charlie feathers & jr kimbrough/release me

Junior Kimbrough and Charlie Feathers - I Feel Good Again

Ramble On

Gerry Rafferty - Right Down the Line

Brainerd Lakes Live Music: Dec. 10-16, 2015

For week of Dec. 10-16; bands perform from 9 p.m. to close with no cover unless otherwise noted.


BACKUS


American Legion


Near Highways 371 and 87 W.



Frankie Lamb's Frankly Country Band, 2-6 p.m. Dec. 20, followed by a 4-H benefit dinner.

BRAINERD

Coco Moon

601 Laurel St.

Bluegrass, first, third and fifth Friday of the month

Eagles Club

124 Front St.

Wayne Renn, 7:30-11:30 p.m. Friday.

Last Turn Saloon

215 S. Eighth St.

Comedy show featuring Tim Harmston, seating at 6:30 p.m., show begins at 8 p.m. today, Dec. 10; $10 per ticket.

Liquor Pigz

718 Laurel St.

Karaoke, 10 p.m. every Wednesday

Jam session/open mic, 9 p.m. every Sunday

Shep's on Sixth

315 S. Sixth St.

DJ, every Friday-Saturday in Elbow Room

St. Mathias Bar and Grill

4640 County Road 121

Old School, Saturday

BREEZY POINT

Commander Bar

30279 Airport Road

Slapshot, 9:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday

JJ's Pub

Downstairs of the Commander

Jud Hailey, Saturday

CROSBY

The Bridge Tavern

26929 Highway 6

Live music every Friday; Classic Country Dinner Theater, 4-8 p.m. Sunday

NISSWA

American Legion

25807 Main St.

Sideways Karaoke, 7 p.m. Dec. 18

PIERZ

The Brickyard Bar and Grill

214 Main St.

Alan Godage & Sundown's country Christmas show, 5-8 p.m. Saturday

Brainerd Lakes Live Music December 3-9, 2015

Live Music - Dec. 3
By BRAINERD DISPATCH on Dec 2, 2015 at 7:16 p.m.


Live Music - Dec. 3
Brainerd MN 506 James St. / PO Box 974 56401


For week of Dec. 3-9; bands perform from 9 p.m. to close with no cover unless otherwise noted.


BACKUS


American Legion


Near Highways 371 and 87 W.

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Usual Suspects Theater Co., three musical comedy, 5:45 p.m. Saturday; free.

BRAINERD

Coco Moon

601 Laurel St.

Bluegrass, first, third and fifth Friday of the month

Eagles Club

124 Front St.

Tim Williams, 7:30-11:30 p.m. Friday.

Last Turn Saloon

215 S. Eighth St.

Comedy show featuring Tim Harmston, seating at 6:30 p.m., show begins at 8 p.m. Dec. 10; $10 per ticket.

Liquor Pigz

718 Laurel St.

Karaoke, 10 p.m. every Wednesday

Jam session/open mic, 9 p.m. every Sunday


Shep's on Sixth

315 S. Sixth St.

DJ, every Friday-Saturday in Elbow Room

St. Mathias Bar and Grill

4640 County Road 121

TBA, Friday-Saturday

BREEZY POINT

Commander Bar

30279 Airport Road

Southbound, 9:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday

JJ's Pub

Downstairs of the Commander

Mark Hailey, Saturday

CROSBY

The Bridge Tavern

26929 Highway 6

Live music every Friday; Classic Country Dinner Theater, 4-8 p.m. Sunday

NISSWA

American Legion

25807 Main St.

Rare Phorm Entertainment, 7 p.m. Saturday

Leo "Bud" Welch Mississippi Bluesman Video

83-Year-Old Mississippi Bluesman Leo "Bud" Welch from Brent Foster (Foster Visuals) on Vimeo.
https://vimeo.com/123912287

From Vimeo Description:


Two years ago no one outside of Bruce, Mississippi knew Leo "Bud" Welch. Today, he's recognized as one of the last remaining Mississippi Delta bluesman.

Born in 1932, Leo "Bud" Welch began playing guitar at the age of 13. He played for family, friends, and churches while making a living in the logging industry and on the farm for more than 35 years.

This year, at the age of 83, Leo released his first ever blues C.D entitled "I Don't Prefer No Blues."

The album tittle is a quote when Leo talked to the preacher at his church and told him he was recording a blues C.D.

Leo is proof to never give up on your dreams. He also wants to pass the legacy of music along to a new generation.

Alongside the main video, we also created a second short video documenting one of Leo's visits to a school in Arkansas where he performed for young children in hopes of keeping the tradition of blues alive and well in younger generations.

Leo hopes to continue to visit schools and pass his music along in hopes of inspiring the next great blues musician.

Junior Kimbrough: Junior's Place in Mississippi

By Wes Freeman (June 2000)
Night has already fallen on October 28, 1990, when 60-year-old David "Junior" Kimbrough sits down to play guitar for the regulars at his juke joint in Holly Springs, Mississippi. Behind him is his drummer Calvin Jackson. To his right is Little Joe Ayers, his electric bass player. He looks at the crowd and then past them. His mouth is open and he looks lost, even though he owns the place in every sense of the word. Within a few months he will have a stroke. In a year he will record his first album. In time, his son and musical heir, David Kimbrough, will be imprisoned. He will be awarded a $5000 Gibson Les Paul guitar, his most prized possession. In seven years, he will die of heart failure. But right now, Junior knows none of this; he's just getting ready to play guitar.

As he begins to play, he moves his head as if he is receiving radio transmissions from deep space. He says that his songs come to him in his dreams, and listening to him play them, you can believe it. The bassist and drummer tighten up behind him, so that everybody can dance. Over their muscular, repetitive rhythm, Junior's electric guitar floats and bounces, moving at about half the speed of his rhythm section, but guiding it through his songs just the same.

Read the rest of the article: http://www.furious.com/perfect/juniorkimbrough.html

Brainerd Lakes Live Music: Nov. 12-18, 2015

I still have one weekend left of deer hunting, but for those of you not inclined to take part in Minnesota's white tail deer hunting craze, another option might be checking out some live music this weekend in the Brainerd Lakes Area.
My choice for live music this week would be The Agates at the Eagles Club.  The Eagles club is a great place to relax after a stressful week at work, and enjoy some live music by the band with the coolest name in Minnesota. You see, this band is named after the state's gemstone, the illusive but brilliantly ensconced agate.  They can be found in many places in the BLA, and I am hoping this band is also a GEM!




For week of Nov. 12-18; bands perform from 9 p.m. to close with no cover unless otherwise noted.


BRAINERD

Coco Moon

601 Laurel St.


Bluegrass, first, third and fifth Friday of the month



Eagles Club



124 Front St.



The Agates, 7:30-11:30 p.m. Friday; $5 for all dances for non-Eagle members.



Last Turn Saloon



215 S. Eighth St.



Duncan Vinje, 8:30-10:30 p.m. Friday



Theology on Tap, 6-9 p.m. Saturday



Liquor Pigz



718 Laurel St.



Karaoke, 10 p.m. every Wednesday



Jam session/open mic, 9 p.m. every Sunday



Shep's on Sixth



315 S. Sixth St.



DJ, every Friday-Saturday in Elbow Room



St. Mathias Bar and Grill





4640 County Road 121



Big T, Saturday



BREEZY POINT



Commander Bar



30279 Airport Road



In2ition, 9:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday



JJ's Pub



Downstairs of the Commander



Lee Bone, Saturday



CROSBY



The Bridge Tavern



26929 Highway 6



Live music every Friday; Classic Country Dinner Theater, 4-8 p.m. Sunday

Brainerd Lakes Area Live Music: November 5th-11th, 2015

 I don't want to jinx the unseasonably warm Minnesota fall we have been having, but it is still mild out as I am composing this post.   It is a great time to get out of the house and spend some time checking out the local live music scene in the Brainerd Lakes area of Minnesota. 

Mike Soderlund will be the artist to check out this week.  He is playing on Saturday at the Last Turn Saloon, and it will be a show you won't want to miss.  
Check out other options below:

Via the Brainerd Dispatch:

For week of Nov. 5-11; bands perform from 9 p.m. to close with no cover unless otherwise noted.




BRAINERD


Coco Moon


601 Laurel St.

Bluegrass, first, third and fifth Friday of the month

Eagles Club

124 Front St.

The Agates, 7:30-11:30 p.m. Friday; $5 for all dances for non-Eagle members.

Last Turn Saloon

215 S. Eighth St.

Mike Soderlund, 8:30-10:30 p.m. Saturday

Liquor Pigz

718 Laurel St.

Karaoke, 10 p.m. every Wednesday

Jam session/open mic, 9 p.m. every Sunday

Shep's on Sixth

315 S. Sixth St.

DJ, every Friday-Saturday in Elbow Room

BREEZY POINT

Commander Bar

30279 Airport Road


Drama Queen, 9:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday

JJ's Pub

Downstairs of the Commander

Mary Stary, Saturday

CROSBY

The Bridge Tavern

26929 Highway 6

Live music every Friday; Classic Country Dinner Theater, 4-8 p.m. Sunday

Brainerd Lakes Area Live Music: Oct. 29th-Nov. 4th, 2015

For week of Oct. 29-Nov. 4; bands perform from 9 p.m. to close with no cover unless otherwise noted.


BRAINERD

Coco Moon
601 Laurel St.

Bluegrass, first, third and fifth Friday of the month

Eagles Club

124 Front St.

Artison, 7:30-11:30 p.m. Friday; $5 for all dances for non-Eagle members.

Last Turn Saloon

215 S. Eighth St.

Kayla Jackson, Saturday

Liquor Pigz

718 Laurel St.

Karaoke, 10 p.m. every Wednesday

Jam session/open mic, 9 p.m. every Sunday

Shep's on Sixth

315 S. Sixth St.

DJ, every Friday-Saturday in Elbow Room

St. Mathias Bar and Grill

4640 County Road 121

Sound Trax DJ, Saturday


BREEZY POINT

Commander Bar

30279 Airport Road

Audio Circus, 9:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday

JJ's Pub

Downstairs of the Commander

Lee Bone, Saturday

CROSBY

The Bridge Tavern

26929 Highway 6

Live music every Friday; Classic Country Dinner Theater, 4-8 p.m. Sunday

Brainerd Lakes Area Live Music: Oct. 22-28

It has been a beautiful fall in the BLA, and now is a great time to get out of the house and relax to some live music.  Despite the nice weather, winter is looming and with Minnesota winters comes the dreaded cabin fever.

I would recommend checking  out Coco Moon's live music.  It is a great little coffee shop in downtown Brainerd.


Via the Brainerd Dispatch:'
For the week of Oct. 22-28; bands perform from 9 p.m. to close with no cover unless otherwise noted.

 AITKIN


Barnacles Resort

36569 State Highway 18

2 Mile Final, Saturday

BRAINERD

Coco Moon

601 Laurel St.

Bluegrass, first, third and fifth Friday of the month

Eagles Club

124 Front St.

Cuyuna Rhythm, 7:30-11:30 p.m. Friday; $5 for all dances for non-Eagle members.

Last Turn Saloon

215 S. Eighth St.

Kayla Jackson, Oct. 31

Liquor Pigz

718 Laurel St.

Karaoke, 10 p.m. every Wednesday

Jam session/open mic, 9 p.m. every Sunday

Shep's on Sixth

315 S. Sixth St.

DJ, every Friday-Saturday in Elbow Room


St. Mathias Bar and Grill

4640 County Road 121

Old School, Saturday

BREEZY POINT

Commander Bar

30279 Airport Road

Southbound, 9:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday

JJ's Pub

Downstairs of the Commander

Trinity Jaymes, Saturday

CROSBY

The Bridge Tavern

26929 Highway 6

Live music every Friday; Classic Country Dinner Theater, 4-8 p.m. Sunday

CROSSLAKE

Moonlight Bay Family Restaurant

37627 County Road 66

DJ JP and DJ Chad, every Friday-Saturday

MERRIFIELD

Harpo's

2156 County Road 3

Junkyard Engineers, Saturday

NISSWA

American Legion

25807 Main St.

Stool Pigeons, 6-10 p.m.

Mike Rowe Explains The Skills Gap In USA Education System

Over the last 8 years of shooting Discovery Channels Hit show, Dirty Jobs, Mike Rowe became increasingly concerned over the skills gap in the United States. 
Each year millions of skilled trade jobs go unfilled as our country continues to push a traditional 4 year degree.
In an effort to change the tide, he created the Mike Rowe Works Foundation and now Profoundly Disconnected.
Listen as Mike explains the growing skills gap and the need for skilled workers in the United States.
On Labor Day of 2008, fans of Dirty Jobs built mikeroweWORKS, a trade resource center and non-profit foundation designed to reinvigorate the Skilled Trades. Profoundly Disconnected is the next phase of that effort. My goal here is to challenge the absurd belief that an expensive four-year education is the best path for the most people, and confront the outdated stereotypes that continue to drive kids and parents away from a whole list of worthwhile careers. Many of the best opportunities that exist today require a skill, not a diploma. The purpose of this site is to promote that simple truth. And maybe have a few laughs.
Mike Rowe once gave a TED Talk on the Changing Face of the Modern-Day Proletariat, and in May 2011, he testified before the U.S. SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE about the importance of changing perceptions and stereotypes around blue-collar work. Currently, Mike and Caterpillar are working together to launch PROFOUNDLY DISCONNECTED, a new initiative focused on technical recruitment.www.MikeRoweWorks.com 
www.ProfoundlyDisconnected.com

Jim Croce - Greatest Hits - Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels) Video and Lyrics

Lyrics:

Operator, well could you help me place this call?
See, the number on the matchbook is old and faded
She's living in L.A. with my best old ex-friend Ray
A guy she said she knew well and sometimes hated

Isn't that the way they say it goes? Well, let's forget all that
And give me the number if you can find it
So I can call just to tell 'em I'm fine and to show
I've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well
I only wish my words could just convince myself
That it just wasn't real, but that's not the way it feels

Operator, well could you help me place this call?
Well, I can't read the number that you just gave me
There's something in my eyes, you know it happens every time
I think about a love that I thought would save me

Isn't that the way they say it goes? Well, let's forget all that
And give me the number if you can find it
So I can call just to tell 'em I'm fine and to show
I've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well
I only wish my words could just convince myself
That it just wasn't real, but that's not the way it feels
No, no, no, no - that's not the way it feels

Operator, well let's forget about this call
There's no one there I really wanted to talk to
Thank you for your time, ah, you've been so much more than kind
And you can keep the dime

Isn't that the way they say it goes? Well, let's forget all that
And give me the number if you can find it
So I can call just to tell 'em I'm fine and to show
I've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well
I only wish my words could just convince myself
That it just wasn't real, but that's not the way it feels

Bobby Hebb: Sunny

Brainerd Lakes Area of Minnesota: Live Music, June 11-17, 2015

The warmer temperatures lately have increased the amount of summer visitors to the Brainerd Lakes Area. For locals and visitors alike, the live music offerings in the area are also increasing:

Brendan Flynn Music:

via the link above-

Join me this week for some live music!

Thursday@830pm: Primetime (Breezy Point)
Friday@830pm: Log Cabin (Emily)
Saturday@7pm: The Woods (Merrifield)

Seth Doud:

Zorbaz on Gull

When: Fri, June 12, 6pm – 7pm

Ernie's on Gull
When: Sat, June 13, 7pm – 10pm

Manhattan beach
When: Sun, June 14, 5pm – 6pm

The Woods
When:Sun, June 14, 6pm – 7pm

Via the Brainerd Dispatch:

For week of June 11-17; bands perform from 9 p.m. to close with no cover unless otherwise noted.

BRAINERD
Coco Moon

601 Laurel St.

Thursday Bluegrass, first, third and fifth Thursday of the month

Eagles Club

124 Front St.

Music jam sessions, 7:30 p.m. Saturday

Last Turn Saloon

215 S. South Eighth St.

Open Mic Night, first Wednesday of month from 7-10 p.m.

Liquor Pigz

718 Laurel St.

Karaoke, 10 p.m. every Wednesday

Jam session/open mic, 9 p.m. every Sunday

Shep's on Sixth

315 S. Sixth St.

DJ, every Friday-Saturday in Elbow Room

St. Mathias Bar and Grill

4640 County Road 121

Big T Dj and Karaoke, Saturday

Alan Godage and Sundown, 1-5 p.m. Sunday

BREEZY POINT

Commander Bar

30279 Airport Road

The Mixx, Friday-Saturday

CROSBY

The Bridge Tavern

26929 Highway 6

Live music every Friday; Classic Country Dinner Theater, 4-8 p.m. Sunday

CROSSLAKE

Moonlight Bay Family Restaurant

37627 County Road 66

DJ JP and DJ Chad, every Friday-Saturday

EAST GULL LAKE

Ernie's on Gull Lake

10424 Squaw Point Road

Seth Doud, Saturday

LAKE SHORE

Bar Harbor Supper Club

601 Laurel St.

Phil Thompson, 7:30-10:30 p.m. June 19-20; Aug. 21-22

NISSWA

Gull Dam Brewing

23836 Smiley Road

Reverend Raven and the Chain Smokin' Altar Boys, 6-9:30 p.m. Friday

Merrifield

Harpo's

2156 County Road 3

Mike Miller and Friends, Saturday

May 31st Happenings in the BLA: Brendan Flynn at Zorbaz and Slowpokes Racing at BIR!

Music:  Brendan Flynn live on the deck at Zorbaz!

Here are some of the drink specials to enjoy while listening to Brendan playing some stellar live music:

May 31st, 2015

Tito'z Breakfazt Club!
10:00 am - 12:00 pm


Breakfazt Pizza, Burritoz, Quezadillaz and 2-4-1 Breakfazt drinkz from 10am - noon! Relief iz here!

Minnezota Zundayz!
7:00 pm on May 31st thru 12:00 am on Jun 1st


Try any pint of Minnezota beer for only $3 from 7pm - midnight!

Minnezota Zundayz!
7:00 pm on May 31st thru 12:00 am on Jun 1st


Try any pint of Minnezota beer for only $2 from 7pm - midnight!

Late Nite Munchie Menu!
11:00 pm on May 31st thru 2:00 am on Jun 1st


Need zome late night grub? Get any perzonal pizza from $5 after 11pm!

BIR Sunday Racing

Bracket Drag Racing & Slowpokes Car Club



Date: Friday, May 29, 2015 to Sunday, May 31 2015



Bracket Drag Racing is on Brainerd International Raceway’s drag strip all weekend, while the BIR Performance Driving School (Friday) and the Slowpokes Car Club (Sunday) share the road course.



Location: Brainerd International Raceway

Time: 8:00 PM to 5:00 PM
5523 Birchdale Road, Brainerd, MN 56401

Brainerd International Raceway's Bracket Drag Racing Series is on the drag strip with the Slowpokes Car Club on the 2.5-mile Competition Road Course. It’s the second of six Bracket Drag Racing weekends, which feature 250-plus drivers competing in 10 classes in dragsters, cars, trucks, bikes, snowmobiles and Junior Dragsters. They battle during eliminations both Saturday and Sunday with winners crowned each day. The Slowpokes will be on the road course Sunday only. Great family fun, and the pits are always open. On-site camping is available, including 164 full-service RV sites. One ticket gets you into both events! Daily admission is $20. Kids 12 and under are FREE!

Contact: tickets@brainerdraceway.com

218-824-RACE (7223)

Nitemare Hippy Girl-Beck lyrics

I have been a fan of this song for a long time.  The song is old and so am I.
A few of my favorite lines,
"She's cooking salad for breakfast/
She's got tofu the size of Texas"-Beck



Classic Song from Beck:





"She's a melted avocado on the shelf"



Here are the lyrics:

"Nitemare Hippy Girl"

She took me off my guard with disappointment
I got sucked inside of her apartment
She's got dried-up flowers, flaky skin
A beaded necklace and a bottle of gin

She's a nightmare Hippy girl
With her skinny fingers fondling' my world
She's a whimsical, tragically beauty
Self-conscious and a little bit moody

It's a new age letdown in my face
She's so spaced out and there ain't no space
She's got marijuana on the bathroom tile
I'm caught in a vortex
She's changing' my style

She's a nightmare Hippy girl
With her skinny fingers fondling' my world
She's a whimsical, tragically beauty
Uptight and a little bit snooty

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

She's a magical, sparkling' tease
She's a rainbow choking' the breeze
Yo, she's busting' out onto the scene
With nightmare bogus poetry
She's a melted avocado on the shelf
She's the science of herself
She's spazzing out on a cosmic level
And she's meditating with the devil
She's cooking salad for breakfast
She's got tofu the size of Texas
She's a witness to her own glory
She's a never-ending story
She's a frolicking depression
She's a self-inflicted obsession
She's got a thousand lonely husbands
She's playing' footsie in another dimension
She's a goddess milking her time
For all that it's worth

Joseph Campbell Quotes/Garden Party Ricky Nelson

I think he is talking about the words of wisdom in "Garden Party":

"Can't Please Everyone So You Got To Please Yourself"-Ricky Nelson

Follow these words:



“The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.” 
― Joseph Campbell

"Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls.”  ―Joseph Campbell

Blind Pilot: "One Red Thread"

                                         

"One Red Thread"


Oh from the first that the line got drawn
It was poisoning the land it was on
One red thread through the middle of a song
My only one, my only one

I can remember the age that I was
But not that story that pumped in my blood
When you were the savior
And I was the taker of
Oh where I was

Oh but man, oh man, you can do what you want
Oh man, oh man, you can do what you want
The only line that is true is the line you're from

I have to say there was a mile or two
I had the itch to fly and I flew
Now at best we would make our dreams
With something used
With something used

From the minute that the line got drawn
I couldn't see straight to you for nothing
Now me, I'm the poisoning one
Yeah I'm the one
I am the...

Oh but man, oh man, you can do what you want
Oh man, oh man, you can do what you want
The only line that is true is the line you're-
Oh man, oh man, you can do what you want
Oh man, oh man, you can do what you want
The only line that is true is the line you're from
The only line that is true is the line you're from