Gary P. Nunn "The Last Thing I Needed, the First Thing This Morning"

I am on a plane that I needed to get up at 4am to make my way to the airport. I yearn for the days of late night flights, of sleeping and winding up at one’s home airport in the misty morning hours. Getting up to head out at 4am is hard. Now I had to do that when I was doing the morning show on the radio in various cities, but honestly, it is not my favorite thing to do. And today, December 26th, the day after, is gonna be one heck of a migration day, getting back home, whether by plane, train, bus, car; whatever. I always find it so ironic anyway, walking into an airport at 5 am to encounter the ’bustling city effect,’ lines at the counter, security checkpoint, vendors; and all this under cover of darkness while the rest of the population is asleep.

Hope you had a lovely day yesterday. We bring you Gary P. Nunn today, whom we filmed last year at The MusicFest in Steamboat Springs. I think that Gary’s appearance gave birth to this coming year’s MusicFest tribute being offered to the Lost Gonzo Band. They formed in 1972, an iconic fraternity of musicians. Back in those days, they were the backing band for Jerry Jeff Walker and Michael Martin Murphey. They can tell lots of stories that speak of another era, and too many twists and turns of the road to account here. Suffice it to say that their history is a great read, and it will be so much fun to celebrate their legacy as the 2012 MusicFest Artists’ Tribute to a Legend Honoree with Dr. Gary Hartman, Director of the Center for Texas Music History at Texas State University. Click here to read the tribute notes on The MusicFest website.

Here is a classic from Gary P. Nunn, “The Last Thing I Needed First Thing This Morning.”

- Jessie Scott

Merry Christmas from Music Fog

X-Ray Christmas Tree Courtesy Nick Veasey 

Merry Christmas from Music Fog, reminding you that miracles can happen every day. Take time to love, share, and savor the wonder around us all.
 
Beans, Aaron, Denise, Chris, Sheila and I wish you a joyous holiday season.

-Jessie Scott

Here's a Russian stop motion animation film from 1913. Just strange enough to put up on the Fog.

Gretchen Peters "On A Bus To St. Cloud"

It is travel day, though I daresay, for some this whole week has been the great escape. Of course there is the attendant hustle and bustle if you are doing the entertaining. Hope your preparations are nearly completed, and that you will have a warm and wonderful time. For those of us who have lost loved ones, whether through death or by parting, let us take a moment to remember sweet times together.

           

This song makes me cry. Gretchen Peters visited us during our Music Fog Marathon in Nashville in October with Barry Walsh. She is about to release a new album, Hello Cruel World in January, which is being hailed as her bravest ever. We will be bringing you some tunes in future posts that Music Fog recorded from the upcoming album, but in the meantime, the snow is coming down (well, it is in this song) and the holiday is upon us. We are traveling, “On A Bus To St. Cloud.”

-Jessie Scott