Best part of this video: "Stop hawking things. Solve the world's problems."

Meanwhile, here's Lucinda Williams' ode to Blaze Foley:

Imma dig into this one. I taught myself Wijnkamp's version a few years ago. I got it into my fingers, but never have played it through without mucking it up in some way. Maybe the first section a couple of times. It's been a while, and I'd been meaning to get back to it again. I assumed this would j...

To me, this DOES sound like a James Taylor tune, though not a particular one, of course, and it would have to be much simpler to become one. I probably never would have thought that if I didn't know the title reference, but the vibe is very JT. If they slowed it down a bit, etc., I bet the two of th...

I've loved this song since it came out, when I was still basically a little kid - the ELP version, of course. Years later, it got me into Blake, and that whole milieu ("unclewalt," in fact, was an homage to Whitman, though this is the only place where I still use it -- it sounds a little creepy, in ...

Alternatively, I’m just going to wait to renew my sub until I can use the site without having to study up or do a lot of acrobatics. I’ve been through a number of site redesigns myself, so I sympathize. But it seems clear that this one was prematurely launched. I mean ... I paid $25 for this. Good l...

thanks, but yeah, i'm not gonna do all that

Yes, the search thing is a problem. The site mostly works very nicely, and looks good, but I can't find anything. Also, the opening of new pages when going between the main site and the forum is a little annoying. As is the need to sign in separately to each, with (at least in my case) two different...

I actually just listened to that demo cut last night. The whole song is very by-the-book, and yet not. It *seems* like a pedestrian AM pop hit of the 'early 70s, but there's all kinds of stuff about it that sets it apart. I'm watching this collection of TV appearances right now. Also getting caught ...

Random thoughts on this: First, thanks for the Maury tab! I haven't made time to work on this yet, but soon will. I've listened several times, now, though. I will also delve further into the catalog. After I moved past Croce when I was a kid, I had this vague thought that he was -- I dunno, too main...

Ah! I wondered if that was the case. Thanks!