#willie watson

[glimeres]

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) - When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings (Willie Watson, Tim Blake Nelson)

[krispyweiss]

Song Review: Willie Watson - “Real Love”

“Real Love” is a song of romantic love. But former Old Crow Medicine Show man Willie Watson also makes clear his love of music, with allusions to Woody Guthrie, Little Richard and others in the lyrics.

It’s a country ballad with high-powered players, including Punch Brother Paul Kowert on bass, former Punch Brother Gabe Witcher on piano, Benmont Tench on organ and Sami Braman on fiddle, helping to fashion the music. The track announces Watson’s forthcoming self-titled LP, produced by Witcher and Milk Carton Kid Kenneth Pattengale and due Sept. 13.

With six verses - the title appended to two of them - and no chorus, “Real Love” is Dylanesque in its construction. It’s a little long as it approaches six minutes, but, seeing as it’s a lead single, a radio edit might soon address that.

Grade card: Willie Watson - “Real Love” - B-

6/21/24

[thisaintascenereviews]

Old Crow Medicine Show - Jubilee

Fun fact: I’ve gotten really into bluegrass over the last couple of years, especially modern stuff. I love a lot of the modern country artists that include folk, Americana, and bluegrass influences, and one of the first outright bluegrass bands I ever listened to was Old Crow Medicine Show. These guys are famous for the song “Wagon Wheel,” which is partially penned by Bob Dylan. He wrote the chorus in 1973, whereas the band wrote and recorded the rest of the song in the early 00s, but Hootie & The Blowfish singer Darius Rucker put out a cover in the early 2010s that was very popular and renewed interest in the song. I don’t remember the album I first listened from OCMS, which was 2018’s Volunteer, but I do remember it being good. I didn’t listen to their last album, 2022’s Paint This Town, but I was surprised to find they released a new album this past week, entitled Jubilee.

This past week was a real home run for country, including new albums from this band, Turnpike Troubadours, and Zach Bryan, but this record is really solid. It’s nice hearing these guys again, because they’re a band that doesn’t necessary do anything out of the ordinary, but when they do release an album, it delivers in every way you’d expect. You’ve got a great mix of fun and energetic bluegrass cuts with some quieter and more introspective moments. For every song like the real fun and tongue-in-cheek track “Keel Over And Die,” you get something like “Miles Away” with original member Willie Watson, or “Allegheny Lullaby,” which is a song that talks about a character wanting to get out of the town he lives in, due to the limited opportunities for work. The album knows when to have fun, but it also has some poignant moments on it.

I was debating on writing about this album, but only because I wasn’t sure I had enough to say about this album to warrant a full review. Truth be told, there’s not much to say here, but this is a fun, catchy, well-written, and well-performed bluegrass album that has some poignant moments and a few great guest spots. Sierra Ferrell has a fun moment (she also appears on the new Zach Bryan album, coincidentally), but Mavis Staples appears on closing track “One Drop” that has a nice country gospel feel to it and ends the album on an optimistic note. This record may not necessarily blow your mind, but it’s one of those albums that works perfectly for what it is, and/or if you’re in the mood for what it has to offer. I wouldn’t say this is one of my top favorites of the year, but it’s a damn good album, nonetheless.

[hightideblues11]

I come from the land Of a million stars In the dead of winter You can almost hear them burn

[milesbutterball]

Willie Watson - "Real Love" (Official Video)

[abreathingtimemachine2017]

Dave Rawlings Machine I Hear Them All/This Land Is Your Land

Great, simple stripped down performance....

[demac9]

Willie Watson - Dancing On My Own (Lyrics On Screen)

[greppelheks]

Hangman by Tia Blake is one of my favorite songs, and I just accidentally discovered this 🥹

[satansluckycigarette]

https://open.spotify.com/track/5L1BHZ2uApRTpP95yGykjv?si=B8Ee5HTdSUePVKqbRHOTdA

“Lover did you bring me silver, lover did you bring some gold? Or did you come to see me hangin’ from the gallows pole?”

“Oh yes I brought your silver, even brought my gold, brought a little of everything to spare you from the gallows pole.”

[krispyweiss]

Album Review: Watkins Family Hour - Vol. II

With nine guests spread across 11 covers, Watkins Family Hour’s Vol. II spins like a various-artists release.

The inaccurately titled third LP from the brother-sister duo Sean and Sara Watkins (who play together in Nickel Creek; Sara is also a member of I’m with Her) is afraid of commitment. It instead swerves across the musical landscape, doing hit-and-run jobs that sometimes work - Fiona Apple on the hard country of “(Remember Me) I’m the One Who Loves You” and sometimes don’t - Madison Cunningham on Elliott Smith’s esoteric “Pitseleh.”

Jackson Browne, Benmont Tench, Willie Watson and Gaby Moreno are among the other contributors. The result is a ramshackle release ripe for song picking, but not repeat front-to-back spins.

Grade card: Watkins Family Hour - Vol. II - C

1/10/22

[hellish-cruelty]

Spiral Staircase in Films

A Very Long Engagement (2004), The French Dispatch (2021), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), Mission: Impossible (1996), The Sixth Sense (1999) (×2), Split (2016), Colette (2018), Home Alone (1990), Besieged (1998)

[ellinorosterberg]

How ‘bout we turn every form of “Nah, they’re not gay, they’re just friends lol.”

To “Nah, they’re not friends, they’re just gay lol.”

[queen-daya]

ZENDAYA + Love Tropes @monthly-challenge | Day Eight: “Love”

[theknucklehead]

Peacock is one of my favorite characters from SkullGirls, she's like a mix between Tomo Takino & Daffy Duck.

Here are some of her alternate outfits she has in the game. (and which ones I recognize the reference to)

Old black & white cartoons

Cuphead

Princess Daisy

Inspector Gadget

The Joker

The Warden from Superjail

Super Milk Chan

Hsien-Ko from Darkstalkers

Cirno from Touhou

Lucky Charms Leprechaun

[packisbackhuh]

fit check / jacksonville