An abandoned farmhouse, in the Ozark Mountains in northern Arkansas.
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An abandoned farmhouse, in the Ozark Mountains in northern Arkansas.
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Don’t get me started on people.
Chopping broccoli!
The Chesterfield Kings : still great in 1994
James Cotton was on with Steve Miller.
Going to check out the one Charlie Rich hosted
One with War & NY Dolls!
This classic from Dan Hicks (B. 1941, Little Rock) probably describes how many people are feeling this afternoon. youtu.be/rW9-FOLG-iA?...
New entry added: Charles Rice Kellam, a Baptist missionary to the newly established Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) in the 1830s, who later settled in Franklin County, where his efforts would lead to the establishment of Charleston. Read more at encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/char...
Rudy Giuliani Awarded Presidential Medal Of Incest https://theonion.com/rudy-giuliani-awarded-presidential-medal-of-incest/
If you say bad shit about the South you’re saying bad shit about working class people, black people, same sex couples with kids, and college football caring people, and those are my people
Musicians Willie “Big Eyes” Smith and John Weston both told me they had actually played poker* with Freddie King. (John was a serious & successful gambler.) *”up all night With Freddie King I got to tell you Poker’s his thing” youtu.be/CiUPyrMA78Q?...
It’s going to be something like “social security will be converted to crypto” or “buy some more hats from my website.”
This Saturday is the first football matchup in living memory between the University of Arkansas and Arkansas State University, all happening at War Memorial Stadium. Read more about the history of this iconic stadium at: encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/war-...
Bob Corritore photo of Freddie King at Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa, from Bob’s Facebook page. Quote: “Here is a photo that I took of Freddie King at Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1974 or 1975.” *Bob said he worked at Cain’s while in college (U of Tulsa) (King died in ‘76)
There was a Grice exhibit at the Old State House. It’s been a while.
But when the tax man comes to the dawuh Lawd duh house lookah likah rummage sale
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Chicago Bob Nelson - Back To Bogalusa youtu.be/bkeBxegn2oY?si=hltlt9Ih1atX_zDB
I guess “hot” is special.
There’s supposed to be some kind of announcement. youtu.be/lrRLtBGOARU?...
Martin Luther King at Pine Bluff, Arkansas in 1958. There to deliver commencement address at Arkansas M & N College (now UAPB) with Lawrence Davis, college president. *pic by noted Arkansas photographer Geleve Grice
I watched a “Midnight Special” hosted by/featuring Chuck Berry with Muddy Waters & Arkansas-born soul great Johnnie Taylor. And another one with Al Green. *last night & early today
There was a woman on Survivor from here, but it’s been years.
This is about 1/2 mile from my house, so I actually see it a few times weekly.
Still there as of one minute ago!
Johnny Farmer - Way Down South (1998) Johnny Farmer : Vocals, Guitar youtube.com/watch?v=bLv8...
9/2/25 #MusicSky #Collage #nowplaying Great Caucasian God – Jesse Wells Trouble Will- T Hardy Morris Ghost Town - The Specials Beautiful Strangers- Mavis Staples Chick Habit- April March Spiders& Snakes- Jim Stafford Feel Free- Jeff Tweedy Ship of Fools- Grateful Dead
An old John Entwistle song for your Tuesday RS youtu.be/Hep2SbdHMHc?...
Sad to hear of Graham Greene's passing... Such a wonderful actor and a very nice man I got to meet him on a few occasions as we both lived here in Stratford and even got to sing for him once at his "Walk Of Fame" ceremony. Huge loss RS
We even made local news! Arkansans join national 'Workers Over Billionaires' protests on Labor Day Thousands across the U.S. protested on Labor Day. In Arkansas, protests were held in Fayetteville, Fort Smith, Harrison, Hot Springs, Springdale, and Little Rock. www.5newsonline.com/mobile/artic...
Seems an appropriate day to promote my favorite Arkansas museum - the Southern Tenant Farmers Museum which is all about the Southern Tenant Farmers Union. Happy Labor Day! encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/sout... stfm.astate.edu
Had a delightful time Friday @whitewatertavern.bsky.social as Rev Gregory Joe Spradlin and the mighty Cody Dickinson convened in cahoots & conjured all kinda Mississippi hill country mojo & momentum. #musicsky #blues (some pics not mine)
Mentioned this earlier, but did not link to the song. “Union Man,” a 1975 chart hit from the Cate Brothers. From their first album, which was one of 2 major label album releases for this Arkansas band. youtu.be/hKW5xcxrk9s?...
This #LaborDay, we remember John Stewart, a Black sawmill worker in Arkansas who won a promotion, back pay, and legal costs with his union’s support—part of a wave of Black workers reclaiming wages, showing fairness at work is won through solidarity. www.facingsouth.org/eeoc-mandate...
MERLINE "THE YAS YAS GIRL" JOHNSON 👠 (1912/1918-?) Americ. 🇱🇷 sing. 🎙️ Rel. Art.: Big B. Broonzy, Lonnie Johnson, Blind J. Davis, Buster Bennett, Punch Miller. The aunt of LaVern Baker Y. A.: 30s-40s {Miss. or Missouri/blues} "Bad whiskey blues" youtu.be/RvIkaHrsHic?... 💣‼️
Magic Sam - 21 Days in Jail (1958) Magic Sam : Vocals; Guitar Harold Burrage : Piano Willie Dixon : Piano Odie Payne : Drums youtube.com/watch?v=hIzu...
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2025-08-30 The Rising Stars Fife and Drum Band and the Next Generation-Bounce Ball-The GOAT Picnic-Coldwater MS youtu.be/5DDmlnwEHcQ
I listened to both Little Feat & Linda Ronstadt’s versions from “Midnight Special” just this morning.
youtube.com/watch?v=g4yH... The Rising Stars Fife and Drum Band-Station Blues-The GOAT Pucnic-Coldwater MS
123 - ARK ROSETTA HOWARD 👠 (30-08-1913/8-10-1974) Americ. 🇱🇷 sing.🎙️ Rel. Art.: Jimmie Noone, The Harlem Hamfats, Willie Dixon, Big Bill Broonzy & others Y. A.: 1930s-1940s {Woodruff C., ARK/Arkansas blues, jazz} "When I been drinking" youtu.be/Q2_cJzO91aw?... 💣‼️
024 - MS DELTA BLIND BILLY ♦️ Americ. 🇱🇷 sing. & guit. 🎙️🎸 Rel. Art.: Arthur Big Boy Crudup, Papa Charlie McCoy {Mississippi/ Delta blues} youtu.be/pgO1GdABeIA?... 💣‼️
Cover of Detroit Junior’s “Call My Job” by my old friends Dave Riley & Sam Carr. (Albert King & Son Seals have also recorded this classic by Arkansas native Emery “Detroit Jr.” Williams) youtu.be/hTYXhpWT8GM?...
#LaborDay Playlist has the entire album www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3cJ...
#20SongsByYear #MusicChallenge 1978 Funkadelic - "One Nation Under a Groove" www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WOZ...
I could be wrong.
I’m thinking it was surely intended as pro-Union. But they do whine about paying union dues.
The Cate Brothers had one hit, “Union Man.” I believe it was anti-union.
Labor Day soundtrack. The classic labor anthem “Roll the Union On” was written by Brinkley, Arkansas native John Handcox, a tenant farmer & organizer (& songwriter) with the Arkansas-based Southern Tenant Farmer’s Union. Woody Guthrie’s version: youtu.be/V9mWkmq3OEA?...
Big Star - “September Gurls”. Still one of my all-time favorites. #September youtu.be/BNKSs1J38EA?si… via @YouTube
*ferry service ended in the 1960s Is what that earlier post should have been
Happy Labor Day picture set: Choco - Liddle 🌹 rose color velcro dog harness. That's IT preservation hall genre remix #Music Albums OTD The Band Memo funk'n'waffles Water Feature genre list #LiddleCitizen
#morningmusic 🇺🇸 Jesse Welles was born in Ozark, AR and started playing guitar at 11. He sold his songs on burned CDs as a teen. Among his influences he cites the wordsmithiness of Walt Whitman, Herman Melville, Cormac McCarthy and Mark Twain. Happy September, all. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL0o...
Conway’s dad: Ferry pilot Floyd D. Jenkins was originally from Friars Point, Mississippi, and moved to Helena in 1943 to pilot the ferry that ran between Helena and Trotters Point. (Ferry service ended in the early 1970s) (Photo from Helena’s Phillips County Museum)
On Sept 1, 1927, The Old Southern Sacred Singers recorded the gospel standard “The Old Time Religion”, first recorded by the Haydn Quartet in 1906. But my favorite version of the song (slightly modified) is by Pete Seeger recorded live at Harvard in 1980. youtu.be/CJG901UgJv4?si
#arkansassurrealisminternational #arkansassurrealism #bossascrewanova
My friend Jimmy Evans (d. 2011) played bass with Conway Twitty & his Rockhousers in the 1950s. (Jimmy later joined Ronnie Hawkins & the Hawks, eventually replaced by Rick Danko). Jimmy with CT & with me in 2006.
Conway Twitty (Harold Jenkins) born September 1, 1933 at Friars Point, MS. (His father piloted a ferry boat between Friars Point & Helena) Lived at Helena, Arkansas as a youth, where he formed his first musical group & appeared on radio KFFA. youtu.be/cAA_LUCb0QE?...
Buster Benton - Money Is The Name Of The Game youtu.be/Zgdk16PQstY?si=zsaJ8_K0qQnHHJhR
Last chance! VOTE in the 2025 BLUES BLAST MUSIC AWARDS! Please vote for CALIFORNIA TRAP for Contemp Album, and for Andy Duncanson for Male Entertainer & Singer of the Year! Thanks! www.bluesblastmagazine.com/2025-blues-b... Confirm vote in your email!
Otis Rush - Three Times A Fool (Tokio, 1975) Otis Rush : Vocals, Lead Guitar Jimmy Johnson : Rhythm Guitar Silvester Boines : Bass Tyrone Centuray : Drums youtube.com/watch?v=b7xh...
Aug. 31, 1925: Gov. Tom Terral and his mule, Miss Arkansas, win a plowing contest held at the opening of the Arkansas Polytechnic Institute.
Omg it’s my new favorite band #polyphonicexophilia #musicsky #jazz #funk #soul youtu.be/JRsRpQlNUm4?...
While our country is burning down around us, “here’s a song that’s guaranteed to bring you right down”. *Neil Young Don’t Let It Bring You Down m.youtube.com/watch?v=vDXS...
On August 31, 1928, Tommy Johnson recorded “Canned Heat Blues”, a song about an alcoholic who had desperately turned to drinking Sterno, generically called "canned heat". The title inspired the name of the popular blues-rock band that formed in 1965.
This morning, I attended service at the Historic Little Rock Baptist Church in Detroit. I left inspired by Rev. Antoine T. Colvin's passion and message - we cannot be passive in the face of injustice - we may need to flip over some tables.
Striking and oddly patterned Squirrel #Treefrog (Dryophytes squirellus) waiting outside our door this morning. Don't often see them with this many spots. #herps #BackyardWildlife 🐸
Van Morrison’s birthday. You may get disgusted Start thinking that I’m strange (Elvin Bishop on guitar with his band!) youtu.be/25LhUHKVYMo
When passing a joint around you should leave no turn un-stoned RS
8/31/25 #MusicSky #Collage #nowplaying One Sunday Morning- Wilco Snake Drive- RL Burnside If We Were Vampires- Jason Isbell Little Red Rooster- Sam Cooke Broken Arrow- Grateful Dead Empty Trainload of Sky- Gillian Welch & David Rawlings Driving Wheel- Al Green
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Not all of us will win.
I’m gonna be watching until it happens.
I know things are different for women (stalkers etc.), but yes just turn them off. All my DMs have been about music stuff so far. The only annoying ones were questions I couldn’t answer.😀
Here are 2 of my favorite religious music album covers I’ve encountered locally. I’ve seen that first one in a few local flea markets. Both titles are delightful.
Church sign in Helena, Arkansas. 2016.
Some of them probably saw “Banging in the Hood” 30 years ago!
I have tried to google the sons to learn what prisons they are in, but Brown is a common surname.
Due to unpopular demand I have decided to reshare this classic album cover featuring the Brown family from Fort Smith, Arkansas praying around the waterbed in their 1970s steakhouse- looking master bedroom.
Most of the “college towns” in “red” states too. And anywhere in the black belt (AR/MS/LA/ALTN)
I wasn’t sure about Tulsa & OKC.
Hollywood Fats Band - She's Dynamite (live at The White House Tavern, Laguna Beach, CA, 1980) Hollywood Fats : Guitar Al Blake : Vocals, Harmonica Freddy Kaplan : Piano Larry Taylor : Bass Richard Innes : Drums youtube.com/watch?v=34Js...
I just saw the Rick Estrin and the Nightcats yesterday at a local blues festival put on by Little Village Records. Rick is slowing down a bit but can still play the hell out of the harmonica. And Kid Anderson is, of course, a guitar wizard up there with Little Charlie himself.
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I don’t think there are many “red” cities. The major cities in Republican dominated states are Democratic. Even in the South & Texas.
Artists used to send promo packs to venues & festivals. With pics & printed materials. Here are some promotional photos sent to the Fort Smith Riverfront Blues Festival in the 1990s. (The artists all performed there, this stuff was intended for use in ads/promotion)
Oh no, I knew she had died. Didn’t know she was murdered. Great lady.
Sunday music. That gospel fest I typed about earlier? We got Reverend John Wilkins to play one year. So good. youtu.be/EF9jg0PpiJY?...
Sunday Sounds continued. The Original Five Blind Boys “Jesus is a Rock in a Weary Land” (1953). Singer Percell Perkins (Rev. Perkins) was a minister in Helena when I was there, heard him preach & sing a few times. Interviewed him at home once. He comes in at about :23. youtu.be/NYdtWznKtKU?...
Never move to a red state. If you’re there, get out.
Dog park antics with Harlo the rocket minpin and fastest draw in the west. Soundtrack MMJ the top 18 My Morning Jacket albums on 3 shelves. #Roll20 DND town map @mymorningjacket.bsky.social
Sunday Sounds. We used to hold a gospel fest in Helena, never got over with secular audiences. Performers included Mavis Staples, the Holmes Brothers, PL Perkins, the Lee Boys, Amy Helm, Otis Clay. Joe Ligon & the Mighty Clouds of Joy one year. youtu.be/xr1Xigs8n-M?...
