Jay Farrar

He wrote "Company's Comin'," recorded by Porter Waggoner, "Blue Kentucky Girl," recorded by Emmylou, and many others. Just a great old songwriter from the hometown that passed away today.

I learned to play electric guitar on a T-60. It holds a very fond place in my heart.

I'm either stupid, or confused.

My point exactly.

Nah, just trying to get a rise out of you, Shuck.

If the members of this board do indeed represent a community, and I think they do, then politics should be fair game. Perhaps we can use each new thread to practice carrying out such dialogue in a civil manner. That said, most conservatives don't have enough brain matter to substantially cover the a...

Allison has done what no conservative I know who mistrusts Obama has done: read his books. If you are a conservative, and bring yourself to read one of them, cover to cover, or even a full-length interview, such as the one in Rolling Stone a few issues back, and then you continue to think Obama "the...

Who knows what's coming down the pike in terms of a new CD of original material? Heard any gossip? Another Son Volt disc (other than Chant & Strum)?

I agree, top ten lists and the like are bullshit, but I'm glad to see Cary Hudson get some well-deserved recognition.

Did you see SSLYBY on "Last Call with Carson Daly" last night? They did good!

Hey, I was there for that show. Good ol' Springfield, Missouri. The lesson to be learned: don't let drunk shriners be in charge of security.

What teh?

Fear, fear the amateur folklorist.

I found this sound clip of Ernest Williams & Group, recorded in the thirties. Listen to how they pronounce "Brazos": http://www.amazon.com/gp/music/wma-pop-up/B00004TQXQ001001/ref=mu_sam_wma_001_001 Does that help? Sounds like "Brazos" is pronounced in such a way that it rhymes with "molasses" in th...

I grew up in Texas and can say that while your theory gets an A for effort, it doesn't hold water (get it... Brazos River...hold water). Brazos is pronounced just as it looks. Yes, you're correct in saying that Brazos is pronounced as it looks. I was saying that Levon was maybe singing a variant pr...

Catherine, Big Smith is in Little Rock Friday. I'll put you on the guest list if you think you can make it out, just for being cool and being on the Jay Farar forum. Hell, I'll extend that to any of the members here, if you've gone to the trouble of reading this thread. The Crawfish offer still stan...

Let me butt in for a second to say I've got a theory about the lyric as sung by Son Volt, the Band, et al. First of all, I've not actually heard the SV version, so take what I'm saying with a grain of silt, but when I hear the Basement Tapes version it sounds to me like Levon is singing something li...