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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Saturday Night at the Cave

by Karen Bove May 16, 2010

For those who can’t get enough of the dreamy Simple Cavemen, here are a handful of photos from an impromptu gathering of a few Cavemen.  Cave Baby even sat in and plucked on the fiddle. Saturday Night at the Cave

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“Wide River to Cross,” one more time…

by Jimmy Carl May 12, 2010

We had promised a version with better audio quality, so here ’tis:

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Buddy Miller doing “Wide River to Cross” at SXSW

by Jimmy Carl May 7, 2010

 Honestly, this will be the last Buddy Miller clip (at least for today). “Wide River to Cross” at the New West Records label part at SXSW. The audio quality here leaves something to be desired, but I like this clip because it gives you an idea how close you get to these folks at the [...]

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Here’s that drum-powered version…

by Jimmy Carl May 7, 2010

We’ll dedicate this one, another clip from SXSW, to Caveman drummer MacGyver and Caveman fave Juan Perez. The drummers here are Brady Blade and Bryan Owings. There’s only a little bit of it, but you’ll get the idea…

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Another Buddy Miller video…

by Jimmy Carl May 7, 2010

We’ll get over this Buddy Miller fixation soon (well, maybe not soon), but here’s a clip of “Gasoline and Matches,” from the Soundstage special commemorating the Three Girls and Their Buddy tour. Check out the acoustic guitar solo… We’ll have another shortened version of this song, very drum-heavy, coming next:

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Buddy Miller does an old soul classic

by Jimmy Carl May 7, 2010

The Cavemen love alt-country hero Buddy Miller and here’s a great clip from Miller’s 2010 showcase at South By Southwest in Austin. That guy playing accordion is Joel Guzman, a familiar sideman to the iconic Joe Ely. The drummer is the fantastic Brady Blade. Check out “That’s How Strong My Love Is”:

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