for when I used to wear a single sparkly garden glove...

Vimeo to YouTube for the fam

I've heard some reports of Vimeo being slow and yuck for some folks on some older machines (read "my family on their G4 "lamp" iMacs).

For their viewing pleasure, ma, pa, michelle (any other anti-Vimeo peeps out there):

come on over to Only Anything YouTube land Make sure to watch all four videos.

been singing this since the other day

favorite.

2009 = biggest live music year of my life

Newport Folk in August (in Rhode Island!): Pete Seeger, The Decemberists, Fleet Foxes, Gillian Welch, Avett Brothers, Billy Bragg, Mavis Staples, Tom Morello, Ramblin Jack Elliott, Ben Kweller, the Low Anthem, Brett Dennen, Tift Merritt, Tao Rodriguez Seeger, Langhorne Slim

Ellnora Guitar Festival (Formerly "Wall-to-Wall") in September:

Free(!) performances
Jerry Douglas um, yeah, free.
Dan Zanes (this is the wacky Disney channel guy. We'll likely pull Seth out of school to see him)
Brazil Guitar Duo
Alex de Grassi
Natalia Zuckerman (a great slide player)
Erin Mckeown
Jake Hertzog (jazz guitarist)
Richard Julian (this dude sits at the corner of about 4 genres)
Jim Campilongo (two words: TeleCaster. :) this guy deserves two links<--this one is a fender commercial, but it's the best 8 minute amp commercial I've ever watched.)

I'll likely be going to a few of the other less-free shows too:

Bill Frisell (playing here with Jerry D himself)
Keb' Mo' (blues!)
The National (baritones away)

And if that weren't enough

Pygmalion Music Festival is one short week after Ellnora. I'll spare you the billion links. But it will be a third Iron & Wine show in 6 months for me, as well as a chance to see my favorite and much blogged about My Brightest Diamond. Joe Pug is also a rising interest.

I'm having a spoiled music year. Let's just pretend it's my thirtieth birthday year and not my 31st, then it might seem more deserved. :) Happy listening!

Wabash Cannonball

So, I've got a little video blogging going on over at www.onlyanything.com If you've been there in the last few hours you'll have seen my attempts at playing a few tunes on the Dobro--one of which is this song called "Salty Dog" and the other is called "Wabash Cannonball".

Both tune names crack me the heck up--I'm having a really good time discovering this whole genre of music that I never have paid much attention to in the past.

Anyway, the thing that attracts me to this kind of music is the playing--straight up. These dudes can swing. For example, I did a quick YouTube search for the song "Wabash Cannonball" and found this gem:



I'd never heard of Jerry Reed before now, but am totally and immediately a fan. I think you are too. I wish he could have finished Charles's "Hallelujah"! Once again, thank you, YouTube.

And, just in case there's any question: