21 Oct 2009 at 22:21
A Free Man
Bluegrass, Chris
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I’m here only tentatively. Peeking shyly from around the corner. Trying to build up the courage to join the crowd in the center of the dance floor doing the Soulja Boy or whatever the kids are doing in the center of the dance floor these days.
Reminds me of Junior High School dances.
I’m not being coy. [...]

Del McCoury, Doc Watson and Mac Wiseman "Live and Let Live" [3:13m]:
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09 Nov 2008 at 05:53
A Free Man
Bluegrass, Boy Z
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Boy Z has started to form some understandable words. His favorite? “More.” More of what? Everything. I was hoping he’d miss out on your underwhelming correspondent’s behavioral genes.
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Boyhowdy turned me on to banjo diva Alison Brown. Her cover of “Everybody’s Talkin” seemed just about perfect as an accompaniment to this post. Brown has an album [...]

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A couple of bands from my old home of Athens, Georgia have been on repeat on A Free Man’s iPod this week and I’d like to kick things off with them. First is Dead Confederate, a five piece that may be single-handedly redefining the sound of ‘Southern Rock’ as The Drive-by Truckers did before them. These [...]
Ok, I owe the musicians of Florida an apology of sorts. A few days in the anodyne sunshine after a long British winter has rendered me languid and lacking in the drive required for writing. So, I can understand why their may be fewer great bands coming out of the Florida sundaze. I also have [...]
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