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Loretta Lynn at the Songwriters Hall of Fame induction

June 21st 2008 in alt.country

Glitzy entertainmant industry parties in New York City are common (not that I’m invited, they do have some standards) but on the recent occasion of the Songwriters Hall of Fame induction it took “the pride of Butcher Holler, Kentucky” to give those jaded industry wonks something to talk about on the way out of the Marriott Marquis hotel in Times Square. Loretta Lynn brought down the house and left them wanting more.

Gone To Texas

I’m headed to Dallas to hang out with my family and attend the Tom Waits “Glitter and Doom” tour when it pulls into Big D on the 23rd. I’ll be posting sporadically during that time. In other words like I usually post. See you at the show!

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Tom Waits in Dallas

Last night’s Tom Waits show in Dallas was along waited treasure for this fan. You can read more here and here. Waits has been mining a vein of American music that is uniquely his own through his career and his songs have been covered by Allison Krauss, Johnny Cash and the Ramones among many many others (notice the intended omission of one Ms. Scarlett Johansson.)

Big thumbs down for the venue, The Palladium Ballroom, for the lack of air conditioning for a two thousand [...]

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