I have been in a haze of tunes this weekend, as I cruise through an on-line music library that is in beta testing mode. It gives one that ‘glued in place on the couch’ posture. You log off, then you think of other stuff, and log back on to look for that too. This is a rabbit hole I have been lucky enough to fall down many times in my life. It has been decades, really; in the form of singles, vinyl, CDs and waveforms. I have been tracking a lot of Alt. Country on this go round, from Hank III, Buddy & Julie Miller, Doug Sahm, the Bottle Rockets, and Dave Alvin, just to name a few. And I have listened to plenty of Jon Langford, in all his incarnations. He is one talented and one driven cat.
Jon has made appearances with Old 97's, Kelly Hogan, Sadies, Sally Timms, Danbert Nobacon, Jon Rauhouse, Alejandro Escovedo, the Mekons, the Pine Valley Cosmonauts, The Sadies, and Wee Hairy Beasties. His latest release is Old Devils, as Jon Langford and Skull Orchard, and we brought you a track from them featured in our Americana Fest sessions. But when we heard the Waco Brothers were going to be at SXSW, we just HAD to have them stop by. They came to us in a somewhat stripped down configuration, and you know we always love to have something a bit different. So here goes, from back in March at the Music Fog Marathon from Threadgill’s, “Do What I Say,” with Jon being joined by Deano Waco, Tracey Dear, and Jean Cook.
- Jessie Scott
