Americana Music

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Otis Gibbs "Small Town Saturday Night"

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Otisgibbs_posterThis long holiday weekend made me think about the times we used to have after Thanksgiving, years ago. That's when the cousins, friends, neighbors and visiting relatives would all get together and just hang out. Usually some innocent trouble was found, probably rooted from simply having that many people together with nothing to do. Something is bound to go wrong in this small "one flashing light" town, huh?

Otis Gibbs is telling the more peaceful version, I think, with sweeter memories, indeed. In fact, he'll never be able to produce a video for this song because it won't match the pictures that each of us have in our head while listening to this gem. A true flashback...I love it! Oh, and bonus "cool factor" points to Otis for A.) dedication to the beard and B.) not snipping his guitar string ends.

I hope you're diggin' a small town Saturday night somewhere!

-Aaron

Otis Gibbs - one day our whispers - small town saturday night

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Madison Violet "Best Part of Your Love"

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Madison Violet  All in a day's work. What am I talking about? Everything it takes for an artist to even be afforded the opportunity to share their music. Before the cameras rolled for this Music Fog session, Madison Violet had played late into the evening before at Mountain Stage in West Virginia, woke up at 4am to catch a flight to DC, shuttled to The Mansion on O Street to drop off some gear (minus an airline-lost piece of luggage with equipment), whisked over to Bob Edward's studio for a performance and interview, then taken back to The Mansion for our session! They filmed three songs with us, then went straight into soundcheck for that evening's show. Afterwards, they finally got the first meal of the day, a quick break, and then performed into the evening---a full set in front of an audience. A van was waiting for them at 7am the next day to jump a flight to New York to do it all over again.

That's just a mini-snapshot of one day. This repeats daily for as long as an artist is out on the road. So, if you like an artist's music, by all means tell your friends and co-workers...it helps more than you may think. This video doesn't show how hard these women worked just to make this session happen, but you certainly can see the passion that is the result. A passion fueled by your love of the music.

-Aaron

Madison Violet - No Fool for Trying - Best Part of Your Love