The Secrets That You Keep.

The Hillbenders rip through the Romantics' hit, "Talkin' in Your Sleep." I might have to check out more from these young fellows.

[via Cover Lay Down.]

Hey Grandpa — what's available for downloadin'?

Lonesome Lefty's Scratchy Attic has 19 tracks from longtime Opry and Hee Haw regular Grandpa Jones from the 1950s. My favorite tracks are "I'm No Communist," "TV Blues" and a duet with Minnie Pearl on "Papa Loves Mambo."
In 1973 Jones discovered the bodies of fellow banjoist and TV scarecrow David "Stringbean" Akeman and Akeman's wife who had been murdered in a robbery at their home in Tennessee (more about that here).

From The Eugene Register-Guard June 9, 1984:


If all that didn't sate your thirst for Grandpa Jones's brand of old-timey country humor, there are a few songs at the Internet Archive.

After 5 years (1)

What are the first WM artists doing?
I mean those that contributed to the first WM CD?
The Dutch folk and bluegrass band Blue Dew turned their most recent theatre show "Little Whiskey Child" into a movie, with the band members as actors. The music by the film is been played live each time, just like in the old days. The premiere is next weekend in Zwolle at the filmfestival:



The film was made by Sindala film

Sonny Osborne, banjo player

boomp3.com

Sonny Osborne – His Early recordings 1952-1953 Vol.3 made available thanks to Uncle Gil's Rockin' Archive.