The first idea was something about the imagined versus the self and when and how does one become more aligned in one than the other.
The one and the self.
The next idea was about the physicality of art and how much of its need to be an object taking up a discreet number of atoms to create and carry a message through the human consciousness
How big is the box?
The next idea was about the length of the idea in relation to the artist, how many different sizes of boxes related to the real and imagined.
Brooklyn band the Loyales and a giant host of guest performers will pay tribute to the great Willie Nelson with a program of Willie songs.
DOORS 7PM | SHOW 8PM
The Brooklyn band the Loyales, called “a living, breathing jukebox” by New York Magazine pay tribute to the great Willie Nelson with a long list of some of Brooklyn’s finest singers and players.
The band includes:
Steel guitar master Raphael McGregor
Fiddler Philippa Thompson from M. Shanghai String Band
Accordion virtuoso Will Holshouser
Eddy Zweiback from NYC’s Losers’ Lounge on harmonica
Guest singers include native Texan and Austin City Limits veteran Kat Edmonson
Brooklyn Jazz chantuese Tamar Korn
Stage and studio guitar great Adam Levy (Norah Jones, Tracy Chapman)
Alex Battles, Brooklyn Country singer and long time host of the Cash Bash, Jonny Cash Show and many, many more!
Alex Battles & The Whisky Rebellion perform the Kris Kristofferson classic “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down” at the Johnny Cash Birthday Bash in Brooklyn, NY.
Original Live Recording Session of Tom Sawyer’s Island at Jalopy Theatre
I heard that they are closing down Tom Sawyer’s Island at Disneyland. I can’t say I’m suprised. When the Pirates of Caribbean franchise took off, Disney added Jack Sparrow to the island. Since Tom and Huck were pretending to be pirates when they ran away from home, this seemed reasonable. The Island was still there when I last visited. The kinship I felt with everyone else willing to make the journey to the Island inspired me to write the song you see linked above.
Here’s a clip of Louis Armstrong playing on The Mark Twain steamboat from Disney After Dark in 1962. Johnny St. Cyr, Armstrong’s original banjo player from the Hot Fives and Hot Sevens served as the bandleader at Disneyland for many years.
Johnny Cash, Luther Perkins, and Marshall Grant would forever be known as Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two after recording at Sun Studio in Memphis Tennessee with producer Sam Phillips in 1954. This same band would still be together by the time of Cash’s famous live concert recorded at Folsom State Prison in 1968. However, by this time, the Johnny Cash show included future wife June Carter on lead vocals, Carl Perkins on guitar and vocals, Tennessee Three member W.S. Holland on drums, and the Statler Brothers on backing vocals.
“The Old Perfesser” introduced himself to Alex Battles at the CasHank Hootenanny Jamboree with “I know all that Luther Perkins stuff.” Together they have collaborated on The Johnny Cash Birthday Bash for over a decade. This year’s show will focus on the music of Cash’s childhood, Sun Records singles, and prison performances. Special guest Linda Hill will join The Whisky Rebellion to electrify the crowd with the iconic June Carter duets. The Whisky Rebellion also features Sammo on guitar and vocals, Tina Lama on bass, and Smilin’ Charlie Shaw on drums. DJ General Buell spins classic tunes before and after the show. The music of the Man in Black will ring out all night long.
