Dashriprock
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Please allow me some nostalgia …
Some 20-odd years ago my wife-to-be and I caught this kid’s show, opening for a headlining act of a completely different genre.
Recalling that night tonight, I remember him as purely entertaining. Tall, lanky really, snappy duds, carved boots, four fingers of Royal Crown pomade installed. Crisp, capable guitar licks, plenty stage charisma, solid voice, original material, figured he’d likely get somewhere with music. Good on him.
Duly impressed, then I promptly lost track of him. Marriage, a mortgage, a child, life gets in the way of latenight honkytonkin’ forays, but I digress.
Reckon I shoulda checked in. Come to find out, he played with Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and a score of others. His solo work is widely admired. Certified chops, his contribution is significant.
This ripping rhythm ditty popped up on the truck radio today and I was immediately reminded. Great tune, great storytelling tradition. While the tune certainly gets right up in my roots music sensibility, the image treatment in this video is a dazzling celebration of the American Century.
I was immediately captured. A mostly b/w montage with an impeccable color transition, these photos near demand pausing on each to look into the eyes of those who saw America in a magnificent time not likely to be seen again.
I genuinely hope this inspires sentimental memories for anyone visiting this thread. America used to be a real honey.
Yeah, Daddy was, … well, you know what he was. You better full-screen this one. Enjoy.
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeJpA5oJQcc[/ame]
Some 20-odd years ago my wife-to-be and I caught this kid’s show, opening for a headlining act of a completely different genre.
Recalling that night tonight, I remember him as purely entertaining. Tall, lanky really, snappy duds, carved boots, four fingers of Royal Crown pomade installed. Crisp, capable guitar licks, plenty stage charisma, solid voice, original material, figured he’d likely get somewhere with music. Good on him.
Duly impressed, then I promptly lost track of him. Marriage, a mortgage, a child, life gets in the way of latenight honkytonkin’ forays, but I digress.
Reckon I shoulda checked in. Come to find out, he played with Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and a score of others. His solo work is widely admired. Certified chops, his contribution is significant.
This ripping rhythm ditty popped up on the truck radio today and I was immediately reminded. Great tune, great storytelling tradition. While the tune certainly gets right up in my roots music sensibility, the image treatment in this video is a dazzling celebration of the American Century.
I was immediately captured. A mostly b/w montage with an impeccable color transition, these photos near demand pausing on each to look into the eyes of those who saw America in a magnificent time not likely to be seen again.
I genuinely hope this inspires sentimental memories for anyone visiting this thread. America used to be a real honey.
Yeah, Daddy was, … well, you know what he was. You better full-screen this one. Enjoy.
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeJpA5oJQcc[/ame]
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