by Charles Norman | Jul 30, 2020 | Features, Music
Furry Lewis – Judge Harsh Blues The Mississippi Delta is a great wedge of alluvial floodplain — the dirt that’s laid down when a river comes out of its banks — that begins just below Memphis, reaches 90 miles across at its widest, then tips out at Vicksburg...
by Charles Norman | Jul 27, 2020 | Features, Music, Song of the Day
Elizabeth Cotten – Freight Train I don’t know when I first heard ‘Freight Train.’ I may have heard ‘Freight Train’ when the Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group performed it on the Ed Sullivan Show when I was three months old. The song was a...
by Charles Norman | Jul 21, 2020 | Music, Song of the Day
Static In Verona – Blinking Midnight I am not calling Puddy. What did I do with my gloves? Oh, I bet I left them over at Puddy’s. I should call him. I need those gloves. No, I better not. I’ll call. (looks at table) Oh, look at that! There are the gloves. I was...
by Charles Norman | Jun 20, 2020 | Music, Song of the Day
Wild Daydream – A Picture of You in a Picture of Me Businessman: Don’t take that tone with me young man. I fought the war for your sort.Ringo: I bet you’re sorry you won.Reporter: How did you find America?John: Turned left at Greenland.– from A...
by Charles Norman | Jun 15, 2020 | Music, Song of the Day
His Pioneers – Help Me Myra The years passed; mankind became stupider at a frightening rate. Some had high hopes that genetic engineering would correct this trend in evolution but, sadly, the greatest minds and resources were focused on conquering hair loss and...
