#darrell scott

[krispyweiss]

Song Review: Darrell Scott - “The Devil” (Live)

“It Must be Sunday,” so Darrell Scott is conjuring “The Devil.”

Recorded live - date and location unknown - the latest addition to Scott’s new weekly series finds him playing solo-electric and singing low. He’s raw and spooky, serving Hoyt Axton’s words to a T:

The devil deals in dyin’ and he travels in a hearse/he treats you like a dog, now, he’d like to treat you worse/now he don’t have the answers, and if he did, he’d lie/the devil is a joker and he don’t want you alive

Scott sounds like a band, playing rhythm and leads while spinning Axton’s eerie yarn. But (as far as we know, anyway) it’s just him and “The Devil.”

Grade card: Darrell Scott - “The Devil” (Live) - B+

Read Sound Bites’ previous “It Must be Sunday” coverage here.

10/27/24

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Madeline Peltz at MMFA:

The Washington Post reported the Republican National Committee describes its 2024 approach as “leaner” and “more efficient” than in previous cycles, and that it intends to operate with a smaller staff and more robust partnerships with outside groups. One of these outside groups is Turning Point USA, the conservative “youth” organization founded by Charlie Kirk in 2012 that has since grown into a social media juggernaut, with a massive digital footprint, and a major player on the conservative conference circuit. The group has long-standing ties with extremists, and Kirk himself frequently pushes racism on his radio show and weekly podcast. The Washington Post reports that a weekend fundraiser for the Republican National Committee included meetings between James Blair, political director for both the RNC and the Trump campaign, and representatives from Turning Point and other outside groups. [...]

Turning Point and Kirk have spread racism and have ties to white supremacists

Of particular concern is Turning Point and Charlie Kirk’s racism and ties to far-right antisemitic, white supremacist movements. On a April 30 stream on Rumble, Holocaust denier and far-right cult figure Nick Fuentes claimed that Turning Point is being taken over by young extremists associated with his “groyper” movement. Fuentes said, “Turning Point, we had a big rivalry with them and they hated us, they fired everyone that was associated with me, and then this past year, their CFO Tyler Bowyer said, well, you know, some groypers are OK." Turning Point Action Chief Operating Officer Tyler Bowyer said that some of Fuentes’ groypers are “OK-ish” and “just want to have an honest debate” while appearing on TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk’s podcast last month to talk about former Daily Wire host Candace Owens. Owens recently left the right-wing outlet following a string of comments against Jewish people. Figures associated with the “groypers” have previously spoken at Turning Point USA events on college campuses. In November 2022, Fuentes dined with Donald Trump and pro-Hitler rapper Ye (formerly Kanye West) at Trump’s Florida resort Mar-a-Lago. Fuentes has repeatedly praised Adolf Hitler and compared himself to Hitler. He has also denied the Holocaust and called for a “holy war” against Jewish people.

Kirk himself has drawn hostility within the conservative movement for his own racist comments. In the last few months, he has remarked on his podcast that if he sees a Black pilot he’s going to doubt his qualifications and launched a campaign to discredit the work of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. These comments resulted in significant backlash from conservative commentators and Trump allies. Longtime Trump surrogate pastor Darrell Scott described Kirk’s comments as “bullcrap,” saying, “That boy’s a racist right there.”

In the same NBC article that reported Scott’s comments, an anonymous Trump ally said the former president is “f---ing pissed that Charlie is out causing problems for him in the Black community.” Kirk’s record of racism and antisemitism is extensive. He has suggested that Black women including Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and MSNBC host Joy Reid “do not have the brain processing power to otherwise be taken really seriously” and used affirmative action to “steal a white person’s slot,” said that “Haiti is legitimately infested with demonic voodoo,” and attacked the Democratic Party coalition as “resentful, government-addicted minorities and people that want government benefits." He has also pushed antisemitic stereotypes in the wake of Israel’s invasion of Gaza, blaming “Jewish dollars” for funding “cultural Marxist ideas” and saying Jews control “not just the colleges; it’s the nonprofits, it’s the movies, it’s Hollywood, it’s all of it,” among other comments.

A supposedly “leaner” RNC is looking to partner with outside right-wing groups such as Turning Point USA, a group that in more recent times a hub for Christian Nationalism, white nationalism, and antisemitism.

[sadsongsandwaltzes]

In the morning when i wake up by your side

In the evenings as we stand against the tides

Every hour that you’re with me, i can see

You’re everything i wanted love to be

[cbjustmusic]

Darreii Scott performing "I Wish".

More from Darrell Scott: - The Man Who Could Have Played Bass For Sha Na Na - It’s a Great Day To Be Alive - This Beggar’s Heart ___________________________ I Wish Songwriter: Darrell Scott

I wish I was a chauffer  California, New Year's Eve  Driving around a pretty lady with a hanky up her sleeve  I would light her tiparillos just as civil as you please 

I wish I was a diver on a ship with Jacques Cousteau  I'd get a picture in our rubber suits so that everyone would know  "Hey, you really know Jacques?"  I'd say, "Yeah, just look at this"  I'd show it everywhere I go, Jacques Cousteau, Jacques Cousteau 

I wish I was a cartoon  I wish I was Peter Pan  Then I could fly away from sorrow and never have to feel like a man  You ask me why I'm still a child?  Well, it's just because I am 

I wish I had a cabin on the top of some big hill  I'd build a fire every evening and listen to thwe whipporwill  Eat my food out of a garden and drink my whiskey from a still 

I wish I was a diamond on the back of your skinny little hand  Then I could keep my eye on you  Maybe then I would understand  How you just leave us all weeping just to prove that you still can

[sinceileftyoublog]

Willi Carlisle Live Preview: 2/9, Schubas, Chicago

BY JORDAN MAINZER

The critters in Willi Carlisle's Critterland (Signature Sounds) aren't just varmints like the one that graces the album's absurd cover, nor the two-headed lamb "too strange to survive." They're anybody--human or otherwise--considered an outcast by the unrealistic standards set forth by society. On his Darrell Scott-produced third album, Carlisle digs into his own personal history and local mythology to paint a picture of an American south that pits the freaks against each other, and where those who dare to be different nonetheless find kinship in one another. With a pared-down instrumental arsenal (most songs contain just acoustic guitar, banjo, steel guitar, and/or harmonica), Carlisle's ramshackle delivery and utmost longing stand tall and beckon you to sing along.

On Critterland, Carlisle gives you anthems right from the start. The album's title track, based on an attempt at living in an intentional community in Arkansas, celebrates those "makin' wagers on the critters that we see crossing the road;" led by propulsive banjo, the song soars in the chorus with celebratory harmonica and expansive steel guitar. Purportedly, Carlisle wanted to let loose on the record, inspired by the ragged rambunctiousness of his live show, and you can see "Critterland" becoming a set highlight for the rest of his career. Critterland is far from a fists-in-the-air record, though. Many songs tackle substance abuse, addiction, and suicide with a mix of earnestness, dark humor, and self-awareness. On the gorgeously finger-picked "The Arrangements", the narrator can't take too much joy in the fact that his horrible father has met his maker, as he's beginning to see himself in his dad, ultimately leading himself to think, "It's still sad when bad men die." "Higher Lonesome", the album's only completely true story, sees a drug-addled Carlisle at first "dreamin' of a country I saw at the rodeo," mistaken in his quest for non-existent perfection. As the song progresses, he toys with his own mortality: "See, I don't want to hit rock bottom, just to see how deep it goes / Shine a light on six feet under so I ain't afraid to go." Eventually, he joins AL-Anon and realizes the pain he's inflicted on himself and others, and his penchant for soul-crushing wordplay shines brightest: "With every coin the joiners get, they're farther from the pain of it / All the hurting that we did, it's a shame no coin'll pay for it."

Carlisle certainly knows how to start a song and hook you. He'll pay tribute to a friend who committed suicide and whose body was never found because his note used words too complex for the cops to understand. His immediate vocal harmonies with Jude Brothers on "I Want No Children" catalyze a fiddle-and-banjo instant folk classic. And as soon as 7-minute spoken word closer "The Money Grows on Trees" begins, you know you're in for Carlisle at his troubadour best, showcasing the lyrical dexterity of your favorite rapper. It's "When the Pills Wear Off", though, that devastates all the way through. "Father forgive me for what I have done / Drove 200 miles for six inches of love," he sings, placing you in a world of neon-lit bars and dingy motels. But the song's big reveal, from both an emotional, plot, and instrumental standpoint breaks you. "It's selfish to fall for yourself in someone," Carlisle opines, the other side of the coin of the mourning narrator of "The Arrangements", before continuing, "I know that I want him and always will / I don't think he could have known that it was fentanyl." At the moment he names the deadly drug, the song's plaintive piano and cinematic strings squeak and warble to a clumsy stop, as if to emulate a life cut short. When the "The Money Grows on Trees" ends--it's a song based on David Mac's When Money Grew on Trees, firsthand accounts of a weed moonshiner and the corrupt sheriff that allowed him to do it--it's clear that Carlisle's use of regional history is far from mere aesthetic cosplay like it is for so many of his contemporaries. He can change endings all he wants, in the stories of his lives and those of others, through his songs, but it's the act of analyzing contemporary ills through bonafide folklore that emphasizes the absurdity of the here and now.

Carlisle headlines Schubas tonight. Nashville folk duo Golden Shoals opens. Doors at 7:30 PM, show at 8. The show is sold out.

[theburninggiraffe]

It's the day before Thanksgiving, I'm not feeling much of thanks Just a low-grade desperation that leaves me reeling in the ranks

[musiconspotify]

Darrell Scott

Old Cane Back Rocker (2023) … reflects on his roots …

#DarrellScott

[dijidweeeb]

Motivational Music in the Morning ... #DarrellScott, #YoullNeverLeaveHarlanAlive ... #AlohaFromNashville [Official Audio Track] (2015) #MMitM1

[digital-roots]

Theyre the same fucking guy and they have the same story about being seen as a weak loser until they defeat their boss and overtake their business!!

Not only that, but said evil boss loses everything in the process, becomes totally pathetic, and then turns to seek help from another hot evil person...

...And then those two nicely take back evil guys business and all three are now evil together!

[we-will-swallow-your-soul]

A pic of Dimebag Darrell kissing Scott Ian on the head...

[krispyweiss]

Darrell Scott Launches “It Must be Sunday” Series with “Six O’Clock in the Morning”

Darrell Scott fans can look forward to the last day of the week for the foreseeable future as the polymath musician/singer/songwriter has launched his “It Must be Sunday” series.

“Gathering video and audio as we travel the many miles over the years,” Scott’s team said in announcing the weekly goodies.

Entry No. 1 is a haunting version of “Six O’Clock in the Morning” captured Aug. 18, 2023, in North Carolina.

This is Scott as harrowed bluesman, singing with resignation about stolen hopes and dreams and taking victory with a sense of responsibility:

Some men have a god/that keeps them from harm/some men have a bottle/at the end of their arm/I have a child that calls me Dad/I long to give her what I never had/like waking up and feeling glad/it’s 6 o'clock in the morning

Delivered over a sparse, electric arrangement, the verses are separated by a dissonant, full-band instrumental bridge that seems to represent the turmoil leading to the unsettled peace of the final stanza. “Six O’Clock” is not a happy song; it’s an inspiration.

10/20/24

[tyresdeg]

scott dixon | nashville 2008

[kingofbrooklynn]

What are Jay’s hyperfixations?

as of june 7th 2024

-the outsiders (the musical especially!) ☆

-stray kids ☆

-dead poets society ☆

-south park

-ferris bueller’s day off

-newsies

-scott pilgrim vs. the world

-funko pops

-IT

-movies in general…☆

-animal crossing

Who are Jay’s favorite characters/people?

-darrel curtis (the outsiders)

-two-bit matthews (the outsiders)

-all of stray kids especially 3RACHA ESPECIALLY changbin

-charlie dalton (dead poets society)

-steven meeks (dead poets society)

-eric cartman (south park)

-ferris bueller (ferris bueller’s day off)

-cameron frye (ferris bueller’s day off)

-sloane peterson (ferris bueller’s day off)

-spot conlon (newsies)

-david jacobs (newsies)

-crutchie (newsies)

-wallace wells (scott pilgrim vs. the world)

-richie tozier (IT)

-flick (animal crossing)

-raymond (animal crossing)

-the outsiders musical cast

-the outsiders movie cast

-patrick swayze

-jack massey welsh

What does Jay ship?

yup i’m a shipper…

The Outsiders

-darry x paul

-darry x tim

-darry x two-bit

-two-bit x marcia

-steve x sodapop

Dead Poets Society

-todd x neil

-meeks x pitts

-meeks x charlie

Newsies

-jack x davey

-jack x katherine

-race x spot

-race x albert

Scott Pilgrim

-mobile x wallace

-scott x ramona

-gideon x julie

Animal Crossing

-CJ x flick

-tom nook x redd

-brewster x blathers

Miscellaneous

-richie x eddie (IT)

-cameron x ferris x sloane (ferris bueller’s day off)

-cartman x yentl (south park)

What to expect from Jay?

honestly you will be getting random posts! i’ll probably be posting my poems a ton so look out for those! i have starred my most active fandoms as of when i wrote this:)

[ereborne]

Song of the Day: March 27

"Long Time Gone" by The Chicks

[kraminos]

Dimebag Darrell (Pantera) & Scott Ian (Anthrax)