Ease My Low, Tame My High

Wowzers, Hello World...Again.

2009-04-07T19:57:00.000-07:00

I left this little project hanging. Thinking of starting up again.

This may turn into an anything goes type site. We shall see.

Awesome

2008-09-03T22:17:00.000-07:00

Watched the new tv series "Sons of Anarchy" tonight and the intro song to the show is none other than Black Keys. Awesome. Its not the theme song but was cool score to the first scene you see.

The show was pretty cool. It seems a bit of a stretch but so was the Sopranos. Ill prob keep watching just for the Black Keys plug in.

J

Jessica Lea Mayfield

2008-09-02T05:49:00.000-07:00

I like to think little nuggets like this one Heather Browne scrounged up in her Monday music roundup the reason why I am always surfing music blogs.

A few Diddys by JLM brought to you by NPR

Heather's site is linked on the sidebar. "Fuel...Friends" >>>>>

Here's an excerpt from her write up on Jessica.

Scott Avett of The Avett Brothers says that 18-year old Ohio native Jessica Lea Mayfield is "the most exciting new artist in the scene today," her debut album With Blasphemy, So Heartfelt was produced by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys (she sang backup on Attack & Release), and the album also features vocals from two members of Dr. Dog.

Just having the Avett Brothers talk highly of you, The Black Keys put their money at stake for you and members of the up and coming Dr Dog back you up will get me a tad interested being that all three of these bands I listen to daily.

Thanks Heather.

GLH

JLM US Tour Dates:

September 24 The Valarium Knoxville, TN
September 25 New Daisy Theatre Memphis, TN
September 26 The Granada Theatre Dallas, TX
September 30 The Meridian Houston, TX
October 1 The House of Blues New Orleans, LA
October 2 The Tabernacle Atlanta, GA

Bob Dylan Harpoon Deal with Hohner

2008-09-01T12:19:00.000-07:00

I play an awful harmonica yet I would like to have a Bob D Hohner Special.

These are only being sold in limited fashion in the range from 5,000 clams to 25000 bones. Wowzers!

The Hohner company and Bob Dylan are proud to announce the Bob Dylan Collection of hand-signed harmonicas, celebrating the accomplishments and legacy of both Bob Dylan and Hohner. Hohner has manufactured and distributed musical instruments since 1857, making it one of the world’s oldest musical instrument makers. Bob Dylan – venerated American singer-songwriter, author, poet and disc jockey – has been a major figure in popular music for five decades. During his career, Bob Dylan has won awards for his songwriting, performing, and recording, earning him eleven Grammys (including a Lifetime Achievement Award), Kennedy Center Honors and an Academy Award. He has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2008, Bob Dylan was awarded a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation for his "profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power."

Sea Wolf - Leaves in the River

2008-08-30T14:24:00.000-07:00

Listen to Sea Wolf's new album or never step foot into the ocean again.

And his keyboardist is quite the looker. Lisa Fredenhooper or whatever...I may have to put up a "Who is the hottest chick on stage 2008 poll or contest". Not sure what or who would win what, yeah. Maybe I'll just creep out and turn into the www.wwtdd.com of chicks on stage.

Willy Mason Jar - Newport Music Fest - Live

2008-08-30T13:48:00.000-07:00

It's only 30 minutes, but 30 minutes of a live cut is worth 3 shots of good tequila....right?

Willy Mason Newport Folk Festival Brought to you by NPR

Dont forget to check out the Newport Folk Fest page. They continue updating it. I think Damien and Stephen Marley are folkin it up over there. Check it out on the side bar.

GLH

Rachel Goodrich Should Meet Wes Anderson

2008-08-30T13:42:00.000-07:00

I foresee a goofy Wes Anderson movie scored by Rachel Goodrich's music in the near future.

Check her Out, She;s got the im too creative and clever to be pretty hotness goin on. Whatever that is.

Norah Jones : The I am in Love Series

2008-08-27T12:15:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the lack of posting lately. I had a visitor in town and we really blew the roof off this last week.

This weeks first post Id like to start off with Norah Jones.

This recording is with Marian McPartland who I picture as Cruella Deville just from her voice. Norah you can sing to me any day anytime.

Norah Jones and Marian McPartland

My Morning Jacket / Black Keys Red Rocks 2008 : Review

2008-08-22T11:22:00.000-07:00

Epic

Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO:

Anytime
Off the Record
Gideon
Evil Urges
Touch Me-1
The Way That He Sings
Wonderful Man
I'm amazed
Thank you Too
Sec Walkin
Golden
Two Halves
War Begun
Lay Low
Aluminum Park
Mahgeetah
Phone Went West
Bermuda Highway
Librarian
Dondante
Smokin from Shootin
Touch Me-2

Encore
Wordless Chorus
Highly Suspicious
Cobra
Steam Engine
Run Thru
Dancefloors
OBH

SXSW My Morning Jacket NPR Style

2008-08-20T09:40:00.000-07:00

SXSW My Morning Jacket Brought to you by NPR

Busy day today more to come later.

Listen to this...

2008-08-19T16:35:00.001-07:00

The first song of this live recording, Thick Freakness, is one of my favorites.

9:30 Club Live Recording Brought to You by NPR

SET LIST

Thick Freakness

Girls on My Mind

Just Got to Be

Modern Times

Breaks

Stack Shot

Busted

You're the One

Set You Free

Your Touch

Every Where

10 AM Automatic

Elevator

No Trust

Have Love

GLH

Getting to Know You...Black Keys Interview

2008-08-19T08:41:00.001-07:00

I think knowing the people better behind the music you listen to only aids in the musical connection of life, liberty and the pursuit of awe shit I don't know where I'm going with this.........

Do you like your coffee Black.......Keys to play with ZZ Top

2008-08-19T05:47:00.000-07:00

Being that I will be attending the Black Keys / My Morning Jacket Red Rocks your face concert Thursday I will be solely commenting on TBK today and MMJ tomorrow. Now that we have that out of the way...

It has been reported that your favorite bearded musicians ZZ top are to collaborate with the Keys on a new track. it has also been reported that the deal may fall through unless Patrick Carney can grow a suitable beard.

ZZ Top to Play With Black Keys

ZZ Top motto, and I shit you not, is "Taking Texas to the World".

The Black Keys Website

Your grandma listens to The Black Keys so should you.

Music Apps for Your Iphone

2008-08-17T07:39:00.000-07:00

The one application I have used has been Pandora. It may also be the app to make me upgrade to the 3G. Pandora will stream on the 3G network as if you were on your home wifi. Now when using Pandora on the Edge network with my First Gen iPhone it is very choppy. And by choppy I mean it sucks.

Pandora in general is a very nice app. It syncs with your account you have online. Im still waiting for my Rhapsody iPhone application. Will it ever happen? I think an open letter to Real Networks is in order.

Here is a list the Paste put together.

Update: Not 5 minutes from writing about Pandora I find that it could all come crashing down.

Pandora and Rhapsody should team up together. I use both for a similar reason. I want to listen to music now not later. Pandora's Genome Project allows someone to find so much new music similar to their tastes. Or heres a brilliant idea, Pandora. Make people pay for it. I would. This post has greatly diverted from its original birth. Oh well.

Pandora Royalty Battle

The Felice Brothers, Is that Bob Dylan?

2008-08-17T06:44:00.000-07:00

Here they are in the Black Cab Sessions. BCS is now permalinked to the right. Cool stuff.

Felice Brothers

October 28th Fox Theater Boulder Colorado. See you then.

GLH

DR DOG on Your radar?

2008-08-14T15:04:00.000-07:00

I have been played Dr Dog by some friends over the past few months and they are slowly growing on me. I need to see them live.

This Lillywhite Session brought to you By NPR is pretty outstanding.

Tour Dates. Have any free time Dr Dog?

September 27 at the Hi Dive in Denver.

See you there.

GLH

RL Burnside Steels Your Dreams

2008-08-14T13:30:00.001-07:00

RL Burnside - Let My Baby Ride
Uploaded by

Was just officially introduced to RL Burnside. Where have I been? Steel guitar heaven. The kid on drums is his grandson. Awesome. Unfortunately for me and everyone else RL has passed, back in 05.

GLH

Langhorne Slim, Legendary River Drifters and Da Young Coyotes

2008-08-14T07:55:00.000-07:00

Okay, so my checklist for last night was this.

1. Check out this new local Denver band, The Young Coyotes

2. Finally see what this Langhorne Slim is all about and ask if that is his real name.

3. Don't get drunk and fall in love with some tattooed hipster chick singer.

1. Missed the Coyotes. Did meet one of them but he could be my accountant for all I care. I did however talk to some folks who said they were really great. They play the Meadowlark In Denver on the 28th. See you there?

2.Langhorne was walking around in the crowd just hanging out before he went up and started throwing down some messages to all his past girls who tried to step on his heart. Definitely some pent up anger in his songs. Id like to see him play on a friday when the crowd was more into it. Hump day shows, everyone has to work in the morning. Bleh.

3. Dammit. Yup the chick singer for the LRDs had some crazy stage presence with a unique look. And some well placed tattoos. Thats really all I ask for. Maybe a decent conversation here and there. Either way the Legendary river Drifters were great. She had an amazing voice and the rest of the band, which was large, was jamming away.

I was thinking Neko Case from Seattle in 1991?

Tom Waits For a Train to Georgia

2008-08-13T05:49:00.000-07:00

NPR Music has Tom Waits show from The Fox in Atlanta for your listening pleasure.

Set List

"Lucinda / Ain't Going Down to the Well"

"Down in the Hole"

"Falling Down"

"Chocolate Jesus"

"All the World Is Green"

"Cemetery Polka"

"Cause of It All"

"Till the Money Runs Out"

"Such a Scream"

"November"

"Hold On"

"Black Market Baby"

"9th and Hennepin"

"Lie to Me"

"Lucky Day"

"On the Nickel"

"Lost in the Harbor"

"Innocent When You Dream"

"Hoist That Rag"

"Make It Rain"

"Dirt in the Ground"

"Get Behind the Mule"

"Hang Down Your Head"

"Jesus Gonna Be Here"

"Singapore"

ENCORE

"Eyeball Kid"

"Anywhere I Lay My Head"

And for those of you who missed Tom giving his self interviewed press conference for the Glitter and Doom Tour....

REK at the Boulder Theater

2008-08-06T14:37:00.000-07:00

Folks, REK rocked the house last night. It has been a little while since I have seen a Keen show and it brought back a slew of memories. One being driving southbound on 35 from Dallas to Lukenbach Texas for Robert Earl Keen's Texas uprising. If I remember correctly this was 1999 and was my senior year of High School. Ah the good ole days. I miss road trips.

I didn't get the Tom Ames I wanted but I did get the Dreadful Selfish(China cat melody) that I so needed. I even got to shake his hand and get an autograph. Dont ask what we talked about, I was drunker than a pack of Indians on payday. Thanks Bobby.

Living fast and dieing slow...

GLH,

JK

Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band

2008-08-06T14:13:00.000-07:00

Mr Oberst has a new album out if you havent heard yet.

Have a Listen

Dear Robert Earl Keen,

2008-08-04T12:23:00.000-07:00

Please play Tom Ames prayer Tuesday night the 5th of August at the Boulder Theater.

Steve Earle played it there about a month ago so to keep the music universe and oil prices up you really have to play it. Don't let me down.

GLH,

George W Bush

PS. Heres some REK for ya'll.

Save Mr Rogers......

2008-08-04T05:51:00.000-07:00

SaveMisterRogers.com

I don't know about you but when I think Newport Music Fest I think Mr Rogers. What?

PBS is apuurrrrrantly pulling syndication of Mr. Rogers Neighborhood to make room for the fucking Teletubbies or more purple Dinos.

BUY THE TSHIRT

My Oversight is Your Monday Newport Music Fest Delight

2008-08-04T05:20:00.000-07:00

So After only passing over the NPR music page quickly yesterday I went back and discovered a whole slew of music from the Newport Folk Festival...Enjoy!

Monday Music Madness Brought to You By NPR

Ive picked up on Willy Mason as of late. Having grown up in North Texas I enjoy many a few Texas Twangers. My best explanation to people of Willy is he is a Robert Earl Keen/ Jerry Jeff Walker type making music with the Conor Oberst type. Makes for some great music.

Heres some Willy Mason

Think Ill have to make a concerted effort to be at the Newport Folk Fest next year.

See you there?

Aesthetic Apparatus Dotcom

2008-08-03T14:46:00.000-07:00

Thats a tough one to spell.

Here is the Link.

Cool hipster prints and Ts and stuff. I like these guys style. Cool art and the site flows great. Well done.

Josh Ritter Poster for when he played with the Boston Pops on the left. Anyone know if they are releasing the recording from that night?

Jim "The Falsetto" James - Newport Folk Festival

2008-08-03T14:01:00.000-07:00

NPR has been doing wonderful things with their Music Homepage. The content is updated on a weekly basis with all different genres of new music interviews, studio sessions, live recordings like the one below.

Jim and Band will be playing at Red Rocks August 21st with opening act The Black Keys. Its been awhile since I've looked forward to a show as much as this. I caught MMJ the last time they were at Red Rocks opening for Bob D. Some would say that they stole the show. For me to say that about a guy who most of these bands like MMJ grab inspiration is absurd but holy shit it was a good time. Bob played his new stuff well, seemed to get lost in the older music and never came out from behind the keyboard. A year later MMJ is headlining. What Dylan cover do we get this go around?

Brought to you by NPR, Jim James Newport Folk Festival

Set List

* "Tonite I Want To Celebrate With You"
* "Sec Walkin"
* "It Beats 4 U"
* "Wonderful (The Way I Feel)"
* "Golden"
* "Look at You"
* "Librarian"
* "Bermuda Highway"
* "The Way That He Sings"
* "What a Wonderful Man"
* "When You Are Who You Are" (Gill Scott-Heron)
* "Hopefully"
* "Smokin' From Shootin'"
* "Gideon"
* "Anytime"

See you August 21st.

I am an Idiot...

2008-08-03T12:41:00.000-07:00

Are you an Idiot?

Id like to think I'm somewhat normal with a small attention span. Wonder if the site can prescribe something for that.

JJ Grey and Mofro Make Mimosas

2008-08-03T12:29:00.000-07:00

JJ and the team are releasing a new album called Orange Blossoms. Pick it up August 26th.

You can listen to the self titled song HERE

JJ GREY & MOFRO
&
JUSTIN NOZUKA

Fox theater Boulder Colorado 8/07 FREE SHOW

See you there.

Ray Lamontagne Releases Some Air....

2008-08-03T11:47:00.001-07:00

Ray LaMontagne has a new album coming out and a just announced fall tour. Gossip in the Grain is out Late September. The tour begins thereafter.

Let It Be ME

See you Oct 27th...

RAY LAMONTAGNE & LEONA NAESS TOUR DATES
Sept 30 - Murat Theatre, Indianapolis, IN
Oct 1 - Chicago Theatre, Chicago, IL
Oct 3 - Union Theatre, Madison, WI
Oct 4 - State Theatre, Minneapolis, MN
Oct 6 - Royal Oak Music Theatre, Royal Oak, MI
Oct 7 - Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Toronto, ON
Oct 9 - Opera House, Boston, MA
Oct 10 - Opera House, Boston, MA
Oct 11 - Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY
Oct 13 - Keswick Theatre, Philadelphia, PA
Oct 14 - The Strathmore Music Center, Washington, DC
Oct 16 - Meymandi Concert Hall, Raleigh, NC
Oct 17 - Bijou Theatre, Knoxville, TN
Oct 18 - The Tabernacle, Atlanta, GA
Oct 19 - Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN
Oct 21 - Uptown Theatre, Kansas City, MO
Oct 23 - Verizon Wireless Theatre, Houston, TX
Oct 24 - Majestic Theatre, Dallas, TX
Oct 25 - Paramount Theatre, Austin, TX
Oct 27 - Macky Auditorium, Boulder, CO
Oct 28 - Murray Theatre, Salt Lake City, UT
Oct 30 - Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
Nov 1 - Spreckels Theatre, San Diego, CA
Nov 3 - Paramount Theatre, Oakland, CA
Nov 5 - Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, OR
Nov 6 - McDonald Theatre, Eugene, OR
Nov 8 - Vogue Theatre, Vancouver, BC
Nov 9 - Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA

Hello World

2008-07-30T22:51:00.000-07:00

First post of many. Consider this a work in progress from here to the end.

Heading to NYC to see a Yankees game before they tear down the house Ruth built.

I will throw an update from the Big Apple....

GLH,

JK