Jay Farrar

I just walked in the door from a good evening. Allison played for 35 minutes, being joined by her husband, Steve Earle, for a duet mid-way through her set. Jay and Mark were tight and seemed to be having a good time. Jay had some back and forth with the crowd, including a comment about how when he c...

Jay at the Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia.

Apologies if this is already posted.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ9N742QB4g

No virgin wool on that farm.

I'd probably replace "Excuse Me While I Break My Own Heart" for "Avenues" or "Houses on the Hill", but would also go with the Stranger's Almanac recommendation for anything Whiskeytown, and with Heartbreaker for a solo choice.

Agree with most of the original post, although I would dump the keyboards for either a pedal steel, lap steel or a fiddle any day of the week and would prefer to go without them with this incarnation of the band as is. As for song rotation, more would be better, and I'd through Slate into the above ...

life and how to live it

or

feeling gravity's pull

or

south central rain

life and how to live it

or

feeling gravity's pull

yes, steve did windfall numerous times in his spring 98 tour.

i've recently recirculated okemah after several months of heavy tupelo rotation. "chaos streams" is the song that i keep returning to. gramaphone is a bit too simple, good for drinking beer but not much else. don't much care for the 'words of woody guthrie' portion of 'badages and scars', although t...

Chalkdust Torture - Phish

i believe it is a great song called "soldier's joy" that jay sings verses on.

A turd.

Time to go put in Summerteeth.

Van Morrison