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Taking the Steam Powered Aereo Plane to that Desert Island

The last album in my review of top five albums to take to a desert island may be my all-time favorite. I’ve long loved John Hartford’s quirky, hippy-bluegrass Aereo-Plain album. So it w… more →

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Taking the Steam Powered Aereo Plane to that Desert Island

DJB wrote 3 months ago: The last album in my review of top five albums to take to a desert island may be my all-time favorit … more →

Tags: acoustic music, Bluegrass Music, Random DJB Thoughts, vassar clements, Aereo-Plain, Steam Powered Aereo Plane, John Hartford, Tut Taylor, Randy Scruggs

Five Albums for a Desert Island - The Circle Album — 2 comments

DJB wrote 3 months ago: I still remember coming home sometime in 1972 – I was a junior or senior in high school … more →

Tags: acoustic music, Bluegrass Music, doc watson, Will The Circle Be Unbroken, nitty gritty dirt band, Jimmy Martin, O Brother Where Art Thou, Earl Scruggs, merle travis

Norman Blake - Ginseng Sullivan

CantervilleGhost wrote 4 months ago: Norman Blake Ginseng Sullivan About three miles from the batelle yard the river curves on down Not … more →

Watching the Grammy's Part II

DJB wrote 5 months ago: After closing out last night’s More to Come… post on the Grammy’s, I caught the fi … more →

Tags: acoustic music, Bluegrass Music, Random DJB Thoughts, Alison Krauss, Grammy Awards, Robert Plant, Rounder Records

Live at McCabe's — 1 comment

DJB wrote 5 months ago: Norman Blake Live at McCabe's I am in Santa Monica, California, for a set of meetings. For most … more →

Tags: acoustic music, Bluegrass Music, Heritage Travel, Random DJB Thoughts, flatpicking, mccabe's guitar shop, Santa Monica, Live at McCabe's

E102/Sad? — 9 comments

thestatethatiamin wrote 6 months ago: “I’m so happy that love has come around I’m so happy about the girl I’ve fou … more →

Tags: shoeshine records, Teenage Fanclub, BMX Bandits, Attic Lights, Euros Childs, gorky's zykotic mynci

Round Round Get Around He Gets Around — 6 comments

philspector wrote 6 months ago: Everyone’s favourite spectacle-sporting singer from The Best Band In The World…Ever (tha … more →

Tags: cover versions, Hard To Find, Alex Chilton, Frank Zappa, Gene Clark, shoeshine records, Teenage Fanclub

Playing Music

DJB wrote 7 months ago: Playing music with friends over Thanksgiving has pushed me to reorder my schedule to find even more … more →

Tags: acoustic music, Random DJB Thoughts, Practicing, Glenn Kurtz, Institue of Musical Traditions

Teenage Fanclub - Sparky's Dream

elena672 wrote 9 months ago: Norman Blake, Scottish singer-songwriter for Teenage Fanclub … more →

Tags: music birthdays, October 20 birthdays, Teenage Fanclub, Alternative Pop/Rock

Vitamin A (Mental Health Charity Benefit) - Glasgow ABC — 4 comments

extremelisteningmode wrote 9 months ago: On a foul night in Glasgow, a healthy crowd has gathered to do their bit for charidee at an event ra … more →

Tags: General Stuff, Teenage Fanclub, Sons and Daughters, Twilight Sad