhapsody my favorite album title by Ray Wylie is Lost Train of Thought

Meeting Ray Wylie and Lloyd Maines!

. I saw Ray Wylie live in either 2001 or 2002 with Slaid Cleaves and Terri Hendrix. That was a great night I bought and Ray signed a copy of Live at Ciblio Creek and I got to shake hands with a hero of mine Lloyd Maines who tours with Terri Hendrix!

Anyway I said to Ray you didn’t sing it (meaning Redneck Mother) and he chuckled and said “yeah, I know it was a family show!” His most recent album A Enlightenment, B Endarkenment, hint there is no C was a Christmas present it was pre-ordered and autographed and released in January of 2010. I listened to it several times and just couldn’t get into it. I loved the title track and a “Drunken Poet’s Dream” who  wouldn’t love the lyrics

I gonna get me some mescaline,

then I’m gonna rhyme  it with gasoline

a Drunken poet’s dream

The song I couldn’t get past on the album was “Wasp’s Nest” Well that one came on yesterday in a random shuffle. I listened and said “Hey that ain’t to bad!” so I took the player off of shuffle and listened to the whole album.

Overall my opinion of the album has been upgraded from ok to pretty damn good and I am not alone in my opinion. The Americana Music Association has nominated Ray for the following:

  • ARTIST OF THE YEAR
  • ALBUM OF THE YEAR
  • A. Enlightenment B. Endarkenment (Hint: There is no c) , by Ray Wylie Hubbard
  • SONG OF THE YEAR
  • “Drunken Poets Dream”
  • Written by Hayes Carll and Ray Wylie Hubbard performed by Ray Wylie Hubbard

The Video

Here’s one of my favorite Ray Wylie tracks “Conversations with the Devil”. One of the great things about a live performance are the stories he tells and his great sense of humor which is evident from this clip!

And here’s “One Good Year” by Slaid Cleaves

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The Infamous Stringdusters – ThingsThat Fly – on a Twang Tuesday

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Discovering A New Release from The Infamous Stringdusters

So today I made a brief list of some bluegrass to listen to and listened to some tracks by Josh Williams not bad but not thrilling. Then I listened to a track from the Tiger Maple String Band interesting but I just wasn’t really into the music. So I finally decided to move the the top of the chart and the number one album Things That Fly by The Infamous Stringdusters and I now know why the album is number one great picking, vocals and lyrics usually make a great album and this album has all three!

The album is their second following their successful 2007 debut album Fork in the Road,  The band won three awards at the International Bluegrass Music Association Awards Ceremony in 2007 including:

  • Emerging Artist of the Year,
  • Album of the Year for Fork in the Road (in a tie with J.D. Crowe & the New South’s album Lefty’s Old Guitar),
  • Song of the Year for the title track of the album.

Who are The Infamous Stringe Dusters

Currenty, the band calls Nashville, Tennessee their home is composed of: Andy Hall (Dobro), Andy Falco (guitar), Chris Pandolfi (banjo), Jeremy Garrett (fiddle), Jesse Cobb (mandolin), and Travis Book (upright bass). Andy Falco is the newest member, filling the role vacated by guitarist Chris Eldridge (who is now touring with Chris Thile as a member of the Punch Brothers).

The members all have  a ton of experience ! Andy Hall has played with legends like Earl Scruggs and Dolly Parton, Andy Falco’s resume includes stints with the Greencards and Levon Helm. Chris Pandolfis background includes a stint with Drew Emmit, fiddler Garrett has played with Bobby Osborne, Jesse Cobb has played with Jim Lauderdale, and bassist Cook has shared the stage with Benny “Burle” Galloway.”

About Things That Fly

The album is solid through all thirteen of the tracks and Hall’s dobro, Garret’s fiddle and Cobb’s mandolin, (Oops Pandolfi’s banjo is good, too) certainly form the core of the band. A few of the tracks that caught my attention are. the opening track “You Can’t Stop the Changes”, the instrumental “Magic #9″ (big surprise there),”Those Who’ve Gone On” (probably my favorite track), “It’ll Be All Right”, “17 cents” (oops again I forgot this one maybe this is the favorite) and the closing instrumental “The Deputy”.

The band allows taping at their shows and you can follow a link at the bottom of their webpage to some free music. So check them out! I know I’m headed over there to give a show or two a listen!

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Here’s “In God’s Country” from the album;

and here’s “Fork in the Road”

Jack Williams – Laughing in the Face of the Blues

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This morning I decided that it was a good day to listen to one of my favorite folk artists so I qued up Jack Williams on the mp3 player and listened to his album Laughing in the Face of the Blues. If you like great guitar picking coupled with great songs about the south and common folks then you’ll like Jack Williams’ music.

Discoverig the Music of Jack Williams

I first stumbled across Jack’s music in the bargain bin of my favorite used record store where I found his album Across the Winterline . I took it home listened to I think the first two songs and I knew that I had a new favorite!

Here’s what others think of Jack’s music:

From his website and CDBaby:

…. his artistry… is nothing short of amazing. Dazzling picking, expressive voice, unique and interesting songs. He is a showman in the best sense of the word and just wowed our audience. I think they would have followed him anywhere.”
Rich Warren, WFMT “Midnight Special”, Chicago IL

Skilled finger picking with a [Southern] rhythmic musical style that’s equal parts folk storytelling and Tin Pan Alley songcraft, delivered with the impassioned soul of an old blues singer…No Depression Magazine

Listening to Laughing in the Face of the Blues

Like all of Jack’s album Laughing in the Face of the Blues is filled with great songs . Recently the album has been on my mp3 player and the songs that usually come up when the player is set to  random are “Meet Me Mama”, Laughing in the Face of the Blues” and “A Sucker for Love” all great songs and again so are the rest!

Finally Walkin’ Blues

This afternoon I continued listening to Jack and the other album on the player Walkin’ Dreams. Which is also full of great songs! The album opens with “A Natural Man” written about one of Jack’s heroes  Josh White. Other songs include “An English Moment” about returning to the home of his ancestors.  “Mr. Cherry” about the Birmingham Church bombing, “Walkin’ Dreams” a song about walking through history and finally

“Me and My Automobile” a fun song about his car troubles that includes an excerpt from Jack’s call to “Click and Clack on NPR!

The other funny song is “In the Texas Sky” which chronicles Jack’s travails while taking his friend Al Grierson’s remains to their final resting place! Of the two albums I think Walkin’ Dreams had more listens.

Looking at  his website I see that his new CD The High Road Home is due out this summer and I can’t wait. Oh maybe I’ll pre-order it! Anyway until then I’ll just listen to what I have and watch the DVD High Cotton a collection of live performances.

So if you don’t know Jack’s music check him out you won’t be disappointed –

The Video

Jack performing “Natural Mam” from Walkin’ Dreams

Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper, and Others on a “Memories Monday”

How it Begins…..

“One-two….Uh, listen here now,here’s what….tihs is  where it’s at, this is the thing of this gig and here’s…I’ll tell you ’bout it now. Uh, awhile ago my friend Alan Kooper called me on the phone and said, “Let’s make this gig, an LP in Los Angeles and we’ll sat will happen” So we went and I played, and I played for one day and I split and went back to San Francisco where I live and the other day Stephen Stills played….and they put out an album called “Super Sessions”…….Mike Bloomfield , San Francisco, September 26, 1968 9:50 PM

The above quote is the begining of a little speech given before Mike Bloomfiled and Al Kooper were introduced for their live gig based upon their album Super Session describing what the audience would be listening to. What they would be listening to would be some grerat live music recorded over three nights.

The first two were with Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper and band mates John Kahn and Skip Prokop and after Mike Bloomfield’s insomia caught up with him (he was up for five straight days and ended up in the hospital) and for the final night’s tracks recorded with Carlos Santana and Elvin Bishop filing in are included in the album which is the first album side

I listened to tonight side 2 of  The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper.

The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper.

Side 2 of The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper opens with a great cover of The Band’s song “The Weight” and Mike and Al are both in good form on the number.

On the next three tracks Mike and Al swap lead vocals with Mike doing the vocals on a Ray Charles song “Mary Ann” and then Al on”Together ’til the End of Time”  and Mike again on “That’s All Right”.

During this gig it was the first time Al had heard Mike sing! But the real reason that I listened to this album was the last track on Side 2 a great cover of Booker T’s “Green Onions” with Mike playing the part of Steve Cropper. I always loved this track and mentioned it the other day.

Overall even after uh 42 years, it’s still a great listen. I love both Mike Bloomfield guitar work and Al Kooper’s organ playing!!

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Deliverin’ – Poco

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The second album I listened to was released around the same time and was my introduction to another band I would be listening to for the next forty years and that would be Poco and their live album Deliverin’.

Again I listened to the second side. I guess I was always like that side a little more than the first because I really liked Jim Messina’s “You Better Think Twice” but then again I also like Richie Furay’s “A Man Like Me”  and the medley which included Rusty Young’s “Grand Junction”.

So I guess I always like the whole album including side 1!  Through the years my wife became a bigger fan than I was, I never like the band as much after Messina and Furay left.

In the last several  years, we have seen  Poco  them several times live and they always put on a great show. We haven’t seen a show yet where Richie has played with them but I’m hoping we get to one!

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The Use of Ashes – Pearls Before Swine

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The last album that I listened to was Pearls Before Swine The Use of Ashes. Released in 1970 this is another of my favorite all time albums and one I’ve listened to frequently through the years but not for a while.

I listened tonight to Side 1 because that’s the side that has my two favorite songs “The Jeweler” and “Rocket Man” both of which are great songs with vivid imagery.

In Rocket Man the chorus when a mother and child other face a world where their husband and father could be being killed at any moment

My mother and I never went out

unless the sky was cloudy or the sun was blotted out

or to escape the pain

we only went out when it rained.

It’s a chorus  that’s rambled around in my head for forty years and never fails to move me! Anyway the other songs on this side “From a Movie”, “God Save a Child” and “Song about a Rose” are less remembered but listening again tonight brought back how much I liked this whole album!

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Overall, it was a better night of listening to music than it was watching Phillies baseball!

Thre Video

Here’s a video of Mike and Al’s cover of “Green Onions”

Several years go I bought this poster at Wolfgang’s Vault with a Christmas Gift Ceritifcate from my son Peter.

It wasn’t until I looked more closely at the dates on the poster that I realized it was the nights the album was recorded!

2026 Update: Weekly Music Days Are Changing

As I look back at these posts from my early blogging years, I realize that most of the artists and albums featured here were never really forgotten. They had simply gone a long time without finding their way back onto my turntable or playlist.

Because of that, I’ve decided to rename Folk Monday as Memories Monday.

This post isn’t just about three albums. It’s about spending an evening revisiting music that has been part of my life’s soundtrack for decades and discovering that it still sounds every bit as good as I remembered.

Going forward, Memories Monday will be the place where I revisit the music and memories that have shaped my journey. Some weeks that might mean rediscovering favorite albums or concerts. Other weeks it may be old playlists, first musical discoveries, reel-to-reel tapes, stories about sharing music with Andrew or Peter, memories from my college years, or even family stories and genealAfter all, music has always been more than something I’ve listened to—it has been one of the threads that connects the people, places, and moments that have made me who I am.

P.S. As part of the new weekly rhythm on A Sixties–Seventies Man, Folk Monday is moving to Folk Friday.

Kris Kristofferson, Taylor and David Buskin on a “Memories Monday”

So tonight I listened to some vinyl albums that I haven’t listened to in a long while. Albums from Kris Kristofferson, Chip Taylor and David Buslin

Me and Boddy McGee – Kris Kristofferson

First up is an album when it was released in 1970 was just called Kristofferson but by the time I bought it in 1971 it had been renamed Me and Bobby McGee (I can’t imagine why?).  Anyway, that album had a lot of songs that had been recorded by others including Janis Joplin, Ray  Price and Roger Miller and Ray Stevens but I didn’t listen to those performers (except for Joplin) so I worn this album out! What a great collection of songs,  including “To Beat the Devil”, (always a favorite), “Help Me Make it through the Night”, “Just The Other Side of Nowhere” “For the Good Times” and probably my favorite “Sunday Morning Coming Down”.   My favorite line from that song:

Then I crossed the empty street,

‘n caught the Sunday smell of someone fryin’ chicken.

And it took me back to somethin’,

That I’d lost somehow, somewhere along the way.

Chip Taylor’s Last Chance

The second album is also by someone who has written a lot of hits for other people and one of those songs just happens to be “Wild Thing”  other pop hits include” “Angel of the Morning”, “Anyway You Want Me” and a lot of country hits. and the artist would be Chip Taylor and the album Chip Taylor’s Last Chance

I think most of the time I only listened to the first side of this album because I only really remember the first few songs on that side:  (I Want) The Real Thing”, “Son of a Rotten Gambler” and “I Read it in The Rolling Stone”. I must admit that I haven’t listened to much of his current stuff like the albums that he has done with Carrie Rodriquez. The other day I did hear a track that sounded interesting on XM Radio so I will have to look up some of his new music!

Come With – David Buskin ……and Robin Batteau and more

The next artist you may know more from his TV commercials including the jingle for NBC “Just Watch Us Now” for which he won a Clio Award in 1983. He co-wrote All Aboard America for Amtrak, and did work for Burger King, JC Penny, and the US Postal Service.  To me he is just David Buskin who on his  debut album entitled Compton and Batteau no wait that’s the other half of Buskin and Batteau, no his debut album was just David Buskin (you can only be so creative) who wrote one of the great songs about travelin’ on “Come With”

oh won’t you come with

jump in the back

we’ll go to Memphis and Fargo

and places like that

and I’ll promise you go times

I’ll promise you friends

and you’re welcomed along till you ask where it ends

But in listening to this album, I realized how much I liked the whole first side  of this album which included the tracks “When I Need You Most of All”, “Come With”, “The Winter Song” a song about the homeless, “Softly Rocking” about losing children to the war and “After All”. All in all a great re-listen! These days David records with Robin Batteau and their last release is Red Shoes and Golden Hearts .

David also works with Rob Carlson and George Wurzbach in the group “Modern Man

– filling the void between The Three Tenors and The Three Stooges.” “With the release of their third CD, “Assisted Living,” the somewhat musical group known as Modern Man continues its assault on the out-moded idea that only those persons not yet manifesting symptoms of senile dementia should perform in public “

Check out their live album The Wide Album by Modern Man very funny stuff!

Here’s a video of David and Robin performing David’s “When I Need You Most of All” which is the first track on David Buskin

Greensky Bluegrass Discovered via “Twang Tuesday” Vibes

Ok so near the end of work today, I was listening to Rhapsody and I saw a band whose name sounded interesting Greensky Bluegrass labeled as progressive bluegrass so I put on their current release Five Interstates.

As I was working I was noticing that the music that was playing was REALLY GOOD – loved the dobro and mandolin and the vocals sounded great!!

Discovering GreenSky Bluegrass Live at Bell’s

 So I listened to several of the songs and was really impressed so of course I said I’ll try another of the CDs! So I downloaded the album Live at Bells listened to the first track “Bonts Breakdown” and had an Allison Krauss  “new favorite” bluegrass band!

Greensky Bluegrass Live at Bells

So after work,  I went to their website and saw that I was not alone in my admiration for the band as they were winners of the 2006 Telluride Bluegrass Festival Band Competition. The band calls Michigan home and consists of

  • Anders Beck – dobro
  • Michael Arlon Bonts – banjo
  • Dave Bruza – guitar
  • Mike Devol – upright bass
  • Paul Hoffman – mandolin

Since I only listen once to the album, it’s hard to say which tracks are favorites but I do know that “Running the Briars” is definitely high on the list! also the “Road to Nowhere” and “My Sally” and I’m sure many others

So I say go find some Green sky and some Blue grass or is it Blue Sky and Green Grass – oh you know Greensky Bluegrass and enjoy!

As for me I think I’m going to head over to livedownloads.com and pick up All Access Vol.1 – Greensky Bluegrass Vol 1 and listen to lots of Greensky Bluegrass over the next few weeks and hope they come to New Jersey some time!

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Post Update: This post was written in the first few months of my blogging career. As I look back on this time I had some pretty good ideas.Twang Tuesday was one of them. It gave me a chance to load up my music player of the day listen to new artists of a specific genre. Discovering Greensky Blue was a real treat. Anyway, when I went started to revise this post I found that the video was missing. Instead of looking for a video I decided to feature a Live from the Archive video from the band. It was recorded i 2012 as close as I could get to the 2010 date when this post wad published