Listening / Cooking for Friends / Night Thoughts

Late at night in New Mexico , a long way from what I used to call home . Annie Lennox on the Jango station ,shifting to Joanie Mitchell . Whats next ? Sitting on the front porch of the office with the family
[ Farthings and Ahles ] talking smart , shooting off fire works with their grandson , talking business , talking about kids , talking about the way we have lived . Oh Hell ! Here comes Robert Cray , Ice Cold Stratocaster , deep bass with Shemikiah Copeland talking about how they pity the fool , a little Keb Moe , with his killer acoustic bringing memories of stages and benefits , sitting with musicians long gone , burning the air with hot licks and round table discussions of everything under the sun. Sun coming up outside the Driftwood , Baby by my side , her husband all pisssed off because we played music all night
little brother and I laughing our asses off because , all we did was make music ! Brown whiskey , Nassau Hammers , Miller Lite , Budweiser and lots of crazy people combining to make for stories no one even believes ! Playing for $35 a night and a bar tab , playing so hard I fell off the stage into the bushes , damn Turk was always getting me into the shit ! OKey Dokey bringing the whole stage down !
Ronnie so pissed he couldn't see , then his girl friend beating him up with a flash light !! His other girl friend showing up and struttting her stuff and getting naked on stage ! Mikey stomping the bass pedals , showing mr the changes . How many times can you play La Bamba or Gloria in one night ? Could you ever say NO to Billy Lee ? Sweet Jesus how I love these people !
Fast forward to New Mexico , a distant reality with old music , Martin Denny playing "Harlem Nocturne" did I get Mike to play Desifinada the last time I was there ? I don't remember , probably  .I ask him every time , the same as Freddie , I love to here  him doing Elvin Bishop "Stealin Watermelons " I do miss my friends  .
My acoustic across my lap , same old strings , bend them a little harder , reach out , you've been worse than this , send them a message , Billy had it right , it's all about the music .

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Friends / Aliens / Regards to the Real World

Here I sit hammer down thinking of the great friends I have , taking Marti and Leo down through the desert to Douglas Arizona . Sitting with Bob telling stories of our travels and military service . Planning the various trips for my guests around this area that is so rich in history . A stop at Geronimo's surrender monument today , a stop tomorrow or the next day at Johnny Ringo's grave site . Up to Masai point , over to the Rex Allen museum , go to Texas John Slaughter's ranch and home , ride up Geronimo's trail to feel the power of the mountains and the feeling of spirits long gone . Push the ride to include a couple of ghost towns . A phone call from a friend back in Florida letting me know all is well with my friends back in the Keys , things are as normal as they ever get there . A call to my sister  this morning , she's going to be here Thursday ! More plans, a gift / blessing get me to get up and do something ! Read the mail my friends in Texas / Kentucky are all doing well , Robert Earl is singing "wish you were here " , music , playing , heart rate , slowing , crack another Shiner Bock , the right place at the right time , stars shining , desert is alive with sights sounds , and the scent of sage . Values , teach your children well , there ain't no such thing as a free lunch ! Ignore the talking heads on TV they only piss you off .. Bottle of Black Velvet , take a bite , smooth as a touch of a large breasted , round bellied bed thrasher ! Waylon singing , telling me stories , all the bars and flatbed trailers I've played on , doing  benefits , "Billiy Lee" hovering in the background , my little brother kicking bass pedals , , cueing me on changes , playing till dawn in the Driftwood . No money , but free beer as long as you played , musicians getting off work coming in jamming , good music , Friends , cutting heads playing  , as hard as you can , might be two or there might be a hundred people listening , doesn't matter . Desert is the only one listening , play on !
Why the solar powered  lights out there in among the sage brush ? A landing for aliens if they decide to come here !   Sometimes I think a trip back to Terlingua is in order , go and see Kathy , Roger ,and the rest . Have a drink at the cave , dinner at the Starlight , sit a t Kathy's Kowgirl Kafe , howl at the moon with the gang at the Boathouse . Hell ! Go to flour Bluff , get the Cowboy , do some show off cooking , hang out at the Black Hawk , give Jen a hug , drag the guitar out , Bend the strings and play some blues . Or may be not !
Meanwhile as the craziness surrounds me , give my regards to the real world While the Feds slowly eat your freedom watch out for the guy in the big hat having way too much fun , and ignoring the rules .

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Friends ..there's more , just a taste of the rare good fortune I have .....

 

 

 

Dublin Blues , Old Friends , Dealin the Devil his Due

Whatever possessed Me to store clothes in a garbage bag in a carport I'll never know . But I can pass this bit of info along to you, IT'S A BAD IDEA ! Two loads of laundry has netted me said garbage bag refilled with nearly everything I took out in the first place , rot follows mildew , and strong soap and hot water do NOT reweave material. I believe I can blame it on the devil as all my other demons were occupied with my other project for today .
As I don't believe in recreational drugs anymore my solution was to crank up Guy Clark on the music box and listen to the album Dublin Blues , at least it will take the edge off an aggravating day . You just can't feel bad listening to Guy Clark , I believe it is illegal in some states ! There just isn't enough O's in smooth for Him .
Next on the agenda is get rid of the rest of my stress , I believe I'll bake a batch of cookies , no I won't eat them , Demon Diabetes takes care of that , but just because you are on a diet doesn't mean you can't look at the menu ! Beside3s it make me feel good to do something constructive , since I pretty much screwed the pooch on everything else today .
In two short days I've got to talk to old friends in Texas , Ohio , New Mexico Florida Keys , Kentucky , and Missouri , that in itself is a pretty good deal also makes Me one lucky sucker to have that many friends , bless all the technology gods who make communication so easy and affordable I can remember when making a long distance call was a big deal ! Now it's normal , then the wizards who herd signals around the internet for our e-mails make keeping in touch even easier.That being said I shall go bake some cookies !
As an added attraction here's Guy's website , Go here!! http://www.guyclark.com