brief interlude of traveling music today

Today's work related trip was just a short jaunt to Harrisville (Ritchie Co.) and return. Barely enough time to hear a whole CD on each leg of the trip. I listened to Jason Wilber's "king for a day" on the way over. This is his 2004 release. He covers Sabu visits the twin cities alone (John Prine) and killing the blues. A solid selection of songs throughout, starting with a little story song about if you were elvis presley for a day; then a unique take on "don't be cruel"- then a little tribute to bo diddley and how he was robbed of his royalties for his songs. This CD includes: talk about 69 and In her veins, which are on other CD's of Jason's, so begin to become more and more familiar in his body of work.

On the ride back it was John Hartford's "the walls we bounce off of"- This is a recent re-issue (or something like that!) from his family website- its a 1994 release - its got some fun little ditties; the titles enough are intriguingly fun and convey his strong sense of humor. The one song where he reverts to childhood and makes all sorts of explosion noises (the all collision all explosion song)- is typical (if you can call it that) of John's humor and creative twists- it harkens back to "you want a boogie" from an early album- with its various grunting noises.

This made for an enjoyable short work trip for the day. Unfortunately these short road trips mean there is still a full day of work to pack in before and after......... sigh......................