Just in from ADWH which, truth be told, was After Dinner Whiskey TWO Hours and then some. We went out sometime around 1900 hrs and watched our skies go from bright blue to pink to sandstone twilight to purple and then to black. It was one of those nights where we simply didn't want to go back indoors -- finest kind, in other words.
Our soundtrack was excellent, as well (as always and ever), with oh-so-many candidates for the sampling that is our post on this subject. Lotsa Dylan, lotsa Neil Young, and a smattering of traditional blues... and it's the Trad Blues that wins. Here's Lightnin' Hopkins doin "Katy Mae Blues:"
You know some folks say she must be a Cadillac,
but I say she must be a T-model Ford
Yeah, you know some folks say she must be a Cadillac,
but I say she must be a T-model Ford
Yeah, you know she got the shape all right, but she can't carry no heavy load
Heh. Cuts right to the chase, Ol' Lightnin' does. Those Cadillac girls beat the Model Ts every time. There's much to be said for the "built for comfort, not speed" school of thought.
I mentioned Dylan... and there were lots of Dylan tunes to choose from. I heard "Tangled Up in Blue," one of my absolute faves, and "Shelter From the Storm," yet another fave. The lyrics, in part:
Suddenly I turned around and she was standin' there
With silver bracelets on her wrists and flowers in her hair.
She walked up to me so gracefully and took my crown of thorns.
"Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm."
Now there's a wall between us, somethin' there's been lost
I took too much for granted, got my signals crossed.
Just to think that it all began on a long-forgotten morn.
"Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm."
Yeah... it was like that. More than you'll ever know, Gentle Reader.
But it was old, old Dylan that I heard tonight and those were the tunes I liked the best. Here's one such... a 1962 recording of "Girl From the North Country:"
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