If you’re playing something and it starts to sound enough like “Shortnin Bread” to remind you of “Shortnin Bread,” then it’s going to wind up at “Shortnin Bread” before long. So you might as well just call it “Shortnin Bread” … Read the rest

Ah, what the heck.

The Words:

The river flows and goes; it’s on unceasingly.
Whatever water is, it’s other than it’s gonna be.
Bubbles on the surface disappear; they don’t for long.
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Here’s a Billy Joe Shaver song for all you broke folks out there.

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This is one of those songs in which I merely take some real events and make them rhyme. The color of the pickup truck has been changed for metrical reasons.

The Words:

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I finally released this odd thing that I did about year ago. It has trombones and accordion, and there was a lovely sculpture of a Ling Cod hanging above the pool table in the large room where it was recorded. … Read the rest