Mr. French meets Mr. Dylan

by Jimmy Carl on June 16, 2010 · 0 comments

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Sacrilege? Probably. Sebastian Cabot interprets “It Ain’t Me, Babe.”

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Joe Strummer: Redemption Song

by Jimmy Carl on June 16, 2010 · 0 comments

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You ought to love Joe Strummer. Here’s “Redemption Song”:

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This is not the famous Saturday Night Live clip of this song, which has been yanked from YouTube because of copyright issues. Still pretty boss, though:

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Levon Helm’s ‘Only Halfway Home’

by Jimmy Carl on June 11, 2010 · 0 comments

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A 20-minute music-laden film inspired by Levon Helm’s Dirt Farmer album. Levon stars in it, too.

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Garcia, Grisman: Friend of the Devil

by Jimmy Carl on June 11, 2010 · 0 comments

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Some moving images on this one, though they are shadowy.

“Friend of the Devil.”

Jerry Garcia and David Grisman.

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OK, nothing moves around on the screen in this one, but that’s OK because the music is so lovely. Jerry Garcia and David Grisman doing “She Belongs to Me”:

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Three guys and a uke…

by Jimmy Carl June 10, 2010

We’re all over the map this week: Pedal steel guitar, parking lot jams. Now, here’s a favorite ukulele clip featuring a few guys from a band that was pretty popular back in the day:

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Garcia, Weir and Los Lobos

by Jimmy Carl June 9, 2010

This was a July 4th segment on Nightline many years back. It’s a fine version of a Woody Guthrie classic. YouTube yanked the fun outtake version, but this one is dandy, too.

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A lovely pedal steel guitar interlude

by Jimmy Carl June 9, 2010

This is one of my favorite clips of Daniel Lanois on the pedal steel guitar. Watching him play at close range years ago at SXSW inspired a certain porch musician to take a chance on the steel. No regrets, so far. — JC

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A Hank Williams’ classic…

by Jimmy Carl May 19, 2010

Today’s clip: Hank Williams’ “Cold Cold Heart.” It doesn’t get much better.

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