Panama Red, along with various well-intentioned, good-natured, intelligent souls as required and funded.
Influences
CHET ATKINS, MERLE TRAVIS, MERLE HAGGARD, GREGOR MENDEL, KARL MARX, GROUCHO MARX, CLAYTON MOORE, THE BEATLES, THE RUTLES, THE ROLLING STONES, B.B.KING, MARTIN LUTHER KING, MALCOLM X, DWIGHT EISENHOWER, JESUS CHRIST, JESUS MORALES, MAHATMA GHANDI, MAHATMA KANE JEEVES,
BUT MOSTLY PEOPLE I'VE WORKED FOR OR ACTUALLY KNOWN: MARY ELLEN BOYD, BILLY JOE SHAVER, KINKY FRIEDMAN, FELIX PAPPALARDI, FRED NEIL, DICK COOPER, RONNY ELLIOTT, DICK HOLLER, ALEX HARVEY, LEE CLAYTON, MORE TO COME AS I THINK OF THEM.
ALSO ALCOHOL, MY SO-CALLED FRIENDS, ZEN MEDITATION,
Sounds Like
A DUMPSTER TRUCK EARLY IN THE MORNING, A SHRIMPBOAT LATE AT NIGHT, A NIGHT CLUB CLOSING UP, A VACUUM CLEANER SHUTTING DOWN, A ROUND BEING JACKED INTO THE CHAMBER, EPISCOPAL CHURCH ON EASTER
Like Panama's other album, HomeGrown, the tunes on
Choice Buds are pretty much a mixed bag, covering several genres: alternative
country, blues, some old-style R&B, one zydeco, one tropical tune.
PANAMA
RED: HomeGrown
Alt.alt.country. An organically produced original Texas
Jewboy, and co-writer with Billy Joe Shaver and Kinky, with "no Hollywood arrangers
or Nashville producers to take what is great and make it good"- Kinky Friedman.
He Panama! Whats the werd big bird? I'm still here in New Zealand, playin heaps of music and writing, check out the living room version of a new song on my site. And look for another comin down the pike, "Marlon Brandos' Island"
Take care and when's the next newsletter, haven't seen one in a while...
It appears that Myspace is working okay for me, Panama. I hope this Monday finds you fit, happy and productive. Me. I'm moving slow. A tad too much beer over the weekend, but Somebody Had To Do It!
Thanks a million Panama Red for joining our ministry of Blues. It's all about peace, love understanding, and GROOVE! Hope to perform for you sometime. Enjoyed your tunes. Wishing you the very best in Blues and life! -Big Daddy
This Saturday 7pm We will be playing a benefit for Childrens Miracle Network at the Wal-mart in McMinnville. Please dress warm just in case and hey, it's free and all ages! See you there?
Heya Panama, Robt & I send you a whiff of warmer air from Sunny Southwest Floriday on this Groundhog Day (which some of us celebrate as "Sun-return"). Spring is really just around the corner. Wishing you the everlovin best! xoxoxoxo
