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David Shaw commented on Ryan Mifflin's blog post 'CONCERT REVIEW: Discovering Jason & The Scorchers'

I was completely blown away by Warner when I first saw them a number of years ago ... part of his secret is that he has no cable connecting his guitar to his amp (I'm guessing he's got some sort of remote control system) ... maybe…

Jan 24

David Shaw replied to Will James's discussion 'Gram Parsons 65th Birthday Bash Toronto, Sept 15 at The Silver Dollar Room' in the group Gram Parsons Project Board

That's a perfect name for that ubiquitous Dancer ... High Fashion Queen!!!

Nov 13, 2011

David Shaw replied to Terry Roland's discussion 'Who Are The Top Five Unsung Heroes of Americana Music?'

Duane Jarvis (RIP) Chris Gaffney (RIP Stephen Brunton (RIP) Chip Taylor David Rodriguez Walter Egan

Aug 17, 2011

David Shaw replied to Will James's discussion 'Gram Parsons 65th Birthday Bash Toronto, Sept 15 at The Silver Dollar Room' in the group Gram Parsons Project Board

Any hints of who you've got lined up. Did I mention that Member of Parliament Charlie Angus still has a band called Grievous Angels (had the name before the US band) but he's based in Sudbury. I can drop him a line if you like.... David

Aug 17, 2011

David Shaw replied to Tears of the Moosechaser's discussion 'What Happened to Country Music?' in the group NoDepressionAltCountry

I can't stand listening to current country radio. A couple of decades ago I was listening to a local (Toronto) C&W station and the deejay said he'd recently heard the best country record ever ... Grievous Angel by Gram Parsons and…

Mar 28, 2011

David Shaw commented on Midwestern Lull's group 'Jayhawks Town Hall'

Saw them last week in Toronto and met up with some other fans (from the Jayhawks Fan Forum) ... they played mostly material from HTH and TTGG but also a couple from their first (Bunkhouse) record and Victoria Williams's "Lights" ...…

Jan 28, 2011

David Shaw replied to Will James's discussion 'Natalie Merchant / 10,000 Maniacs' in the group Buffalo Heard

Her latest (Leave Your Sleep) is sublime ... make sure you get the 2 CD version for fullest effect. My four year old granddaughter loves "Bleezer's Ice Cream" and I'm quite taken by "Griselda"..... her collaborators…

Jan 2, 2011

Buffalo Heard

Besides chicken wings, snow, great architecture, and beef on 'weck, Buffalo is known for one other thing: music.See More

David Shaw joined Will James's group Jan 2, 2011

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David Shaw replied to Adam Sheets's discussion 'What are you looking forward to in 2011?'

The Jayhawks are recording a new one with their classic 90s line-up ... they're determined not to be just another nostalgia act. Looking forward to it. A new tour is starting shortly with this configuration....

Dec 3, 2010

David Shaw replied to Will James's discussion 'Grievous Angel - Written at Harvard, Another Gram Parsons/Boston Connection' in the group Gram Parsons Project Board

I just learned just a couple of days ago that Mark Holland died back in 2007 ... by his own hand ... found out from another GPMFer who I found at Facebook ... Domenic Priore ... the reason Brown wasn't originally credited was that Grievous…

Nov 15, 2010

David Shaw replied to Easy Ed's discussion 'musicians who do more than just make music'

Tom Russell wrote a novel that I've yet to see in English yet (I think it was published in Norway) amd may be working on a book about Charles Bukowski. John Lennon wrote two books of poetry while in the Beatles (In His Own Write and Spaniard…

Nov 4, 2010

David Shaw replied to allison green's discussion 'where did we go?' in the group ND Canada

Haven't been out to too many shows this year ... combination of a daughter getting married in late August and my wife having neurosurgery in October (she's healing nicely) ... lots of new music skidding in over the transom ... new artists…

Nov 4, 2010

David Shaw replied to Adam Sheets's discussion 'Supernatural Favorites'

Baby You Scare Me ... Kris McKay (who also performs it on a Michael Hall CD) One-Hit Wonder ... Blair Packham (about Bobby Boris Pickett) Whistling Past the Graveyard ... Tom Waits Excitable Boy ... Warren Zevon Coldwater, TN ... Robbie Fulks

Nov 1, 2010

David Shaw commented on Easy Ed's blog post 'John Sebastian has stories he can tell'

Sebastian wrote the wonderful song "Face of Appalachia" that I first heard sung by Julie Miller on her BLUE PONY recording.

Oct 29, 2010

David Shaw commented on Kim Ruehl's blog post 'Music is so gay...an off-topic rant for Spirit Day'

Hear, hear, Kim. A day away from music is a-okay when you're saying what needs to be said.

Oct 20, 2010

David Shaw replied to Kimberly Reynolds's discussion 'Gram reincarnated' in the group Gram Parsons Project Board

He also does "Hot Burrito #2" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT5zVGDRY6s There are quite a few videos of him on YouTube ... he does an interesting "Like a Rolling Stone" too. The "#1" is quite remarkable (you may be…

Oct 17, 2010

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Close Encounters of the Bob Dylan Kind

Way back when I was first going to art college ... this would be the mid-60s in Toronto ... I used to take the subway to get down to the school ... one busy morning the Bloor station was crowded with humanity headed downwards when I spotted someone on the up escalator who looked very familiar. That pile of curly hair, those shades, the gaunt face ... it HAD to be Bob Dylan. Unbeknownst to me Dylan was playing Massey Hall that night. There was a picture of him in the paper the next day ...… Continue

Posted on August 3, 2009 at 7:11pm — 1 Comment

REM BLOG CONTEST

I can only speak for how the first two albums affected me personally ... I got interested in them after reading a review somewhere that likened Michael Stipe's mumbling singing to the sound of bees buzzing over a field or meadow ... I bought both Reckoning and Murmer and really got into deciphering what in blazes Stipe was singing about. My assistant (PBUH) mentioned having encountered a book as a child about several Chinese brothers who had to do amazing feats ... such as… Continue

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At 8:45pm on January 23, 2010, Nancy K Dillon said…: Howdy David ~ Thanks for being part of the Red Dirt & Blue Skies group. Feel free to drop by and post any thoughts or stories any time. Cheers. NKD

At 9:47am on December 20, 2009, Dayana Hayden said…: www.orkut11.com

At 11:25am on December 16, 2009, Jefferson Ross said…: It's nice to meet others who are 'well versed'. Thank you! Peace, love and new guitar strings-Jefferson

At 2:20pm on October 1, 2009, Kirsten DeHaan said…: The eagerly anticipated digital release of Kirsten DeHaan’s EP “Thorns On A Crown” is right around the corner. On Tuesday October 6, the new and highly acclaimed alternative rock singer and songwriter’s songs can be purchased at major online retailers such as iTunes, Amazon.com, Napster, and EMusic. Kirsten has developed quite a following in a relatively short period of time, because of the uniqueness of her voice and style, which has been compared to the sweetness of Liz Phair, a soft, airy quality like that of Sia, and the rich alto of Fiona Apple.

In the meantime, register and download her single "1984" for free at HYPERLINK "http://kdlocal.com" http://kdlocal.com

At 1:38pm on June 4, 2009, Red House Records said…: Being stuck in traffic with good music is never a drag. It's a chance to really listen to an album instead of have it as background. Glad Red House/Eliza Gilkyson was on for the ride.

At 6:21am on May 24, 2009, eD cAMPBELL said…: Love Joy Lynn White, but it wasn't me on her board. While I have you, what are your two or three favorite JLW cd"s?

At 1:16pm on May 2, 2009, Thom Ciskoe Pike said…: tried singing it in my head and couldn't get it either. I can remember the Glen Miller band's 'Pennsylvania 6-5000' , but that's cheating.

(Peolpe pay big bucks in this country for a phone number ending in'-000' )

Ciskoe

At 1:13am on April 22, 2009, Linda Ray said…: Hey I just happened to re-read your note. Why not bring over your five chatty friends from Robbie's board? ;-) We need to get some buzz going in the NoDepressionAltCountry group, no? I'm enjoying your posts.

Linda "It's Always Raining Somewhere" Ray

At 8:07pm on April 6, 2009, Hillbilly Haiku said…: Tut Taylor!

At 9:21am on March 23, 2009, QuietlyGoingMad said…: I've seen Robbie several times--more than several--on his own and playing with other local musicians.

Many of them play regularly at The Hideout (robbie, devil in a woodpile, kelly hogan, sally timms, jon langford, etc.)...if you've never been to the Hideout, it's reason enough to come to Chicago--their block party every Sept. is the festival to be at each and every year!

And the really didn't put the u-boat away, they just gave it its own special "fancy" space in the museum!