Hey. I'm still here. Just to prove it, here are some sweet jams that will no-doubt match the sonic quality you always find here. These songs are all new to my library, and all happen to come from the Lone Star State - or somewhere very near. Walt Wilkins - Gypsy Line buy Vigil (2009) Walt Wilkins is another one of the hundreds of brilliant songwriters [...]
Walt Wilkins has a new record out called Vigil that unfortunately is flying a bit under the radar. The project came together as a benefit for the Longevity Foundation - an Austin-based charity supporting research into a cure for ataxia-telangiectasia, a degenrative disorder causing premature aging of the nervous and immune systems. Walt Wilkins & The Mystiqueros is a band of Austin based musicians who straddle the line between raunchy Texas bar room country rock and more sensitive singer songwriter fare. As a longtime fan of the southern group Drivin' and Cryin' (they of the [...]
After enduring near drought conditions here in central Texas for a couple months, the skies have finally opened up. And they let it all go. Neither Dolly nor Edouard earlier this year had enough left by the time they reached me. But a simple northern front showed up just in time to stifle the heat and quench the earth. The last 2 days of constant rainfall have not only held the dust down, but instantly turned the brown fields to green and lifted burn bans. [...]
Walt Wilkins: Standing By The Rambler [ purchase ] I'm not gonna lie and say i knew what a Rambler was, or had ever seen one before this post, but i like to learn a little something everyday from ol' Wikipedia. Rambler was the idea of auto maker Thomas B. Jeffery. The car was one of the first to try out using a steering wheel and the first ever vehicle to feature a [...]
No, even though i have been talkin' a little about books lately, this post is not about the Cormac McCarthy novel. There are countless songs that have been written about/inspired by that mixture of gravel, cement, and tar we like to call The Road . Rather than save it for last, i'm gonna start with the song that inspired this post. It could be construed as too literal, but Jerry Jeff was best at being blunt. [...]
This Mornin' I Am Born Again
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