Loudon and Charlie By Amanda on August 17, 2009 4:23 PM | Permalink
Someone somewhere on twitter the other day pointed my to this Times article about a surprising new Loudon Wainwright III project, an album of Charlie Poole songs. Out tomorrow.
The themes of his music also happen to be some of my favourites when it comes to writing my own songs -- mother, booze, general nonsensicality and death. Lastly, the chaos and fun of rambling around playing music and the inevitable fallout with wives, kids, to say nothing of the damaging effect to one's physical health -- these are subjects I've tackled in song and, of course, in real life. The "Road" is a toll road and you pay the price. But let's not get too morbid here. There's real joy, feeling, and warmth in Charlie Poole's music. He knocks me out.
High Wide and Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project. Enjoying the videos at that site.
Here is Dylan introducing a Charlie Poole song on his radio show, with the hilarious (to me) matter of fact noting about artists who obscure their lyrics live. epic lulz @bob
