Get your mind off wintertime,

The weather is getting nice but there is a chance of getting distracted by the things that need to get done.  Winter is coming, and there is much to do while the temperature allows it.

Yes, fix that gate and cut that hay but read a story to your kids too.  Get up early but take time to watch the sunrise.  Work hard but at the end of the day cuddle up in the easy chair with the one you love. 

Walk Tall

I feel the music video missed an opportunity to be great by indulging in completely predictable imaging.  It would have been ground-breaking and marvelous in 1978, too bad it was filmed in 2004.  It undermines the message to "walk tall" when the examples are banal.  There is no courage in preaching to the choir.

Still, I enjoy the song and it requires very little imagination to give it a stoic reading; there is no good but virtue and no evil but vice, therefore "walk tall" or in a previous century's jargon, "be virtuous." 

Tomorrow is the Big 4-0

Looking forward to the next forty, should I get them, I have just one wish: a face like Willie's.

Sunday Morning Coming Down

Defending the Banjo

I am not a real big fan of Rascal Flats or contemporary country in general but any friend of the banjo is a friend of mine.

Every where is Margarita-ville on a Friday

I wonder if my dad know about the "extra verse" that was cut out of the single?

Your Last Stand? It's only Wednesday.

Open country is just a few days ahead.

It's Friday, Run Little Rabbit...

Run, Run,

As you will see, there is nothing new under the sun, even the hanging down pants fashion; though I don't think Stringbean had the fashion impact we've seen the last decade.  I'm not sure what is up with the eyebrows.

Wednesday, Take it as it Comes

even if you're in a place where you gotta eat a little more possum.

A little Jerry Jeff Walker for your Wednesday.

Women Like to Slow Dance

It's Friday, have a slow dance with someone you love or, if that isn't possible, your spouse.  Once you convince her that you're not about to confess to something terrible, like investing in a penny stock or buying new draperies in a trout print, her demeanor will start to soften and you will start collecting points for the moment you do screw up.

Statistician's Blues

Beware true believers, or anyone else for that matter, bearing statistics.

Hank Williams said it Best

Every time this songs comes up my oldest reminds me how much he likes it.  Whatever the future holds, I'm optimistic that the kid and I will have some foundation to understand one another.

Have a good weekend.  Be well.

Stoicism in verse

Of all the things that can happen to you, "it's all right."

Of all the things you can do, do right.

Libertarian Campaign Song

I don't know if it would stir the masses like "Don't Stop Thinking about Tomorrow" but I might be willing to knock on a few doors.

The Guitar Wizard

A little Odd Couple instrumental to commemorate the middle of the work week.

Ballad of Stringbean and Estelle

Stringbean and Estelle died too young but they died better than most.  Everyone must die.  Not everyone lives refusing to be a victim.

Sunday Morning Coming Down

Ain't nobody's fault (but mine)

Don't Run Anymore

Friday is here.  The weekend is sprinting in your direction.  Starting today, stop running.  Build the habits necessary to live a life you won't have any reason to be ashamed of, even if it kills you; it will kill you nonetheless.

Carolina Chocolate Drops: Country Girl

Why didn't any of you hip young people tell me about this group?  Have you been holding out on me?