Ray Wylie Hubbard "Drunken Poet's Dream"

Our good buddy and renaissance man Ray Wylie Hubbard is at it again! He came by the living room bunker this afternoon, and listened to Todd Snider sing, then took his turn at the mic.

Always an auspicious event, this time around made more so as his brand new album A. Enlightenment B. Endarkenment (Hint: There Is No C) is about to be released on Tuesday, January 12th. One wonders how this album will come to be referred to in the future. Hell, the punctuation alone is enough to send masters students a scurrying! And catching up with Ray is a trip anyway! He always has interesting things going on...like the movie "Last Rites Of Ransom Pride," which is being talked about on the web, and be sure to check out whokilledthedwarf.com. And then there is a T-Shirt made special for MusicFest, "I partied my head off with Ray Wylie Hubbard." And there is always news of Ray and Judy's son Lucas, who is becoming quite the tasty lead guitarist, and we hear might be readying an album himself in the not too distant future. We can't wait!

From Ray's brand new CD, here is "Drunken Poet's Dream," co-written by Hayes Carll (you might already be familiar with his version) and Ray...here 'tis!

-Jessie

The Trishas "Against the Grain"

It just don't get better than this. I awakened at the crack of noon, had coffee and a plate of eggs, sausage, tater tots and fresh croissants put in front of me, and then The Trishas arrived amidst a flurry of morning mayhem and blew us away again.

Then the amazing Todd Snider stopped by, Ray Wylie Hubbard brought us some new tunes and an old favorite, and we had Cody, Willy, and Micky Braun...together in front of our cameras! As I write this post, I have the news on TV, (I am a news junkie.) Laying on the bed with my laptop, and my feet up with a pillow under the knees. There was a Shiner lip balm in the goodie bag (hey...can we start calling them "gig bags" instead?) so the dry alpine air is counter-acted. AHHHHHHH. Seriously, the music today was the most luxurious luxuries of all.

Starting a day with The Trishas is always a good idea. We did the same thing in Nashville during the Americana Music Festival. It's just a few months later, and my, my, my! It is so wonderful to check back in with them to watch their progress. I feel like we are witnessing the ground floor of a remarkable story, Jamie, Savannah, Kelley and Liz are fun, sweet, beautiful, and incredibly talented. Yeah Buddy! Here they are with "Against the Grain."

-Jessie

Jason Eady "God Fearing Blues"

We spent the morning working on the lighting, the phones, the email, and the Google Maps. As we are holed up in an undisclosed location at Steamboat...and I see a theme emerging..."we don't know WHERE we are," once again! It's pretty sad when you have to go to Mapquest to tell someone how to get to you.

In any case, it wound up inadvertently being a race between Band Of Heathens and Jason Eady to get here for a Music Fog session. BOH were supposed to arrive first, but their prior soundcheck ran long, so we asked Jason Eady to come by earlier. And so they both wound up here at the same time. Listen at the end for what actually might sound like an audience.

I will paint the picture: Ski lift in the distance, snow on the boughs of the majestic pine trees, people out of breath from walking a couple of flights of stairs in the thin air, aroma wafting from a pot of green chili stew on the stove...and the gospel going to church in the middle of the day, "God Fearing Blues," from Jason Eady and the Wayward Apostles.

-Jessie