The Cerny Brothers "Night on the Town"

Oh, for a good steak in a restaurant, or a beach vacation, or for a music festival, heck even a single night of music! I know, we are in a marathon, and I hope you too are still quarantining. We do the best we can with the comforts of home and our electronic toys. Oh, and the socials, truly what would we do without the ability to connect through Zoom, Facebook, and the like. It has been a lifesaver. I am even picking up the phone to take an actual phone call here and there. Reach out and touch someone. I am sure you will make someone’s day by caring about them enough to call.

I’m not crying, just trying to come to terms with our new normal. How long will it last, who knows? In the meantime, we have turntables and streaming services and radio. And we have videos. Today’s Music Fog selection comes from the Cerny Brothers. The latest from them is a bona fide dance remix of the song “Days of Thunder.” But today we bring you another from our private shoot with them last year, “A Night on The Town.” We can put on some party clothes and pretend, can’t we?

- Jessie Scott

Will Kimbrough "When I Get to Memphis"

Before our world became so accessible, with highways and easy air travel, songs conjured up feelings about far away places. One could listen and imagine what they were like. There was such romance to it, such an interconnected sense to hearing about Old Cape Cod, Saginaw Michigan, or Santa Catalina. It is strange now to be yearning for far away places, but most of us have the quarantine blues as we stay at home and hardly venture past the city limits.

Photo Credit: Epiphone

Today we head down the Mississippi with Will Kimbrough. New Orleans brings sultry weather and a banquet of flavors and music. Of course, one could hit I-10 for Mobile, Alabama, where a couple of songwriters met a while back, Jimmy Buffett and Will Kimbrough. You know, Will has just contributed four tunes to the new Jimmy Buffett album Life on the Flip Side, which speaks to how fine a songwriter he is. Last year, Music Fog captured “When I Get To Memphis” from Will’s I Like It Down Here album, with Bryan Owings and Chris Donohue.

- Jessie Scott

Sarah Potenza "Dickerson and Queen"

Happy 4th people! This is a weird one for sure, but we still can declare independence. COVID numbers are rising around the country, so remember to social distance and wear a mask if you are heading out. Me, I’ll make do in the back yard. Thinking back on the last few times I was out, before we scattered to the wind, there was a very cool night at City Winery Nashville, where there were worthy shows upstairs and downstairs. Delbert McClinton was in the big room, having just won another GRAMMY©, and upstairs in the lounge was Nashville’s own Sarah Potenza.

Photo Credit: Val Hoeppner

Sarah, being the force of nature that she is, was her ever bawdy, no holds barred, diva persona. As we used to say, “Too Much Ain’t Enough.” That just might be her slogan. When she came to play at my WMOT 895 Fest last year, she wore a bathing suit, and her guitar slinger husband, Ian, wore a Hawaiian shirt and jam set. Fetching couple for sure. I miss all that; live music and hugs and applause, the next best thing is watching from the comfort of your home. Here is Sarah from last year’s private sessions in Nashville with one off her Road to Rome album, with the Music Fog recording of “Dickerson & Queen." (Note: there are some explicit lyrics)

- Jessie Scott