So, here’s where I start doing re-recorded songs again. This is the one I wrote and recorded this week, last year. You can listen to and read about the original here, which was inspired by a Blind Boy Fuller tune.
This new version is kind of a melodramatic, overly-sentimental version of the song. It’s sung in 3/4 time. It’s nothing special. I just needed to get it done as a starting point, that’s all.
And…here’s the Talkin’ Headline for this week. That was easy enough to get back into the swing of things.
Tomorrow, look for the re-record of last year’s weekly song. I’ll get it up before heading out on tour. Off to Madison on Saturday morning.
Looky here…these are the headlines from a month ago. I wrote this version of the Talkin’ Headline Blues back on April 30 with the intention of recording the song and loading it up here. And then, well, I pulled the rug out from under my feet.
So, I’m posting it today. You can see how far we’ve come as a world in but one month.
Tomorrow I’ll get up this week’s headlines (written on Monday).
Then, Friday, the re-recorded version of the song I recorded this week last year goes up (although I still need to actually DO that).
Woo Ha.
Well, well, well. Look at this. A new song.
I know it’s been a while…since…uh…January 2. But sometimes it’s good to just take a break and focus on other things.
Guess I was focusing a little too hard.
Anyway, it’s also been a month since I’ve done a Talkin’ Headline, and a long time in between re-recorded versions of year-old songs, so I’m gonna start those up again this week too. This blog is all about the practice of songwriting after all. Not the practice of waiting around for some sort of inspiration. Which isn’t a practice at all.
I wrote this new song last week. I think it sounds like the direction that Poor Elvis is headed in. It’s something, at least.
While I was off from writing, did you know that I planned a tour? And recorded and pressed a 7-inch vinyl record? And had a kickstarter project to raise funds for both?
I’m heading out on the road this Friday. Starting in Madison at Mother Fool’s Coffeehouse playing a show with Boo Bradley.
So, it’ll be a busy June. With lots of shows out of town and a few in Chicago, too. But I’ll keep up with the writing and recording. See where it heads.
Here’s the Talkin’ Headline for this week. Wrote it Monday night as usual. I think it works okay….
In other news, the Poor Elvis vinyl and June tour kickstarter project is going well. 21 backers so far. One-third of the way to our goal. Did you know that if you donate $150 you get one of my original Talkin’ Headline lyric sheets? Did you know that it’ll also be illustrated and collaged?
$150 seems, maybe, like a hefty price, but you also get a ton of other stuff. Things like…our new 7-inch vinyl, our CD with a one-of-a-kind Polaroid as cover art, letters mailed to you from our tour stops, a collage made from objects found on our tour, a poster, a sticker…and MORE!
Just think how great it’d be to get a big box of that stuff delivered to your door. Wow!
Of course, you could always just donate whatever you can afford. For just $15 you get the new vinyl record. Consider it a pre-order, so you’re sure to get one.
Anyway, thanks for your support!
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