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Amy Speace "Would I Lie"

Recorded the other day (7-10-09), Amy Speace and this guy Rich perform "Would I Lie" at the opulent "El Rancho Grande" in Baltimore. Tight yo...

Ray Wylie Hubbard "Rabbit"

Oh yeah...not many things are better than a little Ray Wylie Hubbard! Here's another vid that we picked up at SXSW in Austin. Enjoy...

Music Fog & The Last 48 Hours

We here at Music Fog have been shuffling through our lives, living from day to day with only one mission in mind: to bring Americana music fans lots of stuff that is original and from the heart.  It is without question the motivation of this web site.  

But what if we were to bring you “The Fog” from the perspective of hour to hour?  What if we where to expose the raw nerve that unveils the Music Fog team for who they are, and what they are willing to do to procure the next great video for you?  

That is precisely what we plan to do in the next week.  Why?  Because the past 48 hours of working the streets has just been messed up.  We know it, and now you should too.  Our attempts to systemize a “shoot” are absurd.  Just getting to the venue is ludicrous.  This whole “Fog” organization is operated by loose cannons.  And now I have tape to document that.  What should have been a simple road trip to Philly to capture Those Darlins turned into a reckless string of events that include the big three:

1. Naked Emotional Brooding
2. Anarchy 
3. A Civil War Reenactment 

You will want to hug your family and pets after seeing what we are about to expose.  I am not kidding.  Watch for it here.  And godspeed.

-Beans

Jason Eady "Judgement Day"

Few people can whip up a lyric like Jason Eady. That's pretty evident when you watch this great track from Threadgill's in south Austin... 

Guy Forsyth "Adam's Rib"

Anybody up for some Guy Forsyth? Here's a great song called "Adam's Rib" that we snagged during SXSW. Enjoy!

Tim Krekel Remembered

A Guest Post

By Tommy Womack

 

The last time I saw Tim Krekel was at the Bluebird last winter, when we did an in-the-round with Marshall Chapman. It was a really fun night – it always had been with them, we’d played as a threesome 7 or 8 times in the last couple of years, and Tim was fine.  Just fine! He looked good and played and sang like the fleet-fingered rockin’ R&B hard man by way of Louisville guy that he’s always been.

And now he’s gone. Just like that. I’m only learning as a middle-aged man-child now how fast cancer gets people. I heard in spring he had a tumor needing removed and then I heard nothing more, until Friday the 18th of June when I heard he was in hospice. I should have called already for a long time before, and after that I vowed to rectify that soon.

I put it off, pissed at myself for doing so but datgummit I hate the phone. I hate not seeing the person you’re talking to. But I swear to God I was coming home from the Y that next Wednesday evening and I said distinctly to myself “TONIGHT! I CALL TIM!” Beth had her Facebook open when I got home and 

Jimmy LaFave "Buckets of Rain"

Here's some serious hangover medicine for y'all. Enjoy this track from Jimmy LaFave...

Americana Revolution Review #006: Todd Snider

Todd Snider is aging like fine Kool-Aid, fine-tuning the songwriting to an eminently digestible delivery machine for moods, 'tudes and iconoclasty. The new album The Excitement Plan fits like your favorite faded pair of baggy jeans, the ones you might try to replace, but never quite find that same shape. Produced by the legendary Don Was, nothing screams on this album, it's all just comfy stuff. Pay special attention to:

Greencastle Blues - Introspective, sweet, easy

America's Favorite Pastime - a sure to be classic; the saga of Dock Ellis pitching a no-hitter on LSD, enuf said

Doll Face - in the Tom Waits trad,  a gentle hard time story song

The Last Laugh - immortally relatable in the pocket lyrics

Barefoot Champagne - Dixieland infused, the male/female nexus considered….again

Don't Tempt Me - a rousing co-write, and co-sing with Miss Loretta Lynn, honky tonk piano supplied by the amazing Jen Gunderman

-With love from Jessie Scott

Paul Thorn Interview

A few weeks back we caught up with Paul Thorn at the 8x10 in Baltimore. Before the show, Jessie sat down with him for a quick interview that ended up going for 20 minutes. Nice! Here's the interview, chopped up into 2 parts to fit on YouTube:

 

Webb Wilder "Hoodoo Witch"

Hope everybody had a successful weekend. Here's some more of the great Webb Wilder for ya'...