Hovering

My last post was filled with a type of yearning, and yes, it's still burning. But these days I've been more of a pragmatist. Playing a lot of electric guitar. Writing songs about train-hopping Mexican mamas. I really want to create some kind of myth about Dayton. I want to play to people man. What I need is chemistry and a drummer. I need a better job and save up some cashola. Waiting on my taxes to fix my motorcycle.

I've been playing "Goin' to Acapulco" a lot lately, what a transitional song from the band. You can sense that, although Dylan, there is some kind of transference to the Band and that it shaped them. The song itself is a really intricate in it's sense of melody. The chorus is brilliant. Probably better and more effective than any I've heard. But you hear so much of "music from big pink" in this song, in this really carefree living the music type of song.

Dylan was like a father, a good one, and the Band his children. I don't care what anyone says, when it comes to the Band's song writing, it would be severely lacking if not for Dylan. They were a bar band, plain and simple, and playing fiery OP's music.

But life is brief I'm going to spend my day trying to finish a song.

where is the highway? and the homemade loving kind?

Planning a show at South Park Tavern for friends Tin Armor and mystery act. It will be St. Patrick's day, which is perfect for for SPT as they have only the highest quality beer selection should be a packed house easily. I will tout it as "The jam, the breakfast ham, and the jelly" when it comes time to promote it once everything comes together.

I picked two books and a guitar player magazine which takes a peak into Clarence White's bag-of tricks. The books: "This Wheel's On Fire" Levon Helm's biography, and "Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung" Lester Bang's collected works. I'm going to be enjoying myself.

I've been listening to Michael Hurley, The Unholy Modal Rounders and Jeffery Frederick, and The Clamtone's 1975 masterpiece "Have Moicy!". I cannot get enough of this record and more likely than not will be staying in that really long playlist of 10 records or so. When I first heard it I was grinning from ear to ear. I'm glad someone had the talent and insight to craft a record like that. What is really surprising is that it took them two weeks to record it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZA7OT3Ib5I here is one song off the record, and yes, they're all this good.

Also, Guitar Paradise In East Africa, which is the most amazing compilation I've ever laid hands on. Sticky Fingers has been doing it for me also. I'm feeling really good lately. Until next.