The Tennessee Three
You may be interested to know that the Tennessee Three, Johnny Cash’s backing band, is still on tour after all these years. The amazing sound of Bob Wooten and WS Holland can still be heard, rockin’ hard. I think Bob Wooten’s guitar work on “Wreck of the Old 97″ on the At San Quentin live album has got to be the wildest thing I’ve ever heard. I just found their website, and a cool blog about visiting the ruins of Cash’s house after it recently burned down. Check it out. If they’re in your area try to support them. It must take a lot of hard work to be a rockabilly band these days.
. . . while listening again to Lucinda’s “West”
Music is meant to fill your senses, to catch you off guard and come to you in dreams. The words should haunt you with feelings, different shades of meaning, ideas, and random thoughts. All of these find expression at different times in your experience. Single phrases stand out.
“Are you alright?”. . . “Unsuffer me”. . . “I’m learning how to live without you in my life”. . .”secrets hold on ’til they finally give in”. . . “tears hand me a shovel”. . . “I love you mama you sweet”
These aren’t just lyrics—they are recalled moments. . . lived again with each sound.
