tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632029549152237270.post1316589067819449365..comments2023-11-03T03:46:35.665-07:00Comments on Tom Russell: Notes from the Borderland: Flatlander MoonTom Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03134977181127153226noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632029549152237270.post-3767291742455361492008-11-27T09:49:00.000-08:002008-11-27T09:49:00.000-08:00While I'm cooking I'm listening to Tom Russell rad...While I'm cooking I'm listening to Tom Russell radio on pandora.com. You make your own station by typing in the artists you want to hear. Right now I'm making green bean casserole and drinking a cold Bud, listening to Gallo Del Cielo live. Awesome performance, TR.<BR/>try it out: www.pandora.comNeil Crabtreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09824553597223668295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632029549152237270.post-19162610205485689922008-11-17T14:11:00.000-08:002008-11-17T14:11:00.000-08:00One of these days I'm gonna ride that train...Bye ...One of these days I'm gonna ride that train...<BR/><BR/>Bye bye, so long, there's something down that track, it's callin' me.editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18298399110078317876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632029549152237270.post-14265359552150400352008-11-17T14:08:00.000-08:002008-11-17T14:08:00.000-08:00As the late Utah Phillips said, "In a mass marketi...As the late Utah Phillips said, "In a mass marketing culture, a revolutionary song is any song you choose to sing yourself."<BR/><BR/>I wish I could have been there for the song swap - sounds like an incredible time.Remihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09625785161080840227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632029549152237270.post-21824843191067327842008-11-17T10:40:00.000-08:002008-11-17T10:40:00.000-08:00FLATLAND MEMORIESTR ... Yes, you start from where ...FLATLAND MEMORIES<BR/><BR/>TR ... Yes, you start from where you are. Great and inspired post. I spent eight years on the caprock. El Llano Estacado. The Golden Spread. Hub City.<BR/>The Flat Land. The Canyons. Turkey, Texas and Bob Wills Days. Lubbock High School (built in the WPA era and built to last). Buddy Holly and old train stations. Stubbs Barbeque and Terry Allen's tribute to him holding a plate of ribs. Windmill Parks and Prairie Dog Towns. Cotton gins and feedyards. Down through Littlefield. All those innumerable West Texas musicians and Tom Russell wisely locating himself at the foot of it all. No whining!<BR/><BR/>"The Dogs May Bark but the Caravan Moves On" as TR sings quoting a Moroccan cowboy who quoted ______<BR/>who quoted ________ who probably quoted God. I think I first saw it on one of those signs planted all over Amarillo by that big bucks eccentric Stanley Marsh 3 who also commissioned The Ant Farm to design The Cadillac Ranch. It is better than it looks. Buying my first Tom Russell cd at Hastings on Georgia in Amarillo. " Cowboy Real". It was and it still is. Guy Clark, Nanci Griffith, Joe Ely and on and on. As a rule I abhor lists. Where to start? Who to name? Real music. Working for the meanest man in Texas. El patron con uno cajone. Jefe diablo. Music ran through it all. Cultures blending on a sea of land with that always distant horizon. Flatland memories. <BR/>TR, your new anthology is a great addition to (and to the best of my knowledge) my complete collection of all of your previously released material. If you only had one ... please don't press me to that.<BR/><BR/>-ST Atlanta, Georgia on a mission of mercy ...<BR/><BR/>Trail Note: It is the second Tuesday of every month that there is free admission to the public at The Autry National Center of the American West for those on a budget.<BR/>The Grey Fox is there ... Check it out if you roll through.Saddle Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15640646036914910941noreply@blogger.com