A little thing with Justin from Last Call with Carson Daly.
Carson Daly is tool incarnate, but I like to hear Justin talk.
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New song! And also “One More Night in Brooklyn,” both live at Rough Trade in London.
OH HOLLER. SEE YOU IN TWO WEEKS AT ALYS STEPHENS CENTER.
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Good folks on TV recently include Justin and Jason on Letterman, but also The Low Anthem:
And Okkervil River on Fallon:
And Local Natives visited Mr. Fallon:
Conan is usually the one bringing the best guests including Aloe Blacc:
Playing backstage:
And what else? Saadiq.
S’all good.
"Soon the season’s change will bring the winter wind,
Suzy, she’ll try to fight it.
But it won’t be long before the cold embrace of a long November will decide it."
— Justin Townes Earle, Black Eyed Suzy (via haylr) Perhaps my favorite JTE song. Add it to the November playlist!
Some Sunday tunes.
Many suggested by HearYa. They got good taste over there.
Dress Blues - Jason Isbell
Decimation of a Southern Gentleman - (a young) Justin Townes Earle
Into the Sun - The White Buffalo
Shadow People - Dr. Dog
12-inch 3-speed Oscillating Fan - Ha Ha Tonka
Justin singing “Slippin’ and Slidin’” for Garden & Gun magazine.
Justin said to NPR that “Slippin’ and Slidin’” was his favorite song off the new album, and I really really like it. G&G is also one of my favorite publications, great at delivering on its promise of capturing the soul of the South.
And here’s to a fast and successful recovery for Justin Townes Earle.
Now who am I to say, if all I know is what I heard?
With the things some people say, you can never be to sure.
If nothing was put in, then nothing comes out.
“When Justin did begin writing songs, his dad gave him some advice. At around age 13, Justin says he hadn’t been reading much, but his dad told him, “If nothing was put in, then nothing comes out.”
Asked if he’ll pass on music to his children, Justin says he has the feeling his offspring will not be as similar to him as he is to his father: “I got a feeling that when I have kids, I’m going to have a little girl, and she’s going to be completely sensible,” he says. His father disagrees. “I do believe in karma,” he says, “and if you think for one minute that there would be anything karmically correct for you to have a well-behaved little girl, you’re dreaming.”“
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One More Night In Brooklyn by Justin Townes Earle
Off the excellent new album, Harlem River Blues.
Justin Townes Earle sings Randy Newman’s “Louisiana 1927” a capella in Birmingham Sunday night.
This is the second show I’ve attended where someone couldn’t get their instrument tuned and so sang a song a capella. (The first here.) Both times it has been for the better. I don’t mind the trend.
Justin Townes Earle was unspeakably good at WorkPlay. He was grieving over some things, and I think that made the quality of his performance unrepeatable. His stories and his voice were sincere. I’d say he wowed his old fans and simply floored the new ones.
JTE for Converse’s “Gone To Governor’s” series.
Getting inside Justin’s apartment? Yeah okay.
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Justin Townes Earle tomorrow at WorkPlay.
In anticipation, here’s the first JTE song I ever heard— “Halfway to Jackson.”
Thanks, Ken, for fueling my obsession.
You can win a JTE bandana with preorders of Harlem River Blues.
Screw winning it, I would gladly cough up some cash for one of those suckers. Gotta have one!
