Some heavenly pickin’ and grinnin’
“Hillbilly music.”
That’s what they used to call it, anyway, and accurately so. Scotch-Irish immigrants made their way into the hollers of Appalachia, carrying their string instruments with them and along the way picking up a few additions, such as the banjo, an instrument with roots in Africa. Music they made themselves was their sole entertainment and, along with church and moonshine, a major means of social lubrication.
We are now losing the last of the generation that brought that music out of the hills still raw and rough and re-introduced it to the rest of America. In March we lost Earl Scruggs, and this week 89-year Doc Watson also passed away. It was probably quite a heavenly reunion for Earl and Doc, but for those of us unable to witness it firsthand, it probably went something like this:
Doc’s son Merle, who plays in the above video, died in 1985 in a tractor accident.
– Jay Bookman
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Doggone/GA - 999.999.999.999 (preserving my anonymity)
June 3rd, 2012
8:49 pm
“imagination without
creation is a passtime for
the insane”
But without imagination there is no creation
barking frog
June 3rd, 2012
8:49 pm
josef
your grandmother was a
smart woman but not as
smart as your grandfather.
barking frog
June 3rd, 2012
8:51 pm
doggone
baby things would disagree.
Doggone/GA - 999.999.999.999 (preserving my anonymity)
June 3rd, 2012
8:53 pm
“baby things would disagree”
baby things?
josef
June 3rd, 2012
8:53 pm
FROG
Only in my later years have I come to an appreciation of what it was that fellow tried to teach me…
Doggone/GA - 999.999.999.999 (preserving my anonymity)
June 3rd, 2012
8:54 pm
Never mind. I got it. You’re talking about development. Pity, I’m not interested in a change of subject to that. I prefer to remain in the realm of thought.
barking frog
June 3rd, 2012
8:55 pm
doggone
babies of all species are
natural creations that
require no imagination.
Doggone/GA - 999.999.999.999 (preserving my anonymity)
June 3rd, 2012
9:01 pm
Despite the snide remarks earlier about people who don’t work, I need to get up early tomorrow to go to work. I’m out.
barking frog
June 3rd, 2012
9:01 pm
doggone
then i agree creative thought
requires imagination.
Normal Free, Human Rights Thug...And liking it!
June 3rd, 2012
9:12 pm
Thaddeo Josef? Thank you, but I’m just the poor Monk who got shot between the eyes…
Just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in…Good night all y’all…great discussion today.
Oscar
June 3rd, 2012
9:13 pm
josef
June 3rd, 2012
8:53 pm
________
Looked up some reviews of the book. Not really into science fiction but it sounds interesting. Have not seen The Road. Didn’t like Mad Max either. Seems a little depressing to think we would let any of that happen. Don’t want to believe it or think about it. Better to hopel
PlatinumBlack
June 3rd, 2012
9:16 pm
To all of you who want to know, here’s what really happened:
http://youtu.be/SeIJmciN8mo
Josef
June 3rd, 2012
9:20 pm
Oscar
It’s classified as sic-fi and that genre is my least favorite, but Canticle is much, much more. I most highly recommended it…
Oscar
June 3rd, 2012
9:21 pm
tinumBlack
June 3rd, 2012
9:16 pm
_______
Thanks. Glad you cleared that up for all of us.
Josef
June 3rd, 2012
9:21 pm
PB
On iPad now and can’t get it….will try it in the a.m.
Don Abernethy
June 3rd, 2012
9:24 pm
See conservatives and liberals can agree on some things. I like country music too!!
Bruno
June 3rd, 2012
9:24 pm
Some “new” country for josef:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iXPlJHKB1g
Oscar
June 3rd, 2012
9:25 pm
Enter your comments hereosef
June 3rd, 2012
9:20 pm
__________
I only read a couple of novels a year. Last one I read that I recall was Cold Mountain. That was like reading about the history of North Georgia where I grew up. Same things were happening during the recent unpleasantness, to my relatives and relatives of people that live there still.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
June 3rd, 2012
9:33 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wySgliqzac
Josef
June 3rd, 2012
9:38 pm
Oscar
I liked “Cold Mountain” both the novel and the film.
Recon 0311 2533
June 3rd, 2012
9:44 pm
Bruno,
What’s the problem with someone calling themselves anything. Christianity is a belief. It would be like asking why someone would call themselves a conservative, liberal, atheist, agnostic, Jew, Catholic etc. Doesn’t mean you have to agree, disagree or pay any attention. If someone called themselves a doctor of medicine it’s probably because they have a deep interest and belief in the science of healing. Would they be wrong to call themselves a doctor?
JamVet
June 3rd, 2012
9:46 pm
The Doobie Brothers cover the Doobie Brothers, 39 years later…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3GBT1bGIV4
Oscar
June 3rd, 2012
9:47 pm
Josef
June 3rd, 2012
9:38 pm
Oscar
I liked “Cold Mountain” both the novel and the film.
________
They were both good. But I think if I had been Inman I would have stayed with and taken care of natalie portman forever and forgot about the girl back home. She’s a beauty.
Tom Middleton
June 3rd, 2012
9:53 pm
Bruno
But you never get out of the physical realm in all your talk of the infinite God, so let me try to say it another way that maybe you can understand. Science is the study of the finite – the effect, if you will, but true religion, if understood correctly, is the study of the infinite, otherwise known as the cause. (Mathematics can only point to the infinite, but will never be able to describe it- period.)
At this point, I’m not going to call you a coward for your failure to look beyond the physical for what it’s all about, for you can only call yourself that and have it mean anything. But you don’t know what you’re talking about when it comes to the spiritual life, and at this point I’m certain you’re aware of this yourself.
You can call me whatever names you like, Bruno, for it doesn’t matter a bit. I mean, I know who I am, where I’ve been, and where I’m going, and that’s all that matters at the last. But among other things, you’ve call me “self-labeling” in the past, and yes I know it’s true, but that keeps me from being falsely labeled by the self-centered likes of you. (I have a good deal of spiritual equanimity that keeps me calm and balance with both sides of my brain,,,lol.)
But is there a problem here. Bruno? Are you someone who rejects the labels of others because you don’t think they’re true? Bruno, doesn’t this also make you self-labeling as well? Of course it does, and finally we have something on which we agree. And guess what pard, you were wrong from the beginning (of your new universe, if you will).
And you’re wrong about other things as well. So I’m going to say it again, because you never seem to hear it: Your understanding of the spiritual life is at best grossly inadequate. You cannot keep projecting you ignorance onto those who know better and have them think that you know anything at all.
Did you get through some school somewhere with this illogical technique, or is it something you’ve made up on your own (speaking of original ideas coming from keyboards) just to make yourself look smarter than you really are? Obviously, I’m not buying your spiritual BS, Bruno, because you’re not saying what you say with any kind of certainty backed by real experience. If you know more than what you’re saying, which isn’t much at all, please tell us what it is, for we’d all like to hear it, at least I would. (And please don’t be like Scout and only spew cherry-picked verses; we’re talking about what you know through experience, not what you’d rather believe.)
And if you’re an amateur scientist of sorts, then good for you – the world needs amateur scientists, I’m sure. But where science runs out of gas in it’s study of the universe, true religion begins; and you only know the surface of what that’s all about. Too bad for you, Bruno, for other than that, you seem a fairly intelligent person overall! Peace, bro…
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
June 3rd, 2012
10:06 pm
Good evening, Tom
barking frog
June 3rd, 2012
10:09 pm
Hello Tom.
Josef
June 3rd, 2012
10:12 pm
Hello Tom…
True religion….does it have a brand name?
Bruno
June 3rd, 2012
10:13 pm
Oscar–Enjoyed “The Road Goes On Forever”. Great tune.
Jam–Enjoying the Doobies selection right now. I’ll try not to get sidetracked with the RAR Hall of Fame oversight.
barking frog
June 3rd, 2012
10:15 pm
does self labeling require
a label maker ?
Bruno
June 3rd, 2012
10:16 pm
At this point, I’m not going to call you a coward for your failure to look beyond the physical for what it’s all about, for you can only call yourself that and have it mean anything. But you don’t know what you’re talking about when it comes to the spiritual life, and at this point I’m certain you’re aware of this yourself.
Tom–When you have something of substance to share, get back with me. Your self-aggrandizement has worn out its welcome. I will give you credit, however, for sparking a good conversation here on the blog the past 2 days. Too bad you weren’t a meaningful part of it.
Bruno
June 3rd, 2012
10:18 pm
The Doobie’s take on Spirit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6HeEKp-F74
Children in a happy place
They’re always smiling
Showin’ all their love with no deception
Treatin’ each other like brothers and sisters do, yeah, yeah
Children in a real good place, they’re always tryin’
Jumpin’ and playin’ in the middle of the afternoon
Just havin’ a ball, don’t worry at all, yeah
Recon 0311 2533
June 3rd, 2012
10:23 pm
Well okay…y’all have a nice evening. Taps
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
June 3rd, 2012
10:24 pm
RECON:
“”THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOCIALISM AND COMMUNISM IS AN AK-47 AIMED AT YOUR HEAD”
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TAPS !! See ya’ll tomorrow …………………..
Bruno
June 3rd, 2012
10:26 pm
If we’re conjuring up the Spirit, I guess we better include some Moody Blues:
As time goes by you will see
That we’re going to be free
You and me, we’ll touch the sky
Can you see in your mind’s eye
That we are one
We’re all the same
And life is just a simple game
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj61_G_USdQ
Bruno
June 3rd, 2012
10:31 pm
We’re part of the fire that is burning
And from the ashes we can build another day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgOtLKttDU4
Tom Middleton
June 3rd, 2012
10:32 pm
Josef
Hallmark..lol
Tom Middleton
June 3rd, 2012
10:32 pm
Hey, Kam and Frog
barking frog
June 3rd, 2012
10:33 pm
Tom
you’re a card..
Bruno
June 3rd, 2012
10:34 pm
Why do we never get an answer
When we’re knocking at the door?
Because the truth is hard to swallow
That’s what the wall of love is for.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBsdHoTdOmc
Josef
June 3rd, 2012
10:36 pm
Tom
I think you may be on to something there…..
barking frog
June 3rd, 2012
10:41 pm
josef
the something he is on seems to be Bruno..
Tom Middleton
June 3rd, 2012
10:41 pm
Bruno
I knew you’d give up sooner or later, Bruno, when I stopped you in your BS tracks. I just didn’t think you’d do it actually quite this soon. I mean, Hallelujah and NEXT…
Tom Middleton
June 3rd, 2012
10:45 pm
Josef
I’m sure you’ve heard of Jesus H. Christ, especially at work, yes?
Bruno
June 3rd, 2012
10:49 pm
Special for Tom:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPOfurmrjxo&feature=related
Tom Middleton
June 3rd, 2012
10:57 pm
Bruno
Here’s a sing-a-long for ye, pard…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf6D5XQFytQ&feature=fvst
P.S. Carlin was a drug addict – vicodin and wine combo. If you’re following him, it’s no wonder.
Josef
June 3rd, 2012
11:02 pm
Tom…
I’ll get back with you on that…
And, y’all, since I do have to go in in the a.m…..g’night…
Tom Middleton
June 3rd, 2012
11:04 pm
Nite, Josef
Bruno
June 3rd, 2012
11:05 pm
Keep the insults and self-aggrandizement flowing, Tom. You keep proving what a “Christian” you are with each new sentence.
Tom Middleton
June 3rd, 2012
11:15 pm
Bruno
Christian love is not about hiding the truth, Bruno. If you were expecting Santa Claus, you’ll have to wait till Christmas.
Uh Oh
June 3rd, 2012
11:19 pm
the truth?
According to whom?
You “faith”? While I one should be ale to appreciate that another lives by the “faith” in terms of the religious ideology, that in itself is no proof of the “truth”.
Tom Middleton
June 4th, 2012
12:20 am
Truth, Uh Oh? Is that relative truth or absolute? If it’s relative truth you want, the many complex relationships of this and that, you need to talk to Bruno. But if it’s absolute that’s captured your heart, the one truth of it all, you need to find God!
hryder
June 4th, 2012
6:56 am
VOTE OUT ALL ENCUMBENT ELECTED OFFICE HOLDERS IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS, ESPECIALLY THE ENTERTAINER IN CHIEF, OBAMA.
Rob Echols
June 4th, 2012
7:15 am
We used to catch Doc and Earl at the old Southeastern Music Hall at Broadview Plaza.