#steep canyon rangers

[krispyweiss]

Song Review: Steep Canyon Rangers - “That’s All” (Live, Rehearsal)

There’s an undeniable groove to Steep Canyon Rangers’ take on “That’s All,” which comes out in a knotted ball of banjo, mandolin and fiddle driven by brushes on a percussion kit.

And while the groove cannot be denied, there’s another intangible that holds back the Genesis cover. Perhaps it’s the song itself. Maybe it’s that the band was working out the kinks in an empty Red Rocks Amphitheater. Or perhaps it’s something else. But something is missing.

There’s a germ of an SCR tune in that rhythm track. But “That’s All” ain’t all that.

Grade card: Steep Canyon Rangers - “That’s All” (Live, Rehearsal) - C+

7/16/24

[mcskullmun]

Y’know those bands where it’s like 3/5 middle aged white men in a line, their main identifiers being slightly different hairstyles. Yes they are all wearing the same outfit. It can vary between bands, but the band members themselves will be sharing a wardrobe. Yeah that’s my music taste

[listening-through-the-lens]

Steep Canyon Rangers - Live at Greenfield Lake

New Music Steep Canyon Rangers Steep Canyon Rangers – Photo: LTTL Blue Chip Bluegrass Outfit The Steep Canyon Rangers New Album ‘Live at Greenfield Lake’ Out 30 August 2024 via Yep Roc Records Continue reading Steep Canyon Rangers – Live at Greenfield Lake

[creatius7]

Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

25 de septiembre de 2017 | Robin Hilton: es difícil pensar en un artista que haya brindado más alegría a más personas, a lo largo de más generaciones, y de más formas, que Steve Martin. En la década de 1970, se ganó los corazones de los niños pequeños por sus divertidas apariciones con The Muppets y, al mismo tiempo, cautivó a legiones de fanáticos mayores con sus subversivas rutinas de pie. Más…

[onenakedfarmer]

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[emilybeemartin]

Inktober Day 1-3!

Day 1: "Dream"

There's a reason Yellowstone is called Wonderland---or rather, there are thousands of reasons. Steam curls in roaring plumes from cracks in the ground; vivid colors form rainbow rings around simmering pools. Huge beasts roam rolling plains; the air shivers with the primordial sounds of wolf song and elk bugles. It's a land from fantasy, a dreamland, dangerous and delightful and wild.

If all that weren't enough to match this first prompt, there's one final clincher—Yellowstone was where I first donned the green and gray and started working my dream job as a national park ranger. I spent two seasons there, and I know I only scratched the surface of what this park has to offer.

Day 2: "Spiders"

Tarantulas and Joshua trees—what a leggy, hairy, evocative pair! Despite being North America’s largest spider, tarantulas aren’t all that dangerous—unless you’re a male tarantula trying to mate. When he goes in search of a female, she comes out of her burrow with the sole desire of wanting to kill him. His mating dance involves fending her off until the deed is done, after which she eats him. It’s a tough world for a lonely tarantula.

Readers of my first trilogy, Creatures of Light, will appreciate the image of Queen Gemma, a gentle-hearted entomologist, carefully recording and sketching these behaviors in the desert canyons around Alcoro.

Day 3: "Path"

This prompt could apply to literally any park in the NPS, but when I think of iconic paths, the first ones that come to mind are the Bright Angel and Kaibab trails that switchback down the Grand Canyon. They have an elegance to them, but also a danger that’s different from most other parks—rather than climbing uphill to start a hike, they plunge down, drawing hikers toward the tantalizing Colorado River. It’s only when folks turn around and start the climb back up that they may realize just how far they went, how steep and rugged the terrain is, how hot it is, how exposed they are. Unsurprisingly, search and rescues are part and parcel of being a ranger in Grand Canyon.

[jessfandrawer]

Square Dance Hell: Part 3/3

Swear warning

Part 1

Part 2

I've had this script sitting in google docs for months (after posting the initial idea), so it's a relief to take it off my to-do list. It didn't turn out exactly how I expected, but that's art!

Creator notes:

Page 9, where Eddie's on the ground by himself and everyone's walking away, I don't know, drawing that got me really emotional. T-T

Who's throwing french fries???

I just made up that Black Sabbath tee because I didn't want to rip anything off too much. It's kind of cool, maybe?

Eddie ended up looking so ticked off about being interrupted! XD

The final panel was really hard with all the text and the layers and the doodles that had to be arranged. The quote is Tolkien; spoken by Faramir to Eowyn.

So where is Jason? My theory is that he was in the square dance class at first, but the basketball coach freaked out when he twisted his ankle a little on the first day, so he got excused.

Did Eddie give up on that class, or was the cheerleader's siren call too tempting to resist? ;) I like to think he would rather suffer through it than miss the chance.

Songs I listened to waaaaay too many times: Sweetness by Jimmy Eat World, Women Like To Slow Dance by Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers, On Your Collarbone by Jordan Klassen, Dreams by Fleetwood Mac.

[therestistravel]

Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers - California (Official Lyric V...

A postcard from Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers 😊 

[krispyweiss]

Steep Canyon Rangers Play for “Paste” at MerleFest

- “Come Dance,” “Call the Captain” and “Deep End” feature in set and conversation

Steep Canyon Rangers mixed the old with the new during a three-song set for Paste magazine at MerleFest.

Recorded April 25 in North Carolina and freshly released, the performance and conversation about the band’s history finds the Steeps playing unplugged and soloing into vocal microphones.

Bassist Barrett Smith fronts the band on “Come Dance” and “Call the Captain,” which spotlight the Rangers’ bluegrass side with pure harmonies, supple playing and drummer Mike Ashworth stepping out front on Dobro.

These songs feature Graham Sharp’s banjo, Mike Guggino’s mandolin and Nicky Sanders’ fiddle recalling the Rangers’ roots and adding nuance to Smith’s vocals as he sings about love and coal mines.

Guitarist and newest Ranger Aaron Burdett takes the reins on “Deep End,” a series of clichés - think hit the ground running and bull in a china shop, for example - driven by Ashworth’s percussion and a more rock ‘n’ roll feel. Burdett replaced co-founder Woody Platt and his songs changed the Rangers stylistically and vocally. At this point, it still sounds unnatural, but hope springs eternal where the Steep Canyon Rangers are concerned.

5/24/24

[broodygaming]

Omfg. Venting. Just low key almost died. LOL.

I have this old ass truck. It’s not ancient ancient but it’s like a 97? A Ford Ranger. Idk something like that. Not as old as my cool old Chevy was. But it does have like 280K miles on it lol.

Anyways. Usually it’s a tank. But it had some issues a few days previously and then today those issues kinda came to the front.

It had died randomly when I was in town last week. No issue, I just restarted. Had to stop in the middle of the road but it’s down town ish so no one is going that fast.

But today! Just a few minutes ago! It was losing power going up our steep hill. We live on a steep gravel hill that’s between 13-15 percent grade in most spots. Go look up how steep that is if you don’t know. It’s steep steep. Especially for a drivable hill.

So I’m backing out of our lower driveway (where the animals are) loaded up with my dog and my freshly milked goat milk and as I go to chug up the hill to our house the Rpm’s just TANK. I’m revving first gear and it is not going. It’s sputtering like it’s gonna die. I slam on the brakes and engage the E brake (idk about newer cars but on old cars the brakes don’t work properly when the engine is off) (this is a stick shift car idk if I mentioned that).

So then im stuck. I can’t get it to power up or whatever. I’m not a car person. I try different gears and just gunning it and it doesn’t work. Im terrified to turn it off all the way. And my cellphone A) doesn’t work rn and B) doesn’t get reception on the hill even if it did work. The only person close to me is Quiet Dave the neighbor who doesn’t talk to anyone. And there’s a REAL possibility that my truck just fucking rolls off the cliff on either side of our STEEP ASS HILL and no one even sees what happens.

So long story short. I do restart it. Multiple times. And on one of those times the RPMs went up. Gunned it and it worked. Totally damaged my poor E brake, I smelled rubber, but I refused to disengage it until I was moving. I finally disengaged it and made it up the hill. It almost died again near the top but we made it.

To say I was shaken is an embarrassing understatement. I was like. Ugly sobbing. My poor dog was looking at me like I was an alien. I was shaking so bad I could barely walk. I have so much driving anxiety (anxiety doesn’t even cover it) and I HATE driving up this all already. This fucking hill has been a source of stress for me for almost literally my entire life. (My uncle used to live where my brother / neighbor lives now and we used to come here for thanksgiving and Christmas sometimes and I vividly remember thinking that we’d just slide backwards down the hill and into oblivion cuz there’s no way any car could just keep climbing up this insane hill).

Anyways. I bitch constantly about the hill but here’s a good example of how it’s legitimately scary sometimes. All fun and games until ur brakes don’t work right and you remember there’s nothing but canyons and trees and blackberry bushes on either side. 😭😭😭

[paintingsandrecords]

a silvery marmoset; ink and watercolor

last eighteen day’s listening:

tsunami - be like that/newspaper

new lost city ramblers - the new lost city ramblers

pete seeger/almanac singers - the original talking union and other union songs

various - dr. demento’s mementos

steve martin and the steep canyon rangers - the long awaited album

slickee boys - mersey, mersey me

frank turner - undefeated

general patton vs. the x-ecutioners - general patton vs. the x-ecutioners

blake babies - earwig

lovage - music to make love to your old lady by

juliana hatfield - bed

descendents - 9th & walnut

priests - bodies and control and money and power

inquisition - revolution live

[banjoforpleasure]

Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

[lbctal]

Boyd and 🎶💔

i’ve been waiting for the music question all my life…

music headcanon: as we all know, boyd can canonically clog! so i think when he’s just chill, having a glass of whiskey or two, he’ll be listening to some bluegrass. albums i think he’d enjoy: long violent history (tyler childers) and tell the ones i love (steep canyon rangers).

angsty headcanon: alright i guess i’ll bring up my codependency theory! i think boyd is identity-less without others. he so badly desires others to desire him, whether it be as a leader, lover, or enemy. when he’s a alone he doesn’t know who he is. when you see him around others, he knows who he is. a racist, a preacher, an outlaw. but alone? he’s just the boy who lost his momma.

thank you for this one, it was fun!!

[osidius-el-enfatico]

best actors turned musicians listed

donald glover into childish gambino

jack black and rage kage into tenacious d

jason schwartzman into coconut records

steve martin and the steep canyon rangers

that time brie larson slayed penis in scott pilgrim singing black sheep

[nothingchanges27]

WWS S7 Steep Canyon Rangers "Honey on my Tongue"