I have a couple of friends who say they can feel it in their bones that 2012 is going to be the best year yet. I have had a great start, hope it has been the same for you. In fact, I am luxuriating in my friends optimism, I am buoyed by it. At church on Christmas evening, the Minister addressed us all, no matter where we were on life’s journey. It is sweet to ponder how the road unwinds; though hill and dale, or Chutes and Ladders-that old and wonderfully wrought childhood game. All I know is that we have been working hard to make Music Fog a destination that encourages music discovery. We love the people we get to work with, and we love the feedback we have been getting. If I haven’t said thanks to you for being there, let me take this opportunity.
Music Fog now has 3 full years and 7 million hits on the Music Fog YouTube Channel…and counting. It took just 68 days from hitting 6 million to make it to 7 million views!! That said, we still haven’t had sessions with everyone we’d like to film. We are bringing you a classic tune today from Richard Thompson, as today marks the reissue of 1982’s Shoot Out The Lights, from Richard and Linda Thompson.That is a good place to start digging into his catalog, for sure. Ah, but I digress, today’s tune was originally recorded on the 1992 Rumor & Sigh album. There are some things that have great intrinsic and iconic value, and the 1952 Vincent Black Lightning just happens to be one of them. Motorcycles, they scream of the freedom of the road, wind in your hair as you ride the rumble. Here is “1952 Vincent Black Lightning,” from the Cambridge Folk Festival in 2006.
-Jessie Scott