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Front-Ranger:
I had a very enjoyable evening watching and listending to Harry Connick Jr at Red Rocks Amphitheater with his band. He had a trombonist named Lucien Barbor who was just incredible! The sounds he created with his trombone were fantastical and only matched by his singing, dancing, facial expressions, and general clowning around and flirting with Harry! And Harry sounded to me much like Bonnie Raitt with a slightly deeper voice, which is a compliment to him. I had the greatest vantage point thanks to my friend EDelMar who obtained the tickets. For a day or so, I'm going to change my name from Front-Ranger to Front-Row-Center!!
Front-Ranger:
Great news about Steve Earle and all he is doing lately in the latest New Yorker. I didn't know that his earliest inspiration when growing up in San Antonio, Texas, was Bob Dylan, who had just released his Freewheelin Bob Dylan album. It says Earle took off for NYC but detoured to Nashville for a few decades. He's now settled in the Village, loving it, and working on a walking tour of the Village, among many other things. There is a slight chance that after 15 years of reading the New Yorker I may actually go to New York, so I'm excited to hear this! Also, I'm gonna check out the TV show The Wire because apparently he plays a character and sings the theme song.
Here is Steve Earle's song from Brokeback Mountain:
Devil's Right Hand
(Steve Earle)
About the time that Daddy left to fight the big war
I saw my first pistol in the general store
In the general store, when I was thirteen
I thought it was the finest thing I ever had seen
So l asked if I could have one someday when I grew up
Mama dropped a dozen eggs, she really blew up
She really blew up, and she didn't understand
Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand
The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand
Mama says the pistol is the devil's right hand
Me very first pistol was a cap and ball Colt
Shoots as fast as lightnin' but it loads a mite slow
It loads a mite slow, and soon I found out
It'll get you into trouble but it can't get you out
So about a year later I bought a Colt 45
Called a peacemaker but I never knew why
I never knew why, I didn't understand
Mama says the pistol is the devil's right hand
The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand
Mama says the pistol is the devil's right hand
Got into a card game in a company town
I caught a miner cheating, I shot the dog down
I shot the dog down, I watched the man fall
He never touched his holster, never had a chance to draw
The trial was in the morning and they drug me out of bed
Asked me how I pleaded, not guilty I said
Not guilty I said, you've got the wrong man
Nothing touched the trigger but the devil's right hand
The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand
Mama says the pistol is the devil's right hand
The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand
Mama says the pistol is the devil's right hand
ifyoucantfixit:
I just bought my first ever concert tickets day before yesterday...cant wait to go...
Rufus Wainwright at a local smallish intimate venue...Its normally a club. dont know
for sure how the seating will be.......but ive heard that is the way to see him best.
Front-Ranger:
Great, Janice!! When will you see him? I've heard his new album is his best yet!
Front-Ranger:
I think I found the perfect Father's Day present. The Traveling Wilburys 2-CD set with an included DVD and never before heard bonus tracks.
Quick, who can name the members of the band The Travelling Wilburys???
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