Between Doc, Earl, and Levon, it’s been a rough year for roots music. Fortunately, these guys left behind many memorable recordings, one of which we’re sharing here. We posted this a couple weeks ago, but we can’t resist sharing it again. From The Band’s 1994 appearance on Mountain Stage, Levon Helm’s definitive cover of Springsteen’s Atlantic City. Exclusive to the Mountain Stage Tumblr.
Hello Good Morning: The greatest story ever told.
Arthel Lane “Doc” Watson passed away on Tuesday May 29, 2012 at a hospital in Winston-Salem, NC. He was 89 years old. This simply breaks my Southern heart. There are few people in this world that were both as talented and genuinely humble as Doc.
I remember working as a lighting tech at a show he was performing at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, NC in the summer of 2008. At one point, Doc was in a picking circle backstage with Riley Vargus and a number of other friends and acquaintances. Every single person on that job site - the grips, the lighting techs, the caterers, everyone - stopped working and just stood in silent awe, struck by the graceful power of his words and chords. They broke the mold when they made this man.
Read about Doc’s music and life here.
Military mom ‘proud’ of breast-feeding in uniform, despite criticism
National pride, or disgrace? A photo gone viral of two servicewomen breast-feeding their children while in uniform has added a new layer to the debate over nursing in public.
Charles Bukowski
She’s on Myspace?
#MyGarden..heirloom tomatoes (Taken with Instagram at Home Sweet Home)
#MyGarden..couple weeks in ..Japanese Eggplant (Taken with Instagram at Home Sweet Home)
#MyGarden..couple weeks in..Tomatillos (Taken with Instagram at Home Sweet Home)
#MyGarden..couple weeks in..cubanelle and sweet banana pepper (Taken with Instagram at Home Sweet Home)
#patio enjoying the rain while the sun is shining (Taken with Instagram at Home Sweet Home)
Charles Bukowski
life:
Photo from Life magazine on 3 Feb 1941, pg 35. From a spread announcing the arrival of colored stockings as a must-have item for the season.
BRIGHT WOOLS, LISLE, GO NORTH AND SOUTH
“A rush of colored legs is likely to be encountered anywhere this year. These wool hose are being worn for skiing with the new short ski skirts, for outdoor skating, and for all casual wear with country tweeds. Youngsters may substitute them for the knee length hose they loved but many boys hated. Older women who blushed at the thought of naked knees are pouncing on them because they are gay and practical. The vivid lisle hose with matching gloves are the giddiest note at southern resorts, day and night.”
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