Rob the Fiddler

Gotta admit, I dont really cruise the ’space for bands as much as I should…but this one really caught my ear. Im a sucker for cello though.

quitzow

Another great read from John Nova Lomax(Music Editor) in the Houston Press.

KIKK fm was a country station that recently switched formats to smooth Jazz (Kenny G, Tesh and the like). Its now called the wave. John
had previously tore into this genre with not much regard for its fans.

I hate to see that station go. It was one of my favorites in Houston.

This is the same writer who Im told coined the phrase “Texas (Bowel) Movement” for all the Johnny come lately Texas Artists following Pat Green’s success.

He likes Beaver Nelson…so he can’t be all that bad.

Came across this gem on the old 97s site (actually…I was trying to find out about a band called “free whiskey”….google…the cause and solution to all my problems….anyhoo ). This is a review of a Whiskeytown show I saw with Danny several years back. Yes…there was a guitar smashed…and yes…I cheered wildly. I think I held up a lighter too.

Reckless Behavior

Rumors are flying around town about what was flying through the air at Whiskeytown’s raucous, unwieldy performance at Trees on Jan. 23. Aside from the cups and ice, lead singer Ryan Adams fired some cheap shots at Old 97’s, kicked a mike stand over, threatened to beat up a couple of loud frat boys and smashed his acoustic guitar and distributed the shards.

He (Adams) risks alienating potential new fans (most of whom left when the band took an intermission at 1 a.m.) and even die-hards (most of whom stared open-mouthed at Mr. Adams as he capped the evening with a feedback-fueled, patience-testing cover of Sonic Youth’s “Expressway to Your Skull”).

Had a blast playing last night with The Barry White Stripes. The New music festival had a band scramble as part of their rock auction and raffle. Basically you take a pool of musicians, throw the names in a hat and mix em up to form random bands. Of course, im not sure how the whole fiddle/mandolin merged into it all…but it sounded neat from the monitors. The Barry White Stripes were me and

Dan Lehmann (vocals) from Big Iron
Josh Heidler (Guitar) from Valve
GI Sanders (guitar) from South FM
Spammie (Drums) from Daryl and
Nelo (Bass) from Porn Lab

Fiddle playing chicks. J’anna has a page too.

Funny Email from Shaggy and my response

– “Moore, Nancy” wrote:
> Way ahead of Emily Erwin…..
> I’m really tired of everybody crediting Dixie Chick Emily Erwin with
> popularizing the banjo as a pop music instrument. Kermit The Frog was WAY
> ahead of her….And he’s left-handed.
> -Shaggy.
>

Um…what about Bela Fleck?

And Alabama had Mountain Music which was
pretty much a pop song.

Dixieland was the Rock and roll of its day.
It had banjo
Bluegrass was the Rock and roll of its day
It had banjo
Folk music in the 50s was the rock of its day
It had banjo

Dont forget Steve Martin.

Banjo is an instrument that has VERY strong roots and any american music.

Its when you throw in something completely out of the cultural norm that there is an influence.

Example:
The Beatles can be mostly credited for introducing the Sitar to the pop culture/psychedelia of the 60s. (not the drums, guitar or even pot for that matter)

I would love to see what our view of psychedelia would have been if the Beatles had just gone to Peru!