All About Pocket Knives

Soooooooo....
Who ya liking?

Love the band. Too many of them gone now.

https://youtu.be/qVpqrnDonto

Guy Clark.. one of my favorite artists and songs...

https://youtu.be/FNlUhW0azKI

Townes... one of the best song writers, ever...he didn't write this one, but he makes it his own....

That video cut from "The Last Waltz" with Levon singing "'The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" is white-boy soul at it's best! Sure hurt to lose him. J.O'.

Pop, Mavis, and The Staples really spiced up the "The Weight" too! Funny, I remember the exact time and place I heard that song on the radio the first time. Totally blew me away. Had a little rock and roll band and we learned it in a couple days, been playing it ever since. Tunes like that are "evergreen". Thanks Willie for the flashback. J.O'.

Thank ya gents, I'm glad they're bringing back memories; and that's what folk music is all about.

Now, this is my kind of song.
Same thing happens to me when I come across a sweet un'...

Townes was a great talent and he wrote some awesome lyrics. I cover a couple of his songs and peope always ask who wrote them. More people should know. Always loved his cover of Dead Flowers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2lge0ZnSEI

WillyCamaro wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 9:33 pm

I love this version..it haunts me... this was my brother's favorite song (Willy and Merle cover), he passed when I was 12...I can't watch this video or hear any version without memories flooding back, maybe a few tears, too.. that's the beautiful thing about good music --it can spark a flood of emotions or memories in an instant, happy or sad...

btrwtr wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 8:51 pm Townes was a great talent and he wrote some awesome lyrics. I cover a couple of his songs and peope always ask who wrote them. More people should know. Always loved his cover of Dead Flowers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2lge0ZnSEI

Which ones do you cover?

Stanwade wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 10:10 pm

WillyCamaro wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 9:33 pm

I love this version..it haunts me... this was my brother's favorite song (Willy and Merle cover), he passed when I was 12...I can't watch this video or hear any version without memories flooding back, maybe a few tears, too.. that's the beautiful thing about good music --it can spark a flood of emotions or memories in an instant, happy or sad...

Stanwade wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 10:14 pm

btrwtr wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 8:51 pm Townes was a great talent and he wrote some awesome lyrics. I cover a couple of his songs and peope always ask who wrote them. More people should know. Always loved his cover of Dead Flowers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2lge0ZnSEI

Which ones do you cover?

No Place to Fall and Don't Take it Too Bad are two of my favorites.

When I lived in Houston area it was a short trip to Galveston and the Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe that is owned by Wrecks Bell (Rex's Blues). Rex was a friend of Townes and played bass with him at times. Guy Clark, Townes VanZant, Rodney Crowell and Steve Earle were all part of a cool Texas music scene that makes me wish I was a bit older so I could have seen it happen. Robert Earl Keen and Lucinda Williams are two more great Texas singer songwriters I like to cover. Lucky to have seen them both a few times.

The Old Quarter in Galveston as well as Dan Electro's Guitar Bar and The Last Concert Cafe in Houston are great places to hear live music in a small dive atmosphere. I miss Texas for this and many other reasons.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9CDumFYngw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0_AVhv ... rt_radio=1

btrwtr wrote: ↑Thu Jan 07, 2021 1:30 am

Stanwade wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 10:14 pm

btrwtr wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 8:51 pm Townes was a great talent and he wrote some awesome lyrics. I cover a couple of his songs and peope always ask who wrote them. More people should know. Always loved his cover of Dead Flowers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2lge0ZnSEI

Which ones do you cover?

No Place to Fall and Don't Take it Too Bad are two of my favorites.

When I lived in Houston area it was a short trip to Galveston and the Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe that is owned by Wrecks Bell (Rex's Blues). Rex was a friend of Townes and played bass with him at times. Guy Clark, Townes VanZant, Rodney Crowell and Steve Earle were all part of a cool Texas music scene that makes me wish I was a bit older so I could have seen it happen. Robert Earl Keen and Lucinda Williams are two more great Texas singer songwriters I like to cover.

The Old Quarter in Galveston as well as Dan Electro's Guitar Bar and The Last Concert Cafe in Houston are great places to hear live music in a small dive atmosphere. I miss Texas for this and many other reasons.

Wow mate, what wonderful stories sir!
And it's great to meet another fellow musician such as yourself. Hope we someday can get together, yack a bit, jam a little, share some stories, and knives!

WillyCamaro wrote: ↑Thu Jan 07, 2021 1:38 am

btrwtr wrote: ↑Thu Jan 07, 2021 1:30 am

Stanwade wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 10:14 pm


Which ones do you cover?

No Place to Fall and Don't Take it Too Bad are two of my favorites.

When I lived in Houston area it was a short trip to Galveston and the Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe that is owned by Wrecks Bell (Rex's Blues). Rex was a friend of Townes and played bass with him at times. Guy Clark, Townes VanZant, Rodney Crowell and Steve Earle were all part of a cool Texas music scene that makes me wish I was a bit older so I could have seen it happen. Robert Earl Keen and Lucinda Williams are two more great Texas singer songwriters I like to cover.

The Old Quarter in Galveston as well as Dan Electro's Guitar Bar and The Last Concert Cafe in Houston are great places to hear live music in a small dive atmosphere. I miss Texas for this and many other reasons.

Wow mate, what wonderful stories sir!
And it's great to meet another fellow musician such as yourself. Hope we someday can get together, yack a bit, jam a little, share some stories, and knives!

Two common interests.

https://youtu.be/sUML2yWVn8c

btrwtr wrote: ↑Thu Jan 07, 2021 1:50 am

WillyCamaro wrote: ↑Thu Jan 07, 2021 1:38 am

btrwtr wrote: ↑Thu Jan 07, 2021 1:30 am

No Place to Fall and Don't Take it Too Bad are two of my favorites.

When I lived in Houston area it was a short trip to Galveston and the Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe that is owned by Wrecks Bell (Rex's Blues). Rex was a friend of Townes and played bass with him at times. Guy Clark, Townes VanZant, Rodney Crowell and Steve Earle were all part of a cool Texas music scene that makes me wish I was a bit older so I could have seen it happen. Robert Earl Keen and Lucinda Williams are two more great Texas singer songwriters I like to cover.

The Old Quarter in Galveston as well as Dan Electro's Guitar Bar and The Last Concert Cafe in Houston are great places to hear live music in a small dive atmosphere. I miss Texas for this and many other reasons.

Wow mate, what wonderful stories sir!
And it's great to meet another fellow musician such as yourself. Hope we someday can get together, yack a bit, jam a little, share some stories, and knives!

Two common interests.

https://youtu.be/sUML2yWVn8c

I'd love to see video of your covers... and good story..oh to be a fly on the wall where those guys frequented


Awesome post..I bought a good friend of mine the dvd of "Heartworn Highways" 5/6 years ago for Christmas...we watch it every winter while having a few good drinks (or 12)...