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Mar 15, 202016 min read

Roots: 1968

By Terry M. Pace Life is full of moments. Those moment build up in our memories into years. All of these moments add up to who we are as...

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Mar 13, 20203 min read

The Fire of Drift-wood

By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow We sat within the farm-house old, Whose windows, looking o'er the bay, Gave to the sea-breeze damp and...

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Mar 13, 20202 min read

Bob Dylan: Bob Dylan's Dream

Bob Dylan's Dream (1963) was released on The Free Wheelin' Bob Dylan album. Bob Dylan (1941) is a Pulitzer Prize winner for literature as...

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Photo: Fall

FALL Here is another view out of the window where I write, with the oak trees showing their warm fall colors under a beautiful blue sky...

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Photo: Summer

SUMMER These are Red Hot Poker flowers, known also as Torch Lilies. They were one of my mom's favorite flowers and they love the hot...

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Photo: Spring

SPRING These are lilacs in our yard in Oklahoma. This lilacs ancestors go back to at least the 1880's in Arkansas where my paternal...

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Photo: Winter

WINTER This is from the winter of 2016 in Oklahoma. The little fox looking dog is Frisco at age 17. She passed only a month after this...

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Mar 13, 20202 min read

Sister Rosetta Tharp: Didn't It Rain

Sister Rosetta Tharp (RIP 1915 - 1973). The Godmother of Rock n Roll and Rock n Roll Hall of Fame member. Her powerful, creative singing...

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Iris DeMent: Our Town

Our Town (1986) by Iris DeMent (1961). DeMent spent her early years in Arkansas then grew up in California, though her voice and outlook...

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Blaze Foley: If I Could Only Fly

If I Could Only Fly (1979) by Blaze Foley (RIP 1949-1989). Foley lived deeply and died young. He was beloved by almost everyone who...

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Nina Simone: Mississippi Goddamn

Mississippi Goddam (1964) by Nina Simone (RIP 1933-2003) a jazz musician of extraordinary courage and wit. Gifted with a powerful voice...

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Kimmie Rhodes: I'm Gonna Fly

Kimmie Rhodes (1954) - "I'm Gonna Fly" from her album West Texas Heaven (1996). Kimmie is joined by the late great Townes Van Zandt on...

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The Waterboys: Strange Boat

Strange Boat by The Waterboys (1988). Mike Scott and The Waterboys are one of my favorite UK folk rock groups. Fisherman's Blues is a...

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John Prine & Max Wiseman: In The Garden

In the Garden (CA Miles 1912) performed by John Prine (1946) and Mac Wiseman (RIP 1925-2019). This is my favorite version of one of my...

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Mar 13, 20201 min read

ODETTA: SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A MOTHERLESS CHILD

Odetta (Holmes) RIP 1930-2008. Often referred to as the voice of the civil rights movement and the queen of American folk music. A...

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Mar 13, 20201 min read

Lance Canales & The Flood: Plane Wreck at Los Gatos Canyon (Deportees)

Lance Canales & The Flood - Train Wreck at Los Gatos Canyon (Deportee). Written by Woody Guthrie (RIP 1912-1967) when he saw the...

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Mar 13, 20201 min read

Floyd Red Crow Westerman: Wounded Knee

Floyd Red Crow Westerman (RIP 1936-2007). The song here is "Wounded Knee". A song about betrayal and resistance. He is a member of the...

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Mar 12, 20201 min read

Lightnin' Hopkins: Way Out in Abilene

The great Lightnin' Hopkins, a Texas Blues legend (RIP 1912-1982). His song "Way Out in Abilene" recorded in 1974 captures his unique...

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Mar 12, 20201 min read

Townes Van Zandt: At My Window

Here is Townes Van Zandt's "At My Window" (album by same name - 1987). Townes was one of the best songwriters in 20th century America. ...

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Mar 12, 20202 min read

Woody Guthrie: 1913 Massacre

1913 Massacre (1941) by Woody Guthrie (RIP 1912-1967). Guthrie is to me the greatest American musician. He lifted the lowest and...

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