āI feel the shadows now upon meā¦ā I remember driving to Mt. Greylock with Pat one time, telling him about a singer I had just discovered. I said she had the kind of voice Iād like to hear on my … Continue reading →
Panchoās StepchildrenāPancho and Leftyā has been a foray into a more Western genre of murder ballad, building on Patās discussion of āJack Straw,ā I suppose. Ā The Wikipedia entry on murder balladsĀ cites Olive Burtās 1958 article, āThe Minstrelsy of Murder,ā which … Continue reading →
Woody Guthrie Working Class Hero Less graphically than āOn a Hill Lone and Gray,ā Woody Guthrie provides his own rendering of the Jesus story. Ā In this one, the multitude is still implicated, but in a slightly different way; and, the … Continue reading →
