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14/02/2025

Americana picks for this week's New Music Friday.

✓ Ponyhustle - Ponyhustle
✓ The Delines – Mr. Luck and Ms. Doom
✓ The War and Treaty - Plus One
✓ Gary Louris - Dark Country
✓ Sara Bug - Into the Blue
✓ Ron Pope – American Man, American Music
✓ Miss Georgia Peach - Class Out The Ass
✓ The Lumineers - Automatic
✓ The Altons - Heartache in Room 14
✓ Dean Owens – Spirit Ridge
✓ Chatham Rabbits - Be Real With Me
✓ Chip Taylor – The Truth and Other Things

What are you listening to?

14/02/2025

Great songs, powerful voice, crack band and charming stage presence. Madeline Hawthorne put on a fantastic show at the State Room to an intimate crowd. Don’t miss out next time!

12/02/2025

This should be great!

🔥 Red Shahan LIVE in Salt Lake City – One Night Only! 🎸

Get ready for a high-energy night of raw country grit and rock & roll spirit as Red Shahan brings his unforgettable sound to Garage on Beck on Sunday, February 16!

From Lubbock honky-tonks to nationwide tours, Red has built a reputation for soul-stirring lyrics, electrifying performances, and an outlaw edge that makes every show one-of-a-kind.

Joining him is special guest Christine Baird, setting the stage for a night of unfiltered storytelling, whiskey-soaked melodies, and pure musical energy.

Event Details:
📅 Date: Sunday, February 16
📍 Venue: Garage on Beck, Salt Lake City, UT
⏰ Doors Open: 7 PM
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12/02/2025

If I've counted correctly, this is episode #80 of Across the Tracks! Thanks for following along.

Couple things of note for live music this week:

- Thu Feb 13 - Madeline Hawthorne - The State Room
- Feb 13 - 16, 2025 - The Infamous Stringdusters - Egyptian Theatre - Park City, Utah

This weeks playlist:

- John Calvin - Austin Chalk (Greener Fields and Fairer Seas)
- Chatham Rabbits - One Little Orange (Be Real with Me - out Feb 14)
- Grayson Jenkins - Good Times Go, feat Pony Bradshaw (single)
- Joe Clark - Enjoy the Fall (One Way or Another)
- Sarah Borges - Mercy Of The Moon (single)
- Vinnie Paolizzi - Family Tree (Spaghetti Western, Vol 1 EP)
- Pete Cornelius - Greasy Rnrnb (Southern)
- Miss Tess - Ride That Train (Cher Rêve)
- The War and Treaty - Can I Get an Amen (Plus One - out Friday)
- Courtney Patton - Now or Never (Carry You With Me)
- Zack Keim - Better Days (Battery Lane)
- Josh Mitcham: - Drive It Like You Stole It (A Few Cries and a Laugh)
- A. Lee Edwards - Move Up to the Mountains (Interpreting Heart Sounds Vol. I - out Feb 14)
- Sara Bug - Back in Nashville (single)
- Joel Timmons - The Bullfighter feat Cary Ann Hearst (Psychedelic Surf Country)
- The Droptines - Old Tricks (single)
- Madeline Hawthorne - Typical Love (Tales From Late Nights and Long Drives) at State Room Thursday Feb 13
- The Infamous Stringdusters - Wake Me Up (Undercover Vol 3) at Park City Egyptian Feb 13, 14, 15, 16
- Joe Ely - Waiting Around to Die (Love and Freedom)
- Cristina Vane, Hannah Juanita, Brennen Leigh - Atlantic City (Western AF Sessions)
- Dean Owens - Burn It All (Spirit Ridge)
- Seth Walker - Up on the Mountain (Why the Worry - out April 4)
- David Quinn - Mr. Bossman (Up to S***f)
- Sarah McCulloch - Back in the Them Hills (Driving Me Home)
- R Shayne Floyd - 1800 Miles (Heights of the Land)
- HORSEBATH - Turn My Lover Loose (Another Farewell)
- Mylène Chamblain - Another World (Drive Me Mad)
- Cimarron 615 - Butte La Rose (self titled - out Feb 28)
- Jason Boland & The Stragglers - High Time (Last Kings of Babylon)
- Ringo Starr - You Want Some (Look Up)

05/02/2025

Playlist for February 5, 2025. Don't forget you can listen to the last two programs on-demand at KRCL.org!

- Winter Wilson - Anybody’s High Street (Home)
- Oliver Hazard - Raindrop River (Raindrop River EP)
- Larkin Poe - You Are the River (Bloom)
- Luke Winslow-King - Baby Wild (single from Flash a Magic Sessions)
- Ty Myers - Real World Now (The Select)
- The Roamers - Pl***oy (The Roamers)
- Crys Matthews - The Difference Between (Reclamation)
- Tony Logue - The Dawn (Dark Horse - out Feb 21)
- Sierra Ferrell - No Letter (Trail of Flowers Deluxe Edition)
- Mason McTell - Dream in Blue (single)
- Brennan Edwards - Was it Me (Stories)
- Big Richard - Deal Me In (Girl Dinner)
- Tony Kamel - Sue (We’re All Gonna Live - out April 18)
- A.J. Croce - I Got a Feeling (Heart of the Eternal - our March 7)
- Kelly Finngian - Get A Hold of Yourself (single)
- Harper O'Neill - My Love My Love (single)
- Tennessee Jet - Ray Wylie Hubbard (Ranchero)
- Chaparelle - Devil’s Music (single)
- Lilly Hiatt - Man (Forever)
- Joe Stanton - The Voice of the Wheel (The Voice of the Wheel)
- Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Tonight with the Dogs I’m Sleeping (The Purple Bird)
- Domino Lewis - Do It All (Western AF Session)
- Dave Murphy - If I Could Fly (A Heart so Rare)
- Nefesh Mountain - Heaven Is Here (Beacons)
- Frecko - Bury Me Deep (Dreams Are Hard to Sell)
- Charley Crockett - Lonesome Drifter (Lonesome Drifter - out March 14)
- Roger Street Friedman - The Banks of the Brazos (Long Shadows)
- Cristina Vane - Shake it Babe (Hear My Call - out Feb 21)
- Scott Levi Joness & Tyler Nichols - Set Me Free (single)
- Ben Nichols & Rick Steff - Among the Ghosts (Lucero Unplugged)
- Sophie Gault - Every Little Bit - Acoustic (single)
- Massy Ferguson - Seaside Town (*You Can't Tell Me I'm Not What I Used To Be)*
- Doyle Turner - Sticking With You (Paper Maps)

02/02/2025

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01/02/2025

Some great stuff this week on

☑ Lily Hiatt - Forever
☑ David Quinn - Up to S***f
☑ Nefesh Mountain - Beacons
☑ Bonnie "Prince" Billy - The Purple Bird
☑ Drayton Farley - Live & Acoustic From Germany
☑ Jim White - Precious Bane
☑ Dave Murphy – A Heart So Rare
☑ Loudon Wainwright III - Loudon Live In London

29/01/2025

Time to get out and support live music! This week's Americana concert picks in SLC:

- Wed Jan 29 - JJ Grey & Mofro - The Depot
- Thu Jan 30 - Wh**ey Morgan & 78s - The Garage on Beck
- Fri Jan 31 - Wh**ey Morgan & 78s - The Cabin, Park City
- Fri Jan 31 & Feb 1 - Brent Dennen and Jackie Greene - The State Room
- Feb 1 - Tribute to Bob Dylan - Covey Center for the Arts, Provo
- Feb 3 - Joy Oladokun - Soundwell

This Week's Playlist:

- Desert Music Project - Desperado (single)
- Sunny War- Cry Baby (Armageddon In A Summer Dress - out Feb 21)
- Jonathan Peyton - Sunrise (single)
- James House - Lost in Laural Canyon (Lost in Laural Canyon)
- Steve Forbert - Simon Says (Daylight Savings Time)
- Courtney Patton - Wasn’t Me Making You Blue (Chickahominy)
- Tim Meegan Jr. & The 105s - My Kind (single)
- Tyler Nance - One and Only Son (single)
- Rose City Band - Wheels (Sol Y Sombra) - Urban Lounge Mar 14
- Drew Holcomb and & Ellie Holcomb - Never Gonna Let You Go (Memory Bank)
- Tori Miller - Resurrection Power (Little Red Bird EP)
- Jake Manders - No Theme Song (single)
- Carrie Sue & The Wood Burners - Marietta (Glad Your Here On Air, Vol 1)
- Adeem the Artist - Canvas to the Frame (Unfinished Furniture)
- Jason Harrod - Better for My Eyes Than Carrots (Bruce Piephoff Tribute)
- Luke Trimble - Reading Books (Headed out the Holler)
- Nikki O'Neill - LA in the Morning (Every Time) (Stories I Only Tell My Friends - out March 14)
- Wh**ey Morgan and the 78's- We Had it All (single) - at Garage on Beck Thursday & the Cabin in PC Friday
- The Doohickeys - Can’t Beat My Ol Be**er (All Had No Cattle)
- Joshua Quimby - Big Mack Truck (Back Home)
- Paige Plaisance - Highway 65 (Louisiana Lonely)
- John Calvin - Gravity (Greener Fields and Fairer Seas)
- Emilia Sisco & Cold Diamond & Mink - Worth the Ride (single)
- Jovin Webb - Its the Hawk (Drfiter)
- Josh Mitcham: - Instant Grits (A Few Cries and a Laugh)
- Christopher Wright - Off the Races (The Other Side)
- Kyle McKearney - Hold on Goodbye (To the River - out Apr 25)
- Juliet McConkey - Drfiting (single)
- Lance Roark - Tenkiller (Tenkiller EP)
- John Hollier - Poster Child (single)
- Vicki Peterson and John Cowsill - A Thousand Times (*Long After The Fire)*
- Clay Street Unit - 1200 Miles (Introducing Clay Street Unit)

25/01/2025

So much fresh music on this !

This is what is on my list:

✓ Rose City Band - Sol Y Sombra
✓ Larkin Poe- Bloom
✓ The Doohickeys – All Hat No Cattle
✓ Drew & Ellie Holcomb – Memory Bank
✓ Ty Myers – The Select
✓ Canaan Smith – Chickahominy
✓ Courtney Patton – Carry You With Me
✓ Josh Mitcham – A Few Cries and a Laugh
✓ Max McNown - Night Diving
✓ Mary Chapin Carpenter - Looking For The Thread
✓ Various - Glad You’re Here, Vol 1 (1/23)
✓ John Calvin – Greener Fields & Fairer Seas
✓ Frecko - Dreams are Hard to Sell

What are your favorites of fhe week?

22/01/2025

Episode 77 of Across the Tracks in the books. The new music just keeps coming - lots of singles as the spring release schedule fills up. Thanks for following along!

Today's Playlist:

- Shane Pendergast - Hughie’s Lament (Winter Grace)
- Janiva Magness - Hittin’ on Nothing feat Jesse Dayton (Back For Me - out March 28, *2025)*
- Jesse Aherin - On the Road (Mercy)
- Ben Chapman - Tonight I’ll be Staying Here With You (Downbeat)
- Lilly Hiatt - Kwik-E-Mart (Forever - out Jan 31)
- Martin Devaney - After the Flood (Blueprint for a Ghost)
- Hannah White - God Only Knows (single)
- Cody Ellis - Due North (Covered by the Song)
- The Doohickeys - Rein it in Cowboy (All Hat No Cattle - out Jan 24)
- Johnny Marfa and the Lights - Take Me Back to Texas (Take Me Back to Texas)
- Willow Avalon - Gettin’ Rich, Goin’ Broke (Southern Belle Raisin’ Hell)
- Vinnie Paolizzi - The Song That Makes Me Rich (single)
- Crys Matthews - Waking up the Dead (Reclamation)
- Kashus Culpepper - Pour Me Out (single)
- Evan Nicole Bell - Catfish Blues (Shades of Blue)
- Jason Eady - Getting Even (Mississippi Unplugged)
- Jeff Scott - 10,000 Feet (Red River Rose )
- Sierra Hull - Boom (A Tip Top High Wire - out March 7)
- Tony Kamel - Sue (We’re All Gonna Live - out April 18)
- Avry Truex - Nowhere (Pine Tree Poetry)
- JD Clayton - Dirt Roads of Red (Blue Sky Sundays - out Feb 28)
- Alicia Stockman - Dust to Settle (single)
- Benjamin Dakota Rogers - Till The Morning (single)
- Ron Pope - Mama Drove a Mustang (American Man, American Music - out Feb 14)
- Olivia Wolf - Good Smoke, Too (Silver Rounds)
- Melissa Carper and Theo Lawrence - Thank You, But No thank You (Havin’ a Talk - out March 14)
- Eric Hagen Music - Accuse Me (Americana Lonesome EP)
- Raleigh Keegan - Turned 22 (single)
- Humbird - Astrovan (Astrovan: the Love Song Vignettes)
- Carter Felker - Cold Wind (single)
- Jason Boland & The Stragglers - Drive (The Last Kings of Babylon - out March 14)
- Dylan Smucker - Get Your Heart Broken (Our Vinyl Sessions)

15/01/2025

Episode 76 of Across the Tracks. Thanks for listening and supporting. Shows on-demand at KRCL.org for two weeks!

Today's playlist:

- Joe Clark - Comin’ Around (One Way or Another)
- David Wax Museum - If You Want My Love to Last (Secret Creature)
- The Union Suits - Everything is Never Gonna Be Alright (single)
- Dom Ellis - Right Person Wrong Time (single)
- Old Crow Medicine Show - Ain’t It Strange (single)
- Mason McTelll - Burn My Body (Drunks and Thieves)
- Madison Hughes and Brent Cobb - Nobody Knows Your Love (single)
- Ben Torbett - Bought the Farm (Bluer Side)
- Ringo Starr - You Want Some (Look Up)
- Billy Broome - Distracted (Cosmic Grooves)
- Julien Baker & TORRES - Sugar in the Tank (single)
- Clarence Tilton - Friant - Queen of the Brawl
- Claire Holley - Hambone (Riding the Stream: Tribute to Bruce Piephoff)
- A. Lee Edwardss - Carolina Blue (single)
- Mike Flanigin - Shake it For Me Baby feat Rob McCoury (single)
- Pug Johnson - Pipeliner Blues (El Ca**on - out March 28)
- Early James - Upside Down Umbrella (Medium Raw)
- Sarah McCulloch - Luella (Driving Me Home)
- Jason Isbell - Bury Me (Foxes in the Snow)
- Erin Ross - These Four Wheels (single)
- Luke Trimble - Finer Things (Headed out the Holler)
- Gary Louris - Getting Older (Dark Country - out Feb 14)
- Cimarron 615 - The Truth (self titled - out Feb 28)
- Kris Delmhorst - Won’t Be Long (Ghost in the Garden - out March 7)
- Thomas Sticha - Mississippi Down (single)
- Todd Day Wait- Goodbye (Goodbye EP)
- Cody Jinks and Ward Davis - Same Kind of Crazy as Me (single)
- Molly Brandt - Mr. Texas (American Saga)
- Nolan Taylor - All We Need is a Spark (self titled)
- Bonnie Prince Billy feat John Anderson - Downstream (The Purple Bird - out Jan 31)

08/01/2025

Lots of singles and pre-releases as we look forward to new music for 2025 as well as a few from last year.

Playlist for January 8, 2025

- Jonivan Jones - Round the Circle (single)
- Noeline Hofmann - One Hell of a Woman (Purple Gas EP)
- Caleb Caudle - Hollywood Ending (Sweet Critters)
- Karen Jonas - Rich Man’s Valley (The Rise and Fall of American Kitsch)
- Drew Holcomb andcEllie Holcomb - Memory Bank (Memory Bank - out Jan 24)
- Gabriella Rose - Doublewide (Wait Til I Get My Money Up EP)
- John PayCheck - Drinkin’ and Cryin’ (single)
- Charlie Thompson - Untamed Heart (Untamed Heart)
- Kathleen Edwards - Hello in There (Covers - out Jan 31)
- Flatland Cavalry - Years From Now (Flatland Forever)
- Courtney Patton - What is Done Will be Repeated (Carry You With Me - out Jan 24)
- Leon Majcen - Grey Hairs on Momma’s Head (single)
- Adam Hood - Beat the Train (single)
- Whitney Rose - The Shoop Shoop Song (single)
- Ty Myers - Can’t Hold Me Down (The Select - out Jan 24)
- Kevin Sonny Gullage - Go Be Free (Go Be Free)
- Jason Eady - Once Up a Time in New Orleans (Mississippi Unplugged - out Jan 10)
- Annie Dolan and Joel Paterson - Atta Boy Girl (Atta Boy Girl )
- Ira Dean and Ronnie Dunn - Tele-man (single)
- Dallas Burrow & West Texas Exiles - Old Time Revival (single)
- pine & fire - Workin’ Folks Life (Songs from the North Country)
- Milan Miller - Ghosts of Galway Bay (single)
- Madison Hughes - Mystery Highway (single)
- Taylor Hollingsworth - Double Trouble (Yahola)
- Jesse Roper - Turn it Up (single)
- Dylan Ault - Inside, Looking Out (single)
- Joh Chase - Avalanche (SOLO)
- Sam Morrow - Pack it Up feat JD Simo (single)
- Nathan Graham - Somebody Else (The Way Through EP)
- Sierra Ferrell - The Garden (single)
- Kellen Smith - Black Night (Winters End)
- Menno Versteeg - Fish Out of Water (Why We Run)

01/01/2025

Happy New Year! Presenting the 2024 Across the Tracks Rewind show - special three hour program today!

These are just some of the artists, albums and songs of 2024 that stood out for me. Definitely not a countdown, but just a mix of favorites.

- Liv Greene - Wild Geese (Deep Feeler)
- John Moreland - Ain’t Much I Can Do About It (Visitor)
- The Secret Sisters - Paperweight (Mind, Man, Medicine)
- Thomas Csorba - Getting to the Good Part (Windchimes)
- Kacey Musgraves - Too Good to be True (Deeper Well)
- Shawna Thompson - Jones on the Jukebox (Lean on Neon)
- The Mavericks - Live Close By and Visit Often (Moon and Stars)
- Sam Morrow - By Your Side (On the Ride Here)
- Red Clay Strays - Ramblin (Made By These Moments)
- Cris Jacobs - Work Song (One of these Days)
- AJ Lee & Blue Summit - I Can’t Find You at All (City of Glass)
- Spencer Burton - Goin Fishin’ (North Wind)
- Charley Crockett - Hard Luck and Circumstances ($10 Cowboy)
- David Luning - Every Day I Am (Lessons)
- Daniel Young - Help Us Get Along (Leave it Out to Dry)
- Kimmi Bitter - Old School (Old School)
- Nick Lowe & Los Straightjackets - Went to a Party (Indoor Safari)
- John Craigie with TK and the Holy Know Nothings - While I”m Down (Pagan Church)
- Humbird - Right On (Right On)
- Grayson Capps - Columbus Stockade Blues (Heartbreak, Misery and Death)
- Chuck Prophet w Qinsave - Wake the Dead (Wake the Dead)
- The Decemberists - Burial Ground (As it Ever Was, So It will Be)
- American Aquarium - Cherokee Purples (The Fear of Standing Still)
- Adeem the Artist - Carry You Down (Anniversary)
- Gillian Welch and David Rawlings - Empty Trainload of Sky (Woodland)
- Blaine Bailey - Colorado Soil (Home)
- India Ramey - Silverado (Baptized by the Blaze)
- Caleb Klauderr & Reeb Willms - Gold in Your Pocket (Gold in Your Pocket)
- Charlie Parr - Boombox (Little Sun)
- Sierra Ferrell - Fox Hunt (Trail of Flowers)
- The Montvales - Born Strangers (Born Strangers)
- 49 Wi******er - Yearnin’ For You (Leavin’ this Holler)
- Kasey Chambers - Backbone (The Desert Child) (Backbone)
- Mac Leaphart - Rosey (Motel Breakfast)
- Melissa Carper - Lucky Five (Borned in Ya)
- JP Harris - Old Fox (JP Harris is a Trash Fire)
- Lizzie No - Sleeping in the Next Room (Halfsies)
- The Avett Brothers - Country Kid (self titled)
- The Cactus Blossoms- Somethings Got a Hold of Me (Everytiime I Think About You)
- Sophie Gaultt - Kick the Devil Away (Baltic Street Hotel)
- Kevin Gordon - Keeping My Brother Down (The In Between)
- Kelley Mickwee - Joyful (Everything Beautiful)
- Ben Chapman - Almost Home (Downbeat)
- Goodnight, Texas - Dry Heat (Signals)
- Jeremie Albino - Rolling Down the 405 (Our Time in the Sun)
- Emily Nenni- Get To Know Ya (Drive & Cry)
- Swamp Dogg feat Jenny Lewis - Count the Days (Blackgrass)
- The Deslondes - Take Me Back (Roll it Out)
- Silverada - Something I”m Working On (Silverada)

31/12/2024

I'll be live on Jan 1 with a special 3 hour 2024 Across the Tracks Rewind - playing some of my favorites of the past year. If you are up early New Year's day tune in from 5am to 8am.

Then, beginning at 8am KRCL presents the encore of the Top 100 Album listener picks of 2024.

Happy New Year!

23/12/2024

2024 was a great year in Americana music! Over the course of the year's weekly programs I played around 600 different albums and artists and 1500 different songs.

Check out the blog post for a review of 2024 on Across the Tracks

Welcome to our annual retrospective of the musical journey we've taken together in 2024. Throughout the year, Across the Tracks has explored the...

21/12/2024

A fitting tribute to the great Slim Dunlap

Slim Dunlap 🩵 RIP
Photo by Tony Nelson

*The Night Slim Dunlap Broke Stinky’s Nose*

Slim Dunlap passed away Wednesday afternoon. Dec 18, 2024. He was a Minneapolis legend. A true individual. He also had the coolest sense of style and a beautiful face. I was always fascinated by him. I mean, he was in The Replacements! He replaced Bob Stinson on guitar. Anyone who knows me knows how much I love The Replacements.

Slim was just flat out honest and cool. His gorgeous sunken eyes were all knowing and he had a wry smile. A wink and a nod to all things past and present. I loved him from afar. I studied him. I never in a million years thought I’d meet him.

One night in the nineties I was on the road with The Rugburns. We were in the Midwest and our agent asked us if we’d like to open for Slim Dunlap at Schuba’s in Chicago. I couldn’t believe our luck. It was such a big moment for me.

The Replacements had broken up on July 4 1991 and Slim was touring under his own name with a cool band in tow.
We obviously said yes and I slowly counted the days till I was going to (hopefully) meet Slim Dunlap.

Word on the street had it that he would sometimes ask the opening act to play poker. I was hoping he’d ask us. Sure enough the night finally arrived and we sound-checked after Slim and set up our merch next to his.

I was filled with excitement and trepidation and then — voila— we met Slim! And just like I imagined, he asked us if we wanted to play poker. The backstage room was actually upstairs at Schuba’s and it was large. There was a round table in the middle and we shook Slim’s hand and commenced the shuffling of the cards. We settled on 7 card stud and pulled our wrinkled dollars out of our pockets. Dollars, quarters, dimes and guitar picks. Ci******es, beer and whisky. The room was smoky and smelled just like you think it would with 2 bands crammed inside that had been on the road for God knows how long.

The game went on and on and pretty soon we had to go on stage to open the show. The bets started getting larger and now there were five dollar bills and even a few tens and twenties scattered about. It was my final hand before I hit the stage. I had a beautiful hand that was perfectly hidden. I had 3 aces down and a pair of twos showing with an 8 and a 10. It looked like a junk hand but I was sitting there with a full house.

Slim had a flush and it was mostly hidden. Everyone else folded and the pot was pretty big. Slim kept betting more and he would raise and I would re-raise till we were all in. Finally it was time to turn our cards over. Stinky— the drummer extraordinaire for The Rugburns— was standing right behind Slim watching the final hand go down. The pot was substantial. Everyone was crowded around the table but Stinky was right there with his face right over Slims’s curly haired skull.

We turned our cards over and everyone screamed when they saw Slim’s heart flush but then I flipped over my 3 aces and Slim jumped up and yelled “sh*t!” and the back of his head smashed into Stinky’s nose. The blood spattered instantly and sprayed across the wall and Stinky’s nose was pouring blood like it was a horror film.

My full house beat Slim’s flush.

Slim, ever the gentleman, apologized profusely and ran to get some ice and a rag from the bar. He felt so bad and hugged Stinky and got him a shot of Jim Beam.

We went on stage 10 minutes later and played the show. Stinky’s nose was stuffed with Kleenex and had tape over it. It kept bleeding during our set and Stinky’s snare looked super cool with blood dripping on it.

The show was still really good and Slim was of course transcendent. We said our goodbyes and traded merch and hugs and went on our way.

We were all so proud that Slim broke Stinky’s nose. We got a lot of mileage outta that story for the next few shows.

In 2012 Slim suffered a debilitating stroke and was never the same again. The poor guy was bed ridden and could barely speak above a whisper. I went to visit him in Minneapolis and I sang him some Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie and Hank Williams songs.

I asked him if he remembered breaking Stinky’s nose and of course he did. He squeezed my hand and smiled. He still had that mischievous grin.

His lovely wife Chrissie took care of Slim till the very end. She’s a beautiful soul and I’m thinking of her today.

Life… Sigh, so fast. So fleeting. Full of memories.

Travel on Slim Dunlap. You’re free to roam about the cabin. God speed. I hope you’re smiling somewhere and maybe playing poker with the opening act.