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Hee Haw (the Birth of Americana?)
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I've been watching Hee Haw on RFD Network this morning with the sound off and Americana flowing on the ipod. Roy Clark and Buck Owens and Donna Fargo, back in a time when only a few of us looked like…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Greywolf Jan 16.

Are We Going Mainstream?
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I grew up on American Country (Hank Williams, Kitty Wells, etc.) and American Pop (Jack Jones, Doris Day, Patty Page). Even to my kid ears, the particular radio station we were tuned to sounded like…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Jack Jan 13.

Self Promotion - Any artists out there have tips to share?
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Maggie calls it "brag and gag." I've been pretty self-righteous about folks who do it until I began doing it myself. Somehow, we've had a pretty good career in music and writing novels without a lot…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Ronald Kowalewski Jan 3.

That One Song
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Is there one song you have to hear again as soon as it's over? Mine is Mark Knopfler's Song for Sonny Liston, He had a left like Henry's…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Jack Dec 24, 2011.

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Lucky Mud commented on Kim Ruehl's blog post 'In Linda Chorney's defense'

Thanks, Will. I'll be checking the mail. Just a question about the grammy - I know the Nobel and Pulitzer, among others, search out potential recipients, but does the artist (or artist's agent/company) have to enter their name for a chance…

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Lucky Mud commented on Easy Ed's blog post '54 MORE Reasons to Hate The Grammy Awards'

I only saw the Beach Boys live once, and they did a good show. I was home from boot camp, and took my girlfriend to the concert because she loved them. They were the middle act between Soft Machine and some guy we'd never heard of called Jimi…

yesterday

Lucky Mud commented on Rev. Eryk Pruitt's blog post 'Upon Meeting T-Model Ford'

Thanks for a well written article, and for writing from the heart. Those of us raised in the Deep South appreciate the interest that continues for rural Southern music, but it isn't the economy or lack of interest that's sinking the Blues…

yesterday

Lucky Mud commented on Kim Ruehl's blog post 'In Linda Chorney's defense'

Yeah, not getting a grammy hurt like hell, but it was losing the Nobel Prize that kept me up all night. Maybe next year.... It's great to be home and off the road for a few days. Looks like I haven't missed…

yesterday

Lucky Mud replied to Midwestern Lull's discussion 'everyone post your music here...'

To Midwest Lull, This was a good idea, I think. I've heard some very good music here I may not have discovered without it. Thanks. Mike

Feb 7

Lucky Mud replied to Randy Brown's discussion 'You Are Given Your Own Radio Show; What Are The First Ten Songs You Would Play?'

Okay, here's a couple from Ray Stevens: Harry, the Hairy Ape and Tarzan, the Ape Man (not to be confused with Tarzan was a Blues Man, by Timbuk3). Now, there's a subject to talk about with Americana - Timbuk3. We…

Feb 2

Lucky Mud replied to Randy Brown's discussion 'You Are Given Your Own Radio Show; What Are The First Ten Songs You Would Play?'

Randy, Here's another couple.... 1) Georgia on my Mind - Hoagy Carmichael 20 Red Skies Over Georgia - I think Henson Cargill wrote it...not sure. I'm pretty sure Bobby Dyson (and his band..?) did it back…

Feb 1

Lucky Mud replied to Randy Brown's discussion 'You Are Given Your Own Radio Show; What Are The First Ten Songs You Would Play?'

Jason, As a Florida native (my family's been on the Withlacoochee River for about 200 years), here's my song for the elections. I only need one. Thanks for thinking this up. I Will Not Go…

Jan 31

Lucky Mud replied to Randy Brown's discussion 'You Are Given Your Own Radio Show; What Are The First Ten Songs You Would Play?'

Que Sera is a good choice. Another sizzle is Dan Penn's Zero Willpower. Penn's is a CD that I put on when it's time to push the furniture against the walls and dance.

Jan 31

Lucky Mud replied to Randy Brown's discussion 'You Are Given Your Own Radio Show; What Are The First Ten Songs You Would Play?'

Dianne and Randy, Remember, in the second verse he said, "I lived in Corpus with my brother/ we were always on the run We were bad for one another/ but we were good at having fun." Bad for…

Jan 30

Lucky Mud commented on Kim Ruehl's blog post 'In Linda Chorney's defense'

A sad, sad story. That would be very Irish. There's a saying, "The poor Irish, whom the gods made mad/ Their wars are happy and their songs are sad." I'll do that today. Maggie just rebuilt our old CD…

Jan 30

Lucky Mud commented on Kim Ruehl's blog post 'In Linda Chorney's defense'

of course, i meant Bob McDill. Long road trip, welcome home glass (or two) of Jameson's makes me careless. Oops. Mike

Jan 30

Lucky Mud commented on Kim Ruehl's blog post 'In Linda Chorney's defense'

Tokyo, We have a friend from Ireland staying the Winter with us, and he was here when I played your song. He thought it was beautiful. I, being a lyric person, thought calling the Tinkers…

Jan 30

Lucky Mud commented on Kim Ruehl's blog post 'In Linda Chorney's defense'

Will....Waycross is about 500 miles from Orlando, and when you get there you see 50 miles of strip malls and lap dancing and, as always, The Rat Farm. Take a dog-leg jog west instead, to the wild Florida panhandle. Jungles and snow white beaches and…

Jan 30

Lucky Mud commented on Kim Ruehl's blog post 'In Linda Chorney's defense'

Will, You mentioned festivals, and we've begun playing them. Fortunate to get chosen, as well. But that's only been in the last nine or ten years, and mostly because we'd been asked to play them for a long…

Jan 30

Lucky Mud commented on Kim Ruehl's blog post 'In Linda Chorney's defense'

Waffle House used to be the only place open after midnight for musicians to hang out in, so I'm familiar with it. Listen to Webb Wilder's Scattered, Covered, Smothered in Love. That's how close I was to WH. …

Jan 29

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Lucky Mud - Maggie and Mike McKinney

This is a link to Lucky Mud's alter-ego, The Tinkers. It's the Celtic side of Mud, and pays well enough to make this life of crime as folk singers possible.

Please take a few moments, and check us out at http://www.thetinkers.net

Thanks, Mike and Maggie

"Lucky Mud is from the deeper side of Folk Music. The couple have a soulful connection that is palpable, and their ballads are a much needed departure from the cookie cutter, sample-driven fodder currently filling the airwaves. A splendid way to battle the daily grind. "
EARBUZZ

"Lucky Mud new CD is a showcase of original contemporary folk music - pure down-home Americana, from Mike's beautifully melancholic "Evangeline," to Maggie's wonderful show-closer, "Ride the Pony," But it's the duo's milk-and-honey harmonies that wrap their sound up into one neat pack"
Rice B. RadioIndy

We've been playing our original Americana music for a long time, from The Forge, in Bandera, Texas, to a sold-out concert at the legendary Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar, Ireland. We've appeared on the main stage of the Florida Folk Festival and Willfest, and have just completed a very successful Americana music series at the Martin Theatre in Panama City, Florida, where we brought in such amazing talent as Kamm and MacDonald from Nevada City, California, Sally Spring from North Carolina and Beaucoup Blue from Philadelphia, as well as Florida's best singer/songwriters. In a 25 concert series, we showcased The New 76ers, The Mayhaws, Grant Peeples, Mimi Hearn, Jerry Mincey and so many others.
This is our first shot at belonging to this community of Americana music. If I stumble here, please let me know. Thanks,
Mike McKinney

Plus....my novel, A Thousand Bridges, was just re-released in digital format, so here's my shameless, but very excited by the event promo:

Available now on Kindle at http://www.amazon.com/A-Thousand-Bridges-ebook/dp/B0061YAU5Y

iTunes at http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/a-thousand-bridges/id475526637?mt=11

Sony at http://ebookstore.sony.com/ebook/michael-mckinney/a-thousand-bridges/_/R-400000000000000529707

Barnes and Noble at http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-thousand-bridges-michael-mckinney/1013957032

On that note, I've begun my first ever blog on novel writing at

http://writinginbedsleepinginthechair.blogspot.com/2011_11_01_archive.html

Learning as fast as I can......

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Sheep and Stone

In a land of sheep and stone

Black crows perch in naked trees

Ancient ruins, dark and spare

with Celtic crosses circled there

rise from green and rounded hills

veiled in rain and howling wind

And, everywhere, the sheep and stone

We've just returned from the land of sheep and stone. Misty rain at daybreak is called a ‘soft morning' in Ireland. Small towns in the West bustling, always bustling on crowded sidewalks, tiny cars parked carelessly…

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Posted on November 23, 2011 at 7:30am — 1 Comment

Lucky Mud and Ireland

Maggie and I leave next Wednesday, the ninth, for our 8th tour of Ireland. We're bringing friends with us this time, something we haven't tried since our disastrous first trip (where we brought a surly back-up singer and a film maker who disappeared on the return trip with all the film).

People always say, ‘we'd like to see the Ireland you love,' so this time we're going for it. Ireland in November: screaming winds, cold air, hot pubs and lots of rainbows.… Continue

Posted on November 2, 2011 at 11:00am — 1 Comment

Whatever Became of Me?

So, we crawled out of bed at six this morning to drive thirty miles into town. The local morning anchor at WMBB Television wanted to do a personality piece on Maggie and me for his Sunday night show... 7:30 a.m. at McKenzie Park, downtown Panama City. It was fun, and nice of them to ask us. Never turn down publicity, especially good publicity.

Maggie's song, Banshee, was used in a play that opened in NYC in August, and now the same song is the title track of an independent…

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Posted on September 14, 2011 at 9:00am

Henry Connor McKinney at 100 years

My father would've been a hundred years old today. September 4th, 1911. Born premature at a pound and a half in a Florida cracker homestead. Central Florida swamps, raised hard in the tropical heat. Two hundred years of Florida family history. I have the letter his principle wrote for him after he graduated from the 8th grade. "Henry is a good boy," he wrote to potential employers. A different time, a different world.

Daddy served in Panama with the Army Corps of…

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Posted on September 4, 2011 at 8:48pm — 1 Comment

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At 7:33am on January 23, 2012, Sally Spring said…: Hi Mike,

We miss you too!

Email me at my regular email address asap and we'll see if we can come down there.

xo

SS

At 11:08pm on December 23, 2011, Rowan Galagher said…: Hi Mike,
Indeed it is a great neighborhood. Thanks for your warm welcome. I'm enjoying the music on your page here. Great stuff! Have a great Xmas!
Rowan :)

At 2:18pm on November 2, 2011, Ronn Miller said…: Heck, if you happen to be passing through, we live right off I-75 in Athens, half way between Knoxville and Chattanooga, come on by. Me and the (other half, better??? maybe but I'll never admit to it) often ride my Hawg all around the areas, Soddy Daisy etc.etc. Didn't get in much saddle time as it was too danged hot, we're doing a little more as fall is here.

Good luck on the Ireland tour. I did it only one time, back in '86...(I think, along that time I was hangin' out with some of the other Nashville Outlaws and there's a few years I ain't sure where we were or weren't, lol)) did 3 great weeks in England & Scotland, had a excellent tour and always wanted to go back for a longer run, but life had other plans and so here i am admiring you guys, go for it and have a great time, let us know how it goes so I can read and wish and dream.... (Guess I'll hit the studio, that sounds like a new song brewing!lol), see ya someday and we'll pick one.

At 5:21pm on November 1, 2011, Ronn Miller said…: Question, were you passing through McMinn county Tennessee in the past week? Just wondering because I saw a bus in town that said MUD on the back.

At 2:15pm on October 9, 2011, Marybeth D'Amico said…: Hey Mike, I hope you enjoy Ireland! I am actually moving back Statesside but also plan to be back in UK touring early next year. If you discover any cool places in Ireland, I would love to hear about it. See you round the boards!

At 8:15am on September 3, 2011, Maggie McKinney said…: Maggie here (Lucky Mud's other half),

It's amazing how many people say that Michael sounds like Willie Nelson. I just don't hear it but I think it's a great compliment. I always thought it was the similar rhythm style that brought the similarity to mind.

At 10:08pm on September 2, 2011, Terry Roland said…: I enjoy your songs very much. Let me know if you ever get out to Southern California. Excellent songs, vocal blends and nice pure acoustic sound...Mike your vocal tone reminds me of Willie back in the early daze...

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At 10:56am on August 23, 2011, Brenda Jean said…: Hi Mike, Nice to meet y'all too, and to hear your music. Pittsburgh IS a nice city, with quite a good arts scene--I can say that fairly since I'm a transplant. Let us know if you ever make it up here.

At 8:51am on August 4, 2011, Pete said…: Yeah, New Orleans is the tits, though my wife’s line on Sunday morning at a café just a stone’s throw from the cathedral (with the killer eye-openers with Cajun spices and pickled beans) was: “I don’t think I need to come back here – ever!”…to which I replied, “Shit, I was thinkin’ about moving here…”

So what was the Steve Earle song that you quoted about the eagle? Got me stumped, but I probably know it…caught the Dukes and Duchesses tour last night at a smallish room (750 – 1000) in Greensburg…terrific vibe – love the Masterson’s musicality, and Allison, oh my god, what an incredibly glowing and beatific vision she is – and quite the singer, too…I had to flee her company at the post-show signing, so alluring was her aura…Esteban was very gracious, I don’t get shit signed, just wanted to talk about the book, which, if you hain’t read, is a t-r-i-p, no further comment necessary – shouldn’t surprise you that he’s a compelling novelist…

Anyway, really digging all things No Depression – turns out the online posts, while we don’t have the extensive delving into the artist’s mystique that once was its hallmark, it’s endlessly fascinating…

Keep on strumming, “Joe”

Pedro in PA

At 1:07pm on August 2, 2011, Brad Boyer said…: Hi Mike-

I've enjoyed a few of your posts on this ND blog...you should send some stuff to KPFT in Houston...Roark Smith has a program called Wide Open Spaces and plays whatever he wants... cool guy. Anyhow, hit me up if you come through town and maybe it'll work out to where we can swap some songs for some folks.

Keep writing, I'll keep reading

Brad