As we depart Colorado and bid farewell to a wonderful three days at the Telluride Americana Music Weekend, we would like to thank gracious promoters Steve and Lisa Stagner for inviting us. We would also like to applaud Steve for putting an exquisite lineup in place: Amanda Shires & Rod Picott, Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart, Jason Eady & The Wayward Apostles, Band Of Heathens, Sam Baker and Joe Ely. Three nights in the heaven of the mountains and the music. We hope that you will put this event your radar for next year! It is a gem of a time! Meanwhile, don't let the doggie-door hit your ass on the way out!
After two weeks on the road, Beans and I are feeling a bit like we're on shaky ground, caught between the splendor of where we are, and the yearning for home. And as is our Sunday tradition, we found a cool video to bring you from Jackie Greene, who has a new CD just out called Till The Light Comes.
I have been following Jackie's career since 2003 when my buddy Mindy Giles sent me his first album for airplay consideration at XM. This CD, his sixth, is the follow up to the 2008 release Giving Up The Ghost. Jackie Greene cooks up a stew of rock, folk, country and blues; and on the new CD plays guitars, organ, percussion, piano, Wurlitzer, mellotron, glockenspiel, and electric sitar. Greene, much in demand, has shared the stage with the likes of Phil Lesh, Bob Weir's Rat Dog, Gov’t Mule, and Levon Helm, as Jackie was invited to perform in Helm’s band at the Mountain Jam for Helm’s 70th birthday! While in Woodstock, he played a private acoustic set at Radio Woodstock’s Utopia Soundstage. Here's “Shaky Ground,” which comes from the new CD.
- Jessie Scott
