The second time I done it on my own.
12 years ago I bought The Bear Family's 7 volume 13 CD "Truckers, Kickers, Cowboy Angels- The Blissed Out Birth of Country Rock". From it I assembled my first Weekend Mix here at Burning Wood. I've been interested in this territory ever since Ringo sang "Act Naturally", The Grateful Dead's "American Beauty", and The Byrds "Sweetheart Of The Rodeo" to name a few.
I wish it was still possible to still buy or rent "Tales From The Tour Bus". The episodes with Billy Joe Shaver are really over the top. Here's a taste:
A neighbor with an extra ticket invited me to see Rodney Crowell at The City Winery in 2021(?). I knew he played with Emmylou Harris as a kind of replacement for Gram, but I didn't know his music. He and his band were really good, but I regretted not being more familiar with his repertoire.
On Discogs, I paid an extra $5 for an autographed original pressing of his first album, "Ain't Living Long Like This", released in 1978. I don't know anything about Miro, except he asked Rodney to sign it in '92. Later pressings increased the size of his name and the title.
Sorry to post so late, but that's my schedule.
-BBJ
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These Texas songwriters are my wheelhouse. So glad to see you discover them. Go dig into Guy, Townes, Billy Joe, Joe Ely, Terry Allen, Robert Earl Keen, to name a few. Keen is touring probably for last time. Seeing him at Irving Plaza next month. Lyle Lovett has a double CD of covers of all Texas songwriters called Step Inside This House which is very good. And go to YouTube and check out the old "guitar pulls" on Austin City Limits. You can see many of these folks playing together. Amazing stuff. Lastly, Billy Joe Shaver's son, Eddie, is an amazing guitar player. If you go watch vids you'll see him as young as 16 playing with his dad.
if you haven't read Crowell's autobiography, Chinaberry Sidewalks, it reads just like he talks. i've always meant to find the audio book version to hear that.
That "Shaver" CD of father and son is fantastic. Probably best version of "Georgia on a Fast Train."
bob in IL
Miro Jugum was a friend of Rodney's and shot the album cover photograph
Whoah! I don't see his name credited anywhere, but I believe you.
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