Here is one of my favorite existing tributes to Earl Scruggs by the late John Hartford. Never has Gastonia NC had such a fine mention in popular music.
Earl Scruggs 1924 - 2012
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I had the opportunity to play a dear friend’s birthday party this weekend, and on the drive down (Nashville to Atlanta and back), was reminded how much I loved this poem. I was also reminded how much of an influence it was on our last record, and how little we had ever mentioned it. This is from Robert Frost’s book of poems The Witness Tree (1942).
NEVER AGAIN WOULD BIRD’S SONG BE THE SAME
He would declare and could himself believe
That the birds there in all the garden round
From having heard the daylong voice of Eve
Had added to their own an oversound,
Her tone of meaning but without the words.
Admittedly an eloquence so soft
Could only have had an influence on birds
When call or laughter carried it aloft.
Be that as may be, she was in their song.
Moreover her voice upon their voices crossed
Had now persisted in the woods so long
That probably it never would be lost.
Never again would birds’ song be the same.
And to do that to birds was why she came.
Photos of us at Logan’s house deep in the bowels of a new record.
still not sure who this 4th cup of coffee was for.
Timshel at work.
Either deciding ‘maybe this song really will work’ or ‘this song is gasping its last breath’
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Getting vocals into “World Awaits Us All”
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As part of the 2012 Superbowl in Indianapolis, we will be playing a show with Keegan Dewitt and Bryan Cates at one of the official celebration sites in Zionsville, IN. Buy Tickets here
“Everybody’s influenced by [David Lynch]. Or I mean most people. I had to write this really long paper in college about avant garde and kitsch, what separates high art from low art. And I think he doesn’t see those boundaries. The same with Roy Orbison, that’s why he’s drawn to that music. Because at the same time something could be cliché and kitschy, it can be totally revolutionary and have a new feeling and be amazing.” Original content at AmericanSongwriter.com
He was 30 in 1942. I always think with Woody he is smarter than he lets on. I also think this was meant for an audience, for what it’s worth. — (click on the picture for full image)
“Everybody’s influenced by [David Lynch]. Or I mean most people. I had to write this really long paper in college about avant garde and kitsch, what separates high art from low art. And I think he doesn’t see those boundaries. The same with Roy Orbison, that’s why he’s drawn to that music. Because at the same time something could be cliché and kitschy, it can be totally revolutionary and have a new feeling and be amazing.”
Original content at AmericanSongwriter.com