Happy April Fool's Day. Where does this stuff come from, anyway? We start with the magic and majesty of Groundhog Day and then comes the month of March with the mantra "In like a lion, out like a lamb." Next up it is April Fool's, which traces its history back to The Canterbury Tales. And don't even get me started on the Easter Bunny. Taken as an aggregate, it looks like our society is crazy about the whimsical. I hope the culture that excavates us has a sense of humor, or will they think we are pagans of some inexplicably strange order?
Happy April's Fool's Day. Happy Eleven Bones, quite the cast of characters, too. Here's a Music Fog exclusive track, "Fool's Holiday," from our session with them at our Threadgill's marathon during SXSW® week 2010.
Oh man, I have not wanted to talk too much about this twilight time that I have been living in. I have been through almost a week now of haze, of drifting in and out, of sleep overtaking me, and then of weird, implausible dreams. But so it is after surgery. I am in very good hands though, between the medical folks, and then that of Hag and Dee, who are angels watching over me. I have not been on my feet much, heck, I have hardly even been out of bed. Today is the day that the bandages are coming off, and the healing continues. And I have a super cool new red scooter to tool around on! I will keep you posted on my progress, but thanks for all the well wishes you have sent my way.
We wrapped up the Music Fog Marathon a week ago last Saturday, and here is our first video from those sessions. We grabbed a handful of performances that Beans started working on immediately, while waiting for Aaron to return to DC with the rest of the masters. Not to mention that this is worthy of being the first video we bring to Music Fog on the strength of the other two performances we filmed of Eilen Jewell at Threadgill’s two years ago. With over 100,000 views, she has the number two most watched video in Music Fog’s archives, “Sea of Tears,” and a MF top 20 with “Rain Roll In.”
Her name is pronounced E-lin; that is with a hard E, that is then softened by her bob haircut and pearls. Coming off of the success of Sea Of Tears, she found herself suffering a severe case of writer’s block, and retreated to a cabin in the mountains of Idaho. Back in the land that she is originally from, she was able to lay the groundwork for the forthcoming album Queen of the Minor Key, due at the end of June. Joining Eilen are her longtime band; Jason Beek (drums, harmony vocals), Jerry Miller (electric, acoustic and steel guitars), and Johnny Sciascia (upright bass) who have performed 150-plus shows a year, these past five years. The song we bring you today is from the forthcoming album, and is an ironically worded homage to Cupid called, “Bang, Bang, Bang.”
My dad imparted some homespun philosophy that I take with me to this day. When I did something stupid, he would always say he wished he could just put his brain into mine, to easily transfer the knowledge that he had so I wouldn’t have to learn the lesson the hard way. The other thing that he would often repeat was that if something was going to bother you ten years from now, then be upset, otherwise, you should just blow it off. I have passed these concepts on to my son, with an added one from the Bob Dylan song “Absolutely Sweet Marie,” "...to live outside the law you must be honest.” Don’t take it for granted, whatever your blessings in life; it does not not give you the right to think you are above anyone else. What do they say, that youth is wasted on the young? I think that today’s youth will need all their energy and wits about them to wend their way through the challenges being presented to them.
So today’s song is called “My Son,” and it comes from The Dirty River Boys from El Paso, TX. They have been kicking up their heels in a big way, and making fans wherever they go. We saw it happen in January at The MusicFest in Steamboat Springs. I have checked them out at the Dogwood on 6th Street in Austin a couple of times in the last few months and the crowds are growing and their story is spreading. They just got to open for Cory Morrow at the official debut of the Texas Music Theater in San Marcos a couple of weeks ago. Check out this video, the energy and wits are evident on an unreleased tune called “My Son,” that we captured in the Music Fog studio in Colorado.
Happy April's Fool's Day. Happy Eleven Bones, quite the cast of characters, too. Here's a Music Fog exclusive track, "Fool's Holiday," from our session with them at our Threadgill's marathon during SXSW® week 2010.
