tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632029549152237270.post1237851170085615430..comments2023-11-03T03:46:35.665-07:00Comments on Tom Russell: Notes from the Borderland: Dancing on the Rim of the Well: Leonard CohenTom Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03134977181127153226noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632029549152237270.post-50342730604955992812009-06-24T08:18:21.544-07:002009-06-24T08:18:21.544-07:00True, saw him at Glastonbury last year, a humbler ...True, saw him at Glastonbury last year, a humbler man has never sung to so manyUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06560539800129925221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632029549152237270.post-18324872949940609462009-05-03T09:05:00.000-07:002009-05-03T09:05:00.000-07:00I'm going to try to catch Cohen live this summ...I'm going to try to catch Cohen live this summer. He is playing in Langesund. I just got his new live album, and I picked up the "Live in London" DVD too. Beautiful stuff. The version of "Sisters of Mercy" made me want to watch Altman's "McCabe & Mrs Miller" again, it could be my favorite Cohen song. <br /><br />Oh, and Tom. I wrote about your performance at Herr Nilsen in Oslo on April 30 in my blog, feel free to read it. It was a killer show, and I enjoyed the hell out of the new songs! Thank you!Jan Kristoffer Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09866759256202077331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632029549152237270.post-88993093005653904862009-05-03T09:01:00.000-07:002009-05-03T09:01:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jan Kristoffer Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09866759256202077331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632029549152237270.post-27808474101838021252009-04-22T17:00:00.000-07:002009-04-22T17:00:00.000-07:00Well, you talked us into it. We went right out and...Well, you talked us into it. We went right out and bought tickets for his concert in Detroit in May.Doug Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16045967815713030126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632029549152237270.post-34580314714655696892009-04-16T10:42:00.000-07:002009-04-16T10:42:00.000-07:00Charlene . . .
Thanks again for getting me there c...Charlene . . .<br />Thanks again for getting me there courtesy of TR and his Borderland saga. There is plenty more to go through in Sierra Blanca if our host perchance gets there. Sorry about the spelling errors, etc. Haste and format may explain . . .<br /><br /><br /> Sierra Blanca<br /><br /> On the day before Easter<br /><br /> Texas Mountain Trail<br /><br /> ( Hwy Haiku )<br /><br /><br /> <br />-saddle tramp<br />Via: N. Las Vegas Pilot en route to Melrose, MNSaddle Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15640646036914910941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632029549152237270.post-49420501130493034252009-04-15T19:30:00.000-07:002009-04-15T19:30:00.000-07:00So vividly written! Thanks for sharing Mr. Tramp....So vividly written! Thanks for sharing Mr. Tramp. I'm glad you liked your visit. I still think you should write a book. CACharlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02197092661079358727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632029549152237270.post-591096654689810532009-04-15T08:22:00.000-07:002009-04-15T08:22:00.000-07:00I was in the same situation in 1969, but I was in ...I was in the same situation in 1969, but I was in my parents living room in Rapid City SD listening to my record on the stereo. Over and over again. Deeply moved then. Thank you Leonard.mahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17160689538509831998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632029549152237270.post-16252787211407659312009-04-14T12:25:00.000-07:002009-04-14T12:25:00.000-07:00Eyes & Ears / Circus By The Sea / Dancers In T...Eyes & Ears / Circus By The Sea / Dancers In The Night with Cowboys Under The Mogollon Rim & Open Sometimes . . .<br /><br />TR . . . You have eloquently described in words as close as is possible to that which can only be witnessed with eyes and ears; that being the benediction absorbed in the presence of Leonard Cohen. The closest I have got is in his DVD's and most recently the " Live in London " concert and I am most thankful for that . . . <br /><br />I was delayed two days on my Florida load so I took off and headed to Sarasota and the John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Circus Museum, Estate, etc. Ruben's the size of Billboards. Bruno Zacchini's Super Repeating Cannon. An army of clowns marching through the World's <br />Greatest Show. Banyon trees abound throughout the <br />grounds. A place frozen in the 1920's. Time has been very kind to her. On up the coast to Anna Maria for dinner on the beach and over to a local bar where drunken dances <br />entertained. An old salt took the mic being passed around and sang ( with an Irish accent ) a bawdy sea shanty that ended up in bed. The song backed up by chorus of drunken laughter. Drinking and laughing away their pains <br />of the day. <br /> <br />The next day on up the coast again and lunch in Ybor City at the 104 year old Columbia Restaurant that is art in itself. <br />" Gem of Spanish Restaurants. " A myriad of dining rooms each with it's own flavor. I sat next to the piano in the bar. Flamenco dancers summon duende nightly. Down on the <br />corner El Tabaqueros at Gonzalez y Martinez still hand-roll <br />cigars. Hecho a mano. The smell of roasting coffee beans soaks the air outside from El Tostadors still carrying on their trade since 1921. Back to work . . .<br /><br />Under load en route from Auburndale, FL to Modesto, CA. I stopped in Grosse Tete, Louisiana at the Tiger Truck Stop. The current tiger is an 8-year old Bengal- Siberian mix <br />named " Tony " who languishes in his cage. Suppresed <br />duende. A twenty year history of tigers with many cubs born here and given to zoos.<br /><br />On across Louisiana swamps and on into Texas and Sonora, Texas for the night. The next day rolling into Sierra <br />Blanca just before noon. Parked across from the Ellison Motor Co. and hurried across the street to the front door <br />where a sign read: OPEN WHEN I AM HERE<br /> SOMETIMES<br /><br />The door was locked. Struck out again. I left him a note <br />near the door. I had planned on lunch there anyway so I backtracked to Curly's Bar-B-Q and sat alone in Curly's for an excellent mix of all of it. I asked about Tom Ellison and <br />they said he was in his shop earlier. Finished with lunch I headed back west through town and when passing Tom's <br />shop again I saw that the overhead door was open. I quickly parked and went inside to find him cutting some <br />Palo Verde wood with an electric saw. He had no problem abandoning his work. " Just piddlin' around " he said. I gave him the background of what brought me here. He <br />moved around very spryly for being in his 80's and gave <br />me the whole tour with great enthusiasm including showing me the handwritten history of his family ( 1867 - 1946 ) and <br />how his Grandfather and uncle were the some of the first cowboys to be out on the Chisolm Trail. His uncle's chuckwagon is in a museum in San Antonio. He showed <br />me a 1917 photo of his father as a Texas Ranger. He showed me his books on cowboys, Texas history and a copy of " Cowboys Under The Mogollon Rim " by "Slim" Ellison. Tom's stories were peppered with a wry sense of humor. He showed me his old wrecker and on and on including the chair that Pancho Villa sat on. You cannot sit on it as it <br />hangs from a wall. I could have spent a day just taking it all in and he would have gladly allowed it had I not had to <br />leave after a two hour visit. I will try to stop again. I bought my own " Black Rock " from him along with some others. These are the moments that make it worth being out here <br />living the road. Thanks for the lead Charlene. <br /> [ Panch ] Via : Sierra Blanca <br /><br /> <br />-saddle tramp <br />Via: Ripon, CA where I am cooling my wheels after tying the knot in another 7,000 mile loop . . .<br /><br /> " That endless turning of the wheel . . . "<br /><br /> -Dave Stamey " Wheels "Saddle Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15640646036914910941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632029549152237270.post-69656855607952853332009-04-10T10:46:00.000-07:002009-04-10T10:46:00.000-07:00Thank you for this. On the night of April 7, I, t...Thank you for this. On the night of April 7, I, too, was the kid in the third row (in San Diego), transfixed and transported by Leonard Cohen's eloquence and pure love of the game. <BR/> Sadly, my better half was in Mexico, on a different communion during Holy Week in Cuernavaca. We have not yet conquered the laws of physics that preclude us from being in more than one place at one time. I'm not sure Leonard Cohen is so limited.<BR/> Hope to see you again soon on the rails.<BR/>DavidDavid249https://www.blogger.com/profile/08513109855529800861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632029549152237270.post-79723472533863109592009-04-10T08:14:00.000-07:002009-04-10T08:14:00.000-07:00As synchronicity would have it, a friend just gave...As synchronicity would have it, a friend just gave me a live Leonard Cohen set from London.<BR/><BR/>And away she spins...editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18298399110078317876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632029549152237270.post-63452417120815653112009-04-10T01:13:00.000-07:002009-04-10T01:13:00.000-07:00Thanks for leaving landmarks now and then!Thanks for leaving landmarks now and then!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14605941999268308012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632029549152237270.post-8909435301321794922009-04-09T13:55:00.000-07:002009-04-09T13:55:00.000-07:00Yup, that about sums it up. I went to the first T...Yup, that about sums it up. I went to the first Toronto show last June and it was magic.Remihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09625785161080840227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632029549152237270.post-13414268125343951862009-04-09T12:43:00.000-07:002009-04-09T12:43:00.000-07:00That was a beautiful thing...That was a beautiful thing...editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18298399110078317876noreply@blogger.com