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Music

Hank Williams receives Pulitzer citation

It’s about time this guy receives some love. Icon Hank Williams receives Pulitzer cita­tion. From the article:

The cita­tion notes Williams’ “crafts­man­ship as a song­writer” and his “piv­otal role in trans­form­ing coun­try music into a major musi­cal and cul­tural force in Amer­i­can life.” He joins other recent spe­cial cita­tion recip­i­ents Bob Dylan, Thelo­nious Monk

In Which I Dream of Emmylou Harris

I’m sit­ting on a bench in an empty room play­ing my gui­tar, when a silver-haired lady walks in and begins speak­ing to me.

EH: Hey, I rec­og­nize that song. Me: Holy shit, are you Emmy­lou Har­ris? EH: Yep. Scoot over and let me sit down. Keep play­ing. I like that song. Me: I’m not really play­ing the

Doug Seven: New Video

Doug Seven has a new, free video online. This one focuses on the right hand with sev­eral exer­cises to get your pick­ing pat­terns down. Good stuff and free. You can’t ask for more than that.

iPod Clean-up

I finally got around to clean­ing up the coun­try music playlist for my iPod.

Hayes Carll — Trouble in Mind

I don’t know what I was expect­ing, but I was not expect­ing some­thing this good.