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360 Revisited — Tom Russell
First Entered December 8, 2005 My Recommendation for CD of the Year! Although times are rare when I’m not listening to music, or when it’s not the sound in my space, 2005 has afforded little...
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The Fighting Roster of Rock
Years ago, Tom Russell wrote a song about a destitute young man named Carlos Saragosa who steals a prize-fighting rooster named Gallo del Cielo. As the story goes, Saragosa wagers his sister’s locket...
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Capturing the Word – A Distraction
While reading the poetry of Writers in Performance Series presenters this morning, I became distracted by an email message from the Tom Russell@yahoogroups.com Re: A Cover Song Request in Memory of...
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“The Man From God Knows Where”— Revised from December 8, 2005
First Entered December 8, 2005 My Recommendation for CD of the Year! Although times are rare when I’m not listening to music, or when it’s not the sound in my space, 2005 has afforded little...
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Poetry That Echoes Around The Room, Out the Door And Into The Fields
Image by kenne I love the music of Tom Russell, he is a singer-song writer who is in touch with those who ramble the earth. In the introduction to his 2012 book, “120 Songs” Russell writes about how...
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Thinking of Edward Abbey On This Christmas Morning
Thinking of Edward Abbey On This Christmas Morning — Image by kenne “If a man can’t piss in his own front yard, he’s livin’ too close to town.” — Edward Abbey, re Tom Russell “Ed died one day at...
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A Morning Distraction —“If It Doesn’t Taste Good, Put Ice In It!”
(First posted July 27, 2010) While reading the poetry of Writers in Performance Series presenters this morning, I became distracted by an email message from the Tom Russell@yahoogroups.com Re: A Cover...
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Mt. Lemmon Rock Formation Leading To A Place Where Love Abides
Mt. Lemmon Rock Formation — Image by kenne Look how far we’ve come Do we know who we are? Stranded on a mountaintop Trying to catch a falling star Here’s to what we’ve left behind us Here’s to what we...
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She Is Reaching Out Her Arms
Image by kenne She is reaching out her arms tonight, Lord, my poverty is real I pray roses shall rain down again, from Guadalupe on her hill and who am I to doubt these mysteries? Cured in centuries of...
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Grunge ‘n’ Around — Two-tailed Swallowtail
Two-tailed Swallowtail, Just Grunge ‘n’ — Grunge Composition by kenne You might cross your burning deserts You might walk your path alone And a sudden storm may blind you Shake your spirit to the bone...
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A Labyrinth of Wild Flowers
A Labyrinth of Wild Flowers — Image by kenne I’ll give to you a house of mirrors A thousand eyes, they belong to you A labyrinth of wild roses I know you’ll find your own way through — from Box of...
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Ronstadt Generations Live at Teri’s Bistro, Alamos, Sonora
Ronstadt Generations Live at Teri’s Bistro, Alamos, Sonora (January 26, 2016) — Images and Video by kenne (Short Video Clip by kenne) Pulled these images and video clip out of my January travel...
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“A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall”
Tom Russell posted the following on Facebook and I felt a need to share it — a collaborative effort of three great singer-songwriters: “Exciting news….we were walking through the old Greenwich Village...
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It’s Always The Poet Than Tells Us — If Only We Would Listen!
Whether they write it, read it or sing it we could see the future if only we would listen to the poets! — kenne Filed under: Information, Music, Poetry Music Tagged: Listen to the Poets, Music,...
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An Old Red-clay Boy
“On The Roads Outside Of San Diego” On the roads outside Oshiobo, I fell down on my knees There were female spirits In old mud huts, iron bells Ringing up in the trees and An eighty-year white...
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Coyote Fence — Computer Painting
Computer Painting by kenne You ask me what’s a coyote fence? A crooked line of cedar poles Surrounding our adobe, our refuge from the road Some nights we can see light of fires as Indians dance And the...
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Blue Wing — Might Have Been A Bluebird
Western Bluebird — Image by kenne I can’t think of bluebirds without thinking of Tom Russell’s song, “Blue Wing” — one of my favorite. Both help me see the sky above. — kenne Blue Wing by Tom Russell...
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Desert Scene Painting
“Desert Scene” — Photo-Artistry by kenne “The sky above, the mud below The wind and rain, the sleet and snow Two horse thieves from Mexico Drinkin’ hard and singin'” — from “The Sky Above, The Mud...
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A Solute To The Common Man
“The Common Man” — Photo-Artistry by kenne Poetry and Music Soluting The Common Man. Julian Tuwim’s poem nails it. In my younger days, I worked with many a Harlan Clancy — Tom Russell writes and sings...
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“She Liberated Me To Life”
Photo-Artistry by kenne (Early 2000’s In The Woodlands, Texas)) Look how far we’ve come Do we know who we are? Stranded on a mountaintop Trying to catch a falling star Here’s to what we’ve left behind...
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