Things Have Changed

Like everyone else I liked and admired Dolly Parton and featured her in four posts over the years. This is Train Train from her bluegrass pe...

Let's go beyond mellow and laid-back and sluggishly stumble our way to the almost comatose.  Get your favorite drink, relax in a comfor...

Bob Dylan turned 85 a couple of days ago.  Recently I came across this 1995 performance of Restless Farewell, released by Dylan in 1964, and...

From Neil Young in 1992.  Background vocals on the recording by Linda Ronstadt.  Bringing back beautiful dreamy memories.  Think I can stay ...

I'm beginning to hear voices and there's no one around Now I'm all used up and I feel so turned-around I went to church on Sunda...

  Make this the Super Bowl halftime show, cowards https://t.co/l9rqmERbfC — David Burge (@iowahawkblog) March 6, 2025

John Fogerty's 1997 performance of I Put A Spell On You, written and originally recorded by Screamin' Jay Hawkins in the 1950s, an...

In the midst of this dismal and ridiculous election season, let's take a moment to remember a dark horse candidate for the Democratic no...

Funny clip with Dave Grohl, former Nirvana drummer and current leader of Foo Fighters, talking with Pharrell.  Grohl reveals the disco inspi...

You can find several version of Doc Watson performing this traditional folk song on YouTube but I like this best, because you can hear Doc...

Chris Isaak, Wicked Game. The world was on fire and no one could save me but you It's strange what desire will make foolish people do ...

It was twenty years ago today that Warren Zevon died at the age of 56.  Thought it was appropriate to listen to a few of my favorites.  We...

There's you, you're sleeping over there Whilst me I'm sitting here With so much sea between us I can't make it much more cle...

On President's Day, a tribute to perhaps the most consequential one-term president in our history, James K Polk.  A compulsive workhorse...

With Burt Bacharach's passing at 94 the tributes are pouring in along with those lengthy lists of memorable songs.  I've written twi...

 My first instinct on hearing this song by Widespread Panic is to call it a throwback, but since it's from 1994 I'm not sure what it...

Been spending a little time listening to covers of Bob Dylan songs.  Some great stuff out there.  This is Jenny Lewis doing Standing in the ...

Let's go beyond mellow and laid-back and sluggishly stumble our way to the almost comatose.  It's a quiet Saturday night, sit back ...

Through these fields of destruction Baptisms of fire I've witnessed your suffering As the battles raged higher And though we were hurt s...

My top travel destinations that I've never been to are Israel and Istanbul and the Aegean Coast of Turkey.  Below is a satellite photo o...