vintage Steve Earle, Guy Clark; Earle and many more play Hardly Strictly Bluegrass this weekend
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass is on and I think many of us may be in that Americana/ bluegrass/ old-timey sort of mood.
Hacktone Records is releasing Heartworn Highways a never-before-released soundtrack-of-sorts to the 1975 Americana documentary of the same name. It features Steve Earle, John Hiatt, Rodney Crowell, Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, Steve Young, and David Allan Coe.
A couple well-worth-your-while vintage Americana tunes are available from Hacktone. “Mercenary Song” is a lively upbeat song performed lived with many people joining in at the chorus.
Steve Earle - Mercenary Song (live)
“Desperadoes Waiting for a Train” is as stark, as stripped-down as a song can get. It’s got that lonesome sound. In many ways it’s the archetypal song of the guy-and-a-guitar-singing-a-lonesome song sort.
Guy Clark - Desperadoes Waiting for a Train
Steve Earle plays tomorrow (Saturday) at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass from 6-7pm on the Banjo stage.
Speaking of which, here (pdf, or < a href="http://www.strictlybluegrass.com/2007/artists.shtml">here in html) is the full schedule. They’ve managed to schedule another weekend packed with stars and up-and-comers.
Here are my picks for the weekend:
Saturday, October 6:
11-11:30 Fionn Regan [Rooster Stage]
11:50-12:30 Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands [Banjo Stage]
12:45-1:15 New Lost City Ramblers [Banjo Stage]
3:20-4:20 Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby with Kentucky Thunder [Banjo Stage]
4:10-5:10 Bela Fleck and the Flecktones [Star Stage]
4:40-5:40 Gillian Welch
5:20-6:20 T Bone Burnett [Arrow Stage]
6-7pm Steve Earle [Banjo Stage]
Sunday, October 7:
12:20-1:20 Hazel Di:ckens [Banjo Stage]
2:05-2:50 Mekons [Star Stage]
2:15-3 Bill Callahan (former smog) [Porch Stage]
2:55-3:55 Earl Scruggs [Banjo Stage]
4:15-5:15 Doc Watson [Banjo Stage]
5-6:15 Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit [Arrow Stage]
5:45-7 Emmylou Harris [Banjo Stage]
6-7 Del McCoury [Star Stage]
Did I miss any?
Fionn, Gillian Welch and Emmylou would be on my not-to-be-missed list. Other kings like Earl Scruggs and Doc Watson would be up there too.
