The great Doc Watson playing and singing Deep River Blues. I’ll bet you pounds to pence that he learned this song from the Delmore Brothers record.

Singer/ songwriter Dave Potts is a buddy of mine from the days when my wife and I lived in Auburn, Alabama. He’s out on the road promoting his new record, $12.99. I played a couple shows with Dave when he passed through Chicago this week, and it was a lot of fun. Check out Dave’s blog for more details:

http://davepotts.blogspot.com/2007/03/kip-kip-hooray.html

Kristin Andreassen (of the stringband Uncle Earl) needs your vote for Children’s Song of the Year in the John Lennon Song Contest.

Her song “Crayola Doesn’t Make a Color for Your Eyes” (which some of you remember from the g’Earls’ show on March 3rd) is up against one other song in the finals of the contest.

This is a prestigious contest with big prizes ($5,000 and a chance to compete for the $20,000 grand prize!).

The winner is decided by on-line vote at http://www.jlsc.com/vote

You can vote once per day until April 6th, so vote early and often!

You can listen to the song there or on Kristin’s myspace at
http://www.myspace.com/kristinandreassen

I saw Kristin and the band perform this song the day she found out she’d advanced to the next round, and it was quite impressive, esp. the steady group handclap accompaniment during the lyrics. Definitely not for kids only, this one. Check it out.

If you love our high lonesome harmonies, hot banjo licks and perty fiddle’n have a new listen to Tangleweed Radio on Pandora.  Pandora is a free music service that helps you listen to and discover new music.  Tangleweed radio matches the sound of Tangleweed with other similar sounding folks like Tony Trishka, Splitlip Rayfield, Bele Fleck and a host of  other kick’in artist you’ve yet to hear of.

Have a listen and let us know what you think.

Doctor Seuss’ works as they might sound when performed by the bard of Hibbing, Minnesota:

dylanhearsawho.com

This time Neil Young gets the Killdozer treatment. Enjoy.

Showcasing a skill that must have made him the idol of third graders everywhere, Cecil Dill performs the old sentimental waltz ‘Let Me Call You Sweetheart’ using only his hands.

By the way, we’re performing a wedding reception in a few weeks where the couple has requested a performance of this song. Better start limbering up them hands.

There’s a dearth of quality Killdozer footage out there, which is a shame. They were one of the most consistently entertaining bands to come out of Wisconsin. This is late-period Killdozer, with a two-guitar lineup, savaging Lynard Skynard. Enjoy.