One of my favorite videos right now is Tony Rice playing the wonderful Norman Blake song, 'Church Street Blues.' Tony Rice's voice knocks me out.

Thank you MandoLessons!  Baron Collins-Hill is a fantastic teacher, and his online resource for Mandolin has been an incredible tool.  I just donated a bit (too little - hopefully more later), and he sent me a t-shirt.  If you want to learn mandolin, this is the place to start:

http://www.mandolessons.com/about/about-mandolessons/

Just picked one of these up:

http://www.critterandguitari.com/products/pocket-piano

It's amazing.  Put it through some guitar effects and this little critter has incredible depth.  It doesn't feel at all like a toy because it's actually metal and wood.  So much fun...

sloppy, awkward, slightly out of tune, and absolutely beautiful:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hos21J2kAWQ

john prine is one of my all time favorites.

i don't think i've ever listened to a podcast (never interested), but i'm going to check this out:

http://artmusictech.libsyn.com/webpage

looks like great stuff.

since this is a blog nobody follows (and who can blame them?), it is now a repository for things of interest i stumble upon while searching the web when i should working...  basically it's a notebook for myself.  wow, that's pretty dorky.  does anyone say "dorky" anymore.  it doesn't matter, nobody is reading this...

despite being a folky country bum, i enjoy tinkering with electronic music and have just recently gotten into ableton live and max for live (more on this later).  this looks amazing and is going on my buy list:

https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/dub-machines-analog-delay-max-for-live/

http://www.surrealmachines.com/

**edit - purchased.  it's amazing.  crazy, like a roland space echo, it inspires musical deviations.  effects really should be like having another instrument on hand, and this one definitely works that way.  so fun.

Waylon

I've never understood why record labels don't release the entire catalogs of artists like Waylon Jennings, George Jones, or Roger Miller. I'm not talking about ten different "greatest hits" collections, but the actual original albums. Really, I guess it's all related to money and sales, but you'd think there would be enough of a market to re-release the albums of an incredible established icon like Waylon Jennings?!

German companies like Bear Family release entire volume recordings of Johnny Cash, Waylon, etc., but it's tough being able to afford the large lump sums of cash required to buy each volume. Plus, I really like owning the original albums in their original form, er... except on cd instead of vinyl, although I'd buy them if they were re-released on vinyl too.

I've been a bit obsessed with Waylon Jennings as of late. I've acquired a good portion of his catalog, but only through buying it on vinyl, in various collections, as well as getting a bunch from other sources (thank you blog-o-sphere). He was an incredible artist. Just have a look at this youtube clip from the Johnny Cash show:

Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line (Video)

Have a listen to a couple of early 60's songs:

Anita You're Dreaming

Loving Her was Easier (Than Anything I've Every Done)

More Waylon related material on the way...