Do you have that seasonal condition SAD, thought to be brought on by low vitamin D or cabin fever or lack of sunshine? I have a lamp that replicates daylight for the winter months when we are deprived. It is not needed now, as here in Texas we will have our first stretch of 100+ days accompanied by relentless sunshine. And looking at the national weather map, sunshine abounds almost everywhere on the penultimate Saturday of June. (I have been waiting forever to use that word!)
Connie Smith brings the brightness to us today. She was on hand for induction ceremonies to the Country Music Hall Of Fame a couple of months back in March. Earlier this month, she joined husband Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives, Wynonna, Roger McGuinn, Stonewall Jackson, and The Chuckwagon Gang for Marty Stuart’s annual Late Night Jam at the Ryman Auditorium during CMA Week in Nashville. Music Fog caught up with them last year during Americana Fest. BTW, tickets for this year festival, slated for September 12-15 2012, are available here. Lifetime achievement awards this year go to Bonnie Raitt, Booker T. Washington, and Richard Thompson. The Americana Honors and Awards will take place at The Ryman on Wednesday night September 12th. For this Saturday in the sun, let us bask in the glory of Connie Smith “I’m Not Blue,” from the Fall Music Fog Marathon at Marathon Recorders in Nashville in October.
- Jessie Scott
