Clarence Ashley, The Carter Family, Nick Cave, Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, Skip james, Buell Kazee, The Library of Congress Recordings, Jason Molina, Bill Monroe, The New Lost City Ramblers, Charley Patton, The Smithsonian Folkways, Son House, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Bukka White
Sounds Like
the cicada's hum, the widow's moan, death's rattle
One day the Doe said to the Stag, "have you ever seen a tree split by lightning?" The stag pondered the question momentarily, rubbing at his chin with furrowed brow. He looked toward the Doe and responded, "no dear Doe, but I have seen a tree weathered by the burdens of a thousand storms."
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Raised separately between the corn stalks of southern Indiana, their wanderlust soon brought them to Chicago where many summer evenings were spent reminiscing over whiskey, broken hearts, and Buell Kazee
The next time you have a sing-a-long at Happy Village, I say you start charging people for it. That was some mighty fine singin'. I had a knee slapping time.
