Del's Neighbor
Friday, September 13, 2024
Del’s Neighbor
He squashed a ‘possum. That’s what Del McCoury sang of about 15 years ago, with the housing bubble of the era likely in mind.
And here was Del with his band playing Bill Monroe’s “Uncle Pen”, which he used to play when he played with Monroe back when Del was a young man.
Nice ‘n’ grassy.
Here was Del and his band at the NPR Tiny Desk Concert six years ago:
The ‘52 Vincent Black Lightning must have been quite the vehicle. As the NPR description says:
The [song] "1952 Vincent Black Lightning," was written by another master of his craft, British folk icon Richard Thompson, and has been a part of Del's repertoire for a while now. It shows not only the deep connection that bluegrass has to British folk music, but also Del McCoury's willingness to keep his sound fresh all these years on.
The Tiny Desk show has particularly good audio quality if you put it through a decent speaker or headset.
Here's a thought. Mr. Chris Stirewalt keeps saying that there aren't any "undecided voters" among the kind of people who read political commentary or listen to political podcasts. I think he's wrong. There may not be many who haven't made up their minds about Donald Trump. (I think there are more than appear in evidence, because they don't want to be accused of being worse than axe murderers or Hamas gang rapists.)
However, I think there are a lot more who have decided they will not vote for Trump, but have not decided that they will vote for Harris. The very fact that so much moral bullying is being directed at anyone who doesn't promise to fill in the circle for Harris suggests to me that the pro-Harris camp is afraid she will lose ... but not afraid enough to expect her to make a direct effort to persuade those voters to vote for her.
Good morning. I read that when Del McCoury toured with Steve Earle, neither of them wanted to let the other do the last song, so the concerts would go on and on. Good, I guess, if the attendees had brought snacks and a pillow.