Just cuz I needed a cry… grab a tissue.
Johnny Cash‘s Hurt – A cover of Trent Reznor‘s (Nine Inch Nails) song.
The song just gets better and more emotional, the more times I listen to it.
Allegro Spring Concert (Señora is a member)
Click here for the recording link
Digital recording of the Allegro May 7th Spring Concert for you to download and import to your music app, music player, or burn to a CD.
Allegro Spring Concert May 7th, 2023
This is the 50+ chorus that Señora sings in… Allegro’s Spring Concert is May 7th. Be there or be square.
Event is free, but you need to register for seating. They are asking for an optional donation of $20. For more information click this link: Allegro
In fact you can see Señora’s charming face in the header on the home page of their web site.
YouTube Video: Pete Morton at The Focal Point
Pete Morton is one of Señora‘s and mine favorite folk singers. He is British and gets over to the States only on rare occasions, and fortunately for us that is frequently at the Focal Point. We have seen him three times. Señora may be up to five times now as she “discovered” Pete before we were the hot item that we are now.
Pete made me a hero a few years back. I had taken a picture of him and Señora together when he was playing a house concert here in St. Louis. I sent to him, in England, an 8×10 copy of the photo, along with money for postage, and asked him to autograph it as I wanted it for a Christmas present for my wife, the esteemed Señora. He was gracious enough to do so.
Señora and I have this fantasy about going to England and seeing him in a club there. Some day.
Enjoy. We did.
Señora who is Jewish with more of a Chicago accent has this thing about doing accents. She has several that she does. Among them are New York Jew and Southern. I will admit, as a Southerner, her Southern accents sets my teeth on edge a bit, but then there are more than a few actors who do Southern accents that do the same.
One of her accents is British. Once when Pete was at the Focal Point she went up to talk to him after the concert and dropped into her British accent.
Pete remarked to her in his natural accent, “Are you mocking me?”
Señora replied in her Señora British accent, “No, I’m not mocking you.”
Fortunately, Pete has a sense of humor.
And so it goes.
Pete Morton at Focal Point
One of Señora‘s and I favorite musicians, the British folk singer Pete Morton will be at the Focal Point March 16. We will absolutely be there. Hope to see you there too.
A man, his guitar, and simple touching lyrics…
If you want to know more… Here is a link to Pete Morton’s website.
To buy tickets for the concert follow this link: Pete Morton @ Focal Point
Grant Peeples – Insurrection Song (January 6th)
One more video of a song we heard performed at the Woodyfest in Okemah, OK. Grant Peeples was a last minute replacement for an act that became sick. His claim to fame is that he opened for Dan Berns one time at a famous venue in Atlanta, GA. The singer-songwriter career path is a strange and frequently a not-for-profit journey. But there does seem to be a lot of these troubadours out there, struggle though it may be.
Red State Blues by The Red Dirt Rangers
About the time I have completely written off Oklahoma as hopeless and a no man’s zone, I run across something gives me a glimmer of hope that all is not lost in my native state.
The Red Dirt Rangers are hugely popular in Oklahoma, especially around the Stillwater region. It always amazes that bands like this are not bigger nationally. We heard them perform this song Thursday night at the Woodyfest in Okemah, OK.
After The Goldrush Live – Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt
Again after this horrible, horrible week in our nation’s history I need some lightness. Three national treasures singing one of my favorite Neil Young songs. If I had a shrine in my abode, Dolly would be there, right next to Buddha.
The Story Behind The Song: Neil Young – After The Gold Rush
Dolly did clean it up a bit, replacing the line about getting high…
Broadway Bound Concert
Robin aka Señora sings in a couple different choirs. One is them is the Allegro Choir, a choir for persons of at least 50 years of age. Sunday they put on a concert using the Parkway Church of Christ for a venue. Señora is the soprano sitting in front, just to the left of center as you look at the stage.
Enjoy.
Just Cuz I Love John Prine
One more John Prine music video, just because I love his stuff.
Robin and I, like a million other couples ,decided a long while back that this was “our” song.