oh come Angel Band...

Big Drought on now.

Out of the control of man.

All we need now is some stupid blonde getting up on teev and telling us its good weather to go shopping.

Man proposes God disposes.

Can only wait it out.

Solid Energy.

Typical kiwi bombiddyboms thought they knew everything and no one to say them nay.

harrumph.

went through the vhs stack and found this yesterday.
never played it before.
it was fabulous.
a valedictory for John Hartford and Ralph Stanley.
John Hartford Never whinged about his cancer either.
He just got on with it.
Ralph Stanley sang Angel Band and made mention of all the other good old songs he learned in the Baptist church.
something seems to have happened in New Zealand where all the good songs were left off the song sheet and all we got was the dross.
These shape note songs were easy to sing and inspirational to boot but I guess the powers that be here thought they were too American and just brushed them under the carpet to the great loss of everyone.
Barren.
Crummy dude.
But just look at Solid Energy and you can see how the crumminess permeates New Zealand society.
Everyones got a f*cking big carrot up their asses except when it comes to spending other people money then their is no stopping them.
Anyway the music is fun and more to the point easy to play for anyone with only rudimentary skills.
just pick and strum and away you go.
and kids can sing them easily too.
oh sorry.
unles its some ho' or some homie pretending he can sing but using his cocaine or crank profits to go gibber gibber oink oink then its no good.
thats the way its done here mate.
Great piece by Kathryn Ryan on the Otago Daily Times this morning 9-noon.
These people were stron enough to go their own way and keep it rather than selling up for a world tour and a townhouse like most other inheritors do in N Z.