WTF is going on here?

Last summer I had lofty goals of not letting this happen…but alas…it happened. Then it got to be so long between posts I felt like I had to post something spectacular if I was going to post something…Like some grand re-entrance. Well eff that, I’ll just post a quick blurb of what’s up.

Basically for the past year and half I’ve been going through some significant life changes…divorce…yadda yadda…who really cares. The point is this site became a reminder of that “old life”. I’m sure anyone who’s been through a divorce or major breakup can understand that. So where does that leave us. Well….I’ve got big plans for this site…and if I follow through on at least a third of them I think you folks will glean hopefully a little enjoyment. Expect a mild redesign of the site, a slight shift in focus, details will come. I also still owe everyone a massive sampler to make up for Summer-Fall-Winter….Been listening to plenty of great music so that shouldn’t be an issue.

To conclude this supposedly short blurb, I give y’all my apology…OB Dan pronounced the site dead a couple days ago! ha!…Over 2 months between posts in internet time is like an eternity, so who can blame him? Thank those who have continued to check the site and thanks to all who have left comments.

Don’t forget to follow on facebook, twitter, and youtube. I will leave you all with this, an example of what I’ve been up to

Just because it’s awesome: Folsom Pinball Blues (ft. Bill Kirchen)

From The Archives: A Truer Halloween 1, 2, and 3

That time of year again, click the covers to go to the original posts for download. Happy Halloween!

Updated Lyrics #2

Updated lyrics: where I take famous lyrics and update them for these modern times

Man from the famous blog, said I was on my way / but somewhere I lost connection, ran out of songs to play

Tim Easton – California Bars (video)

Have had this song stuck in my head for the good part of the last two days. I looked it up and found this video for you guys to enjoy too. This is off Since 1966, one of his two just released albums

Tim Easton – California Bars by fotomuse

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Winner of the V-Roys contest…

..is Travis Hill, congrats! Thanks everyone for commenting, the answer of course was the band’s original name was The Viceroys but they had to shorten to The V-Roys due to the reggae band with the same name. I had never heard the Viceroy cigarettes story though…could it perhaps be a combination of both?

Really I think the V-Roys is a much better name so I think it worked out. To tie it back to reggae, enjoy this video of The V-Roys backing Steve Earle doing their version of  The Slickers classic song Johnny Too Bad.

Free Music Alert: Southern Independent Vol’s 2 & 3

Lots of good good music for you guys to mull over coming from the Give Me My XXX guys. Most notable is the unreleased and much rumored version of The Other Shoe featuring Waylon Jenning with The Old 97’s

Get them here http://givememyxxx.com/

Townes Van Zandt & Blaze Foley – Snowing On Raton (Vid)

I’m pretty certain this is from the Tribute To Clyde Buchanon show I’ve posted before. It’s an incomplete vid but incredible, wish there was more Townes and Blaze footage of them performing together out there somewhere

Updated Lyrics #1

Updated lyrics: where I take famous lyrics and update them for these modern times

He wore his phone outside his pants, for all the honest world to feel

Townes Van Zandt – Pancho & Lefty

Bottle Rockets doing Radar Gun on Conan circa 1995

Check this out…I had forgotten how weird we all dressed in 1995. Great performance too