Music
27 Years (plus a few days) of (this recording of) 42 Years
via Nathan Salsburg‘s facebook page- the above was shot on 7/26/1983, or 27 years and 2 days ago. Some of you might recall that I really liked I Want to Go Where Things are Beautiful, a Nimrod Workman album made from recordings done by Mike Seeger, and released through Twos & Fews, the Drag City imprint that Salsburg runs. What you may not know is that Salsburg is also the driving force behind Face a Frowning World: An E.C. Ball Memorial Album, which is one of the most spectacular comps I’ve acquired in I don’t know how long–years. Even if you don’t have a clue who E.C. Ball was, you’ll find plenty to love about this record. Oh, and while we’re on the subject, the newest Twos & Fews release is called The Good Old-Fashioned Way; it is a collection of recordings by a man named Hamper McBee.
Tags: Nathan Salsburg, Nimrod Workman, Twos & Fews
Oh, Justin. Thank you much for posting this.
man, that is good. tante grazie.
Oh, Justin. Thank you much for posting this.
man, that is good. tante grazie.
really nice, hadn’t seen that, thanks. no doubt you’ve seen ‘the high and lonesome sound.’ a few years ago i got the 16 mm print out from the library. when we were watching it a friend pointed out that john and faith hubley, parents of yo la tengo’s georgia hubley, were in the credits, though i don’t remember what they were credited with (no animantion in the movie). anyway, love those kinds of connections. thanks again.
HARLAN COUNTY, USA is one of about two movies that always–always–reduces me to tears when I watch it. When the woman is giving the speech about what miners’ wives can do, and again when the 90+ year old woman gets up and sings the union/commie song. Those people were fighting SO fucking hard, for SO little–it was the 1920s all over again and it was happening in America five, six, seven years AFTER Woodstock. That sheriff, those gunthugs–they all should have been fucking hung.
Yes, that is one of the best documentaries ever made. I love the interview with the young miner talking about how useless the union marches are and how they should have been appropriating machine-guns.
I have friends who live in Harlan, Kentucky. Eastern Kentucky is a fucked up place. Most of the mining jobs aren’t even there anymore.
really nice, hadn’t seen that, thanks. no doubt you’ve seen ‘the high and lonesome sound.’ a few years ago i got the 16 mm print out from the library. when we were watching it a friend pointed out that john and faith hubley, parents of yo la tengo’s georgia hubley, were in the credits, though i don’t remember what they were credited with (no animantion in the movie). anyway, love those kinds of connections. thanks again.
HARLAN COUNTY, USA is one of about two movies that always–always–reduces me to tears when I watch it. When the woman is giving the speech about what miners’ wives can do, and again when the 90+ year old woman gets up and sings the union/commie song. Those people were fighting SO fucking hard, for SO little–it was the 1920s all over again and it was happening in America five, six, seven years AFTER Woodstock. That sheriff, those gunthugs–they all should have been fucking hung.
Yes, that is one of the best documentaries ever made. I love the interview with the young miner talking about how useless the union marches are and how they should have been appropriating machine-guns.
I have friends who live in Harlan, Kentucky. Eastern Kentucky is a fucked up place. Most of the mining jobs aren’t even there anymore.