“I kinda always knew it wasn’t about Pancho Villa, and then somebody told me that Pancho Villa had a buddy whose name in Spanish meant ‘Lefty.’ I know that’s strange, huh?” –Townes Van Zandt Amazon.com Widgets Sometimes a great song sits on someone’s shelf for years before it’s even recorded. Often one’ll barely make a […]
“Dorothy moves to click her ruby shoes, right in tune with Dark Side of the Moon” Amazon.com Widgets So begins the understated intro of the song that is arguably this Boston’s band’s best work. The line takes its cue from a quirky coincidence reportedly first noticed by stoners that the 1973 Pink Floyd album fits […]
I’m slow, but I’m steady. I prize the work more than the pay. I’m rough and I’m ready, livin’ the carpenter’s way” – Hal Ketchum from “Carpenter’s Way” Between turns as a master carpenter, Hal Ketchum just happened to make it big as a country-music superstar. While it’s easy to too often compare songsmithing to […]
“I don’t have that many influences on my work. Of course, my brother Bri, but it’s got to come from your own heart…I ‘d never just get by or cheat. That’s my heart out there.” -Dennis Wilson, 1977 Amazon.com Widgets The story of the Beach Boys is a tragedy. It’s full of Shakespearean themes like […]
“The genus names of all the flowers that were feeding off her amazing glow…” Amazon.com Widgets It’s rare to hear such specific botanical lyrics in any song. Rarer still to hear them in a song so elegantly layered, conjuring up visions like a time lapse photo of the flowers it refers to. What is not […]