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DEEP DIVES & tiny curations Podcast Episodes Available Today:   http://tinycurations.com Listen NOW on Pandora:   https://www.pandora.com/search/tiny%20curations/ Hear the playlist on Spotify:   https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4AFdMMKP0QpCBIzXEX1iKR?si=r5nAEccARza2D7sTCwPJfQ 01 - Family Tradition 02 - Whiskey Bent And Hell Bound 03 - If the South Woulda Won 04 - A Country Boy Can Survive 05 - My Name Is Bocephus (Live) 06 - The Blues Man 07 - Red White and Pink Slip Blues Rockin' Randall Hank Williams Jr., the son of legendary Hank Williams, he had a lot to live up to, and he did it, and then some. He has sold over 70 million albums and won CMA Entertainer of the Year 5 times, that and a whole lot of other accolades. Hank Williams has come to be known as a person who speaks his mind. Better or worse. You might know him from the theme song for the NFL's Monday Night Football. It was based on his 1984 hit "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight", it ran for decades! His daddy before him had a hard drinkin' hard livin' life and so did Hank Jr., as well as his son Hank III, let's start things off with "Family Tradition": That was my personal favorite, "Whiskey Bent And Hell Bound". And more about the "Family Tradition" that preceded that song. Shelton Hank Williams, known as Hank III, his son is now performing as the next generation Hank, Coleman Williams as simply IV. He just released his debut music this past April. And there is also Jett Williams, Hank Jr's step-sister. And Holly Williams, Hank III's half-sister, I love her 2014 song, "Waiting on June". Here is more Hank Jr with "If the South Woulda Won" off of 1988's Wild Streak: That was "A Country Boy Can Survive", one of Hank Jr's most enduring hits and a fan favorite. Bocephus as known by many and the name given to him by his daddy. Named Bocephus after Grand Ole Opry comedian Rod Brasfield's ventriloquist dummy. Hank Sr. died at a young age and when Hank Jr was only 3 years old and raised by his mother Audrey. Here is "My Name Is Bocephus":   Audrey, Hank Jr's mother had him performing his daddy's hits all over the country and Hank Jr. resented being known as an impersonator of his father. He tried putting his own songs into his live sets of his daddy's songs, but the crowds were not pleased as they had come to hear Hank Williams songs. He would start changing his style and coming into his own despite the crowd reaction. Hank was almost killed in 1975, during a mountain-climbing accident in Montana, where he fell 500 feet. After taking years off and many surgeries, he returned more focused and what would become his career defining period. When he reemerged he had grown a beard and started wearing sunglasses and a Cowboy hat, this would become his signature look. Here is a song made popular again by Alan Jackson on his 1999 covers album, "Under The Influence", here is Hank doing "The Blues Man":   Times are good around Austin and the Country... interest is down and the Stock Market's up; and let's pray that it stays that way. But it was during what is now known as the Great Recession that Bocephus released his last big single and I love it. I doubt I'll hear it tonight, so we will play it now, this is "Red, White & Pink-Slip Blues".

DEEP DIVES & tiny curations Podcast Episodes Available Today:   http://tinycurations.com Listen NOW on Pandora:   https://www.pandora.com/search/tiny%20curations/ Hear the playlist on Spotify:   https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7io5BFu6reddeBkYolTlwV?si=ab31bc93a92545f6 01 - Bad Seamstress Blues, Fallin' Apart At The Seams 02 - Night Songs 03 - Shake Me 04 - Nobody's Fool 05 - Somebody Save Me Cinderella, the band, if googling, obviously named prior to any future insight on how search engines might work. They may have had a real Cinderella story, in this fairytale the band was 'discovered' by none other than Jon Bon Jovi in a club in their hometown of Philadelphia. Jon was able to help them secure a record deal. Recently, Tom Keifer did go on the record in an effort to set the record straight and has stated that a couple years before Jon Bon Jovi took interest in the band, Gene Simmons of KISS had initially found them and got attention of the Polygram record label. But they weren't signed. It was only after Jon Bon Jovi again came to that same record label of Polygram that they took another look at Cinderella and signed the band. The band consisted of Tom Keifer of vocals, lead guitar, and a variety of other instruments. Eric Brittingham on bass, the standout blonde guy in the otherwise black hair metal band. Where the singer did not have to have blonde hair. Jeff LaBar on guitar, and Fred Coury on drums. And all would lend backing vocals. This was Cinderella. And a good friend went on the "Monsters of Rock Cruise" in 2014 with a ton of other 80's bands on what would certainly have been an incredible time. He would see what would come to be the final performances Cinderella would ever perform together as a group. It was reported last week that longtime touring keyboardist for Cinderella, Gary Corbett had died. He also played on Cinderella's "Hot And Bothered" that was featured on the Wayne's World movie and also on their final album. Previously he was a keyboardist for KISS. Don't recal a KISS keyboardist? Me either, they kept him in the shadows along with other musicians and only featured the main four KISS members on stage. It was his job to fatten up the guitar and overall sound. He did a lot, he also wrote "She Bop" for Cyndi Lauper. It was Lung Cancer that had advanced and spread to his body.. He died just short of his birthday the following day. I've seen that many times in my own life, when somebody is so sick, they try and hold on to a certain date that is meaningful to them. My grandfather waited until his anniversary with my grandmother. My father-in-law just lost a short battle with cancer and will be missed by our whole family, we miss you Papa Terry. But it would also be reported on the same day, that longtime Cinderella guitarist, Jeff LaBar, had also passed. It was believed to have been alcohol related, as he had had many troubles in the past and often blamed as the reason that Cinderella would not reunite. This was a sad day for Cinderella, family, and fans. Rest in Peace Jeff LaBar and Gary Corbett. And Papa Terry. Thanks for listening.

DEEP DIVES & tiny curations Podcast Episodes Available Today:   http://tinycurations.com Listen NOW on Pandora:   https://www.pandora.com/search/tiny%20curations/ Hear the playlist on Spotify:   https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4AFdMMKP0QpCBIzXEX1iKR?si=r5nAEccARza2D7sTCwPJfQ 01 - Gunfighter 02 - Sugar, Leather & THE Nail 03 - Scared 04 - Demon Bell Dangerous Toys hailing from right here in Austin, Texas. Today being March 2, 2021, Texas Independence Day and my fraternal brother and Governor who declared today the end of all COVID-19 Restrictions. Also, as we head into Spring Break when this town would normally become ground zero for the best place to be on the planet; for the all encompassing South by Southwest Conference and Festivals. But this cannot be as last year it was abruptly cancelled just days before it was scheduled to kick off. Now in 2021, it will be a scaled down virtual event; with keynote speaker Willie Nelson. But it was in 1988, only in the second year of SXSW, that Dangerous Toys would be signed to Columbia Records after a publishing representative had spotted them playing a live show. "The Toys", would release their debut album "Dangerous Toys" the following year. The video for their first single "Teas'n, Pleas'n" was on heavy rotation on Dial MTV and Riki Rachtman's Headbanger's Ball. As a teenager in Texas we were so full of Texas pride to see Texas flags hanging behind the band on the stage and all of the cowboy imagery like a cow skull with the state of Texas painted on it. And in their next video for "Scared", lead singer Jason McMaster is sportin' leather pants painted up like the Texas flag, so damn cool! But there is yet one other reason that we are here today and not only celebrating Texas and the 'The R*tist 4*merly Known as Dangerous Toys', but also to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the release of their follow-up album "Hellacious Acres", on this date in 1991. Anyhow, back to our story... The first song off of "Hellacious Acres" was a song called "Gunfighter" and just recently, found footage has emerged out of an attic deep in South Austin. It was published just today on Youtube and you can find the link in the description of this episode:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-42Yi7jQ2UE

DEEP DIVES & tiny curations Podcast Episodes Available Today:   http://tinycurations.com Listen NOW on Pandora:   https://www.pandora.com/search/tiny%20curations/ Hear the playlist on Spotify:   https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2ojDBFJVysu0Np3Y8aU2Jm?si=tUesivYASiu200vo1rtlvA 01 - The Seventh Seal 02 - Don't Tell Me (What Love Can Do) 03 - Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love 04 - Panama (Live) 05 - Right Now Eddie Van Halen is no longer with us. Yesterday it was announced that he had left this planet to from whence he came. The rock Gods have ca\lled him home where he will live eternal through his music, songs, guitar and synth. As if 2020 has not taken enough from us. This was not Covid related, but his long battle with throat cancer. I had seen a couple photos of him in the past year or so and you could see him withering away. But the news came as a total shock to the world. He is one of the best guitarists of all time, up there with the other greats! He was so influential in his style and innovations. His iconic guitars and red striped themes, from Frankenstein to Bumblebee (which he laid to rest with Dimebag Darrel). Van Halen was formed in Pasadena, California in 1972. They went through name changes, from Genesis to Mammoth. But per the advice of new singer David Lee Roth, changed their name to the family name of Van Halen for the brothers Eddie and Alex on drums. Along with Michael Anthony on bass and harmonies. I note that their original bass player, Mark Stone, died of cancer too, just 10 days prior to the passing of Eddie. They also went through many lineup changes. But they got their second wind with former Montrose singer Sammy Hagar. The music was different, but it brought in a new era of the band and fans. These years are known as Van Hagar. They even did a short stint with Gary Cherone of Extreme. Then they did their last rounds of touring. First reuniting with Sammy, then going full circle to end with a David Lee Roth reunion. The boys were back together again albeit without the harmonies of Michael Anthony. Instead in favor of Eddie's offspring Wolfgang Van Halen joining the family band. Let's jump right in and hear the tail end of that Van Hagar era. That was "Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love" with David L. Roth or El Roth as he has recently renamed himself this Summer. Before that was "Don't Tell Me (What Love Can Do)", then starting us off was "The Seventh Seal", both off of the final Van Hagar album, "Balance". It was released in 95 in the midst of the grunge movement. It stands up very well today. The albums prior to "Balance" were monster hits in sales and this was the last one of them that clocked in, even despite the sea change in rock at the time. I saw them once more with the reunited DLR 5 years ago. I'm so glad to have caught both eras of this legendary band. And finally, let's go out with an EVH solo from Michael Jackson's "Beat It" off of the 1982 "Thriller" album, the best selling album of all time. Eddie reportedly did this solo on the first take and did it for free. The only thing he wanted in exchange for executing this brilliantly flawless solo was a case of beer and a dancing lesson from the King of Pop himself. Rest in Peace King Edward The Great. Thanks for listening.

DEEP DIVES & tiny curations Podcast Episodes Available Today:   http://tinycurations.com Listen NOW on Pandora:   https://www.pandora.com/search/tiny%20curations/ Hear the playlist on Spotify:   https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2ojDBFJVysu0Np3Y8aU2Jm?si=tUesivYASiu200vo1rtlvA 00 - The Show Must Go On - Pink Floyd 01 - Miracle - Jon Bon Jovi 02 - Blood Money - Jon Bon Jovi 03 - Santa Fe - Jon Bon Jovi 04 - Dyin' Ain't Much of a Livin' - Jon Bon Jovi Bon Jovi, the seminal arena rock band of the late 80's and also the first concert I ever went to for a band that I was into. My mom took me and my sister in 1987 on their breakout Slippery When Wet Tour, with Cinderella in tow. But just a few years later, at the turn of the decade in 1990, Jon Bon Jovi wrote an entire soundtrack and music inspired by "Young Guns II". Emilio Estevez, son of Martin Sheen and brother of Charlie Sheen, played William H. Bonney, "Billy the Kid" in the original Young Guns and then again in the sequel. He asked his friend Jon Bon Jovi if he could use their power ballad, "Wanted Dead or Alive" for the new movie. But instead Jon quickly penned "Blaze of Glory", the song that we all know today, it was a number 1 hit that Summer and remains a classic to this day. This week, the film and the soundtrack to "Young Guns II" turns 30 years old. I was an impressionable 15 year old boy when it came out. Let's celebrate both film and music together today. That was another single off of the soundtrack, but just less known, that was "Miracle". I participated in a little civil disobedience this past Saturday. And speaking of my recent transgression, the last time I swam in the sacred waters of Barton Springs was after I walked in the Spirit World myself, earlier in the year. All completely harmless, I promise. Nothing like you have been seeing on the news, but I may be seen in a few video clips if you look hard enough. But could you imagine the lawlessness of the old West? In Billy's time following the Civil War, in the 1880's? In New Mexico, a territory no less? Well, that's what 1988's "Young Guns" is all about. Billy and the Regulators in the Lincoln County War. The film ends with and epitaph of the demise of Billy the Kid by the hands of Pat Garrett at Old Fort Sumner in 1881, with the word "PALS" scrawled on his headstone. "Young Guns II" is the continued story, but now expanded upon by Brushy Bill Roberts. The real-life man who in 1950 appeared claiming to be the real legendary dead western outlaw William H. Bonney, Billy the Kid. He proves to be able to escape from handcuffs and has all of the scars from The Kid's gunshot wounds. As old as he is, he even travels to the state of New Mexico for a meeting with the Governor. He and his lawyer are wanting the full pardon that he had been promised by New Mexico Governor Lew Wallace in 1879, but which was subsequently withdrawn. During the meeting he has a heart attack. He returns home and dies a couple weeks later in his adopted home of Hico, Texas in Hamilton County. Where I have family to this day. And home to the old Koffee Kup Kafe. He is buried there and now has a new and improved headstone and even a statue downtown. This is "Blood Money".

DEEP DIVES & tiny curations Podcast Episodes Available Today:     http://tinycurations.com Listen NOW on Pandora:     https://www.pandora.com/search/tiny%20curations/ Hear the playlist on Spotify:   https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5PhsUzjRntmfkQ7AGLgstq?si=l6VPFD75RzWdLnCf5gW04Q 01 - Drown (Intro) - Power Trip 02 - Executioner's Tax (Swing of the Axe) Power Trip 03 - Nightmare Logic - Power Trip 04 - Waitin' Around to Die - Heartworn Highways - Townes Van Zandt 05 - Waiting Around To Die - Power Trip Power Trip from Dallas, Texas; the other Thrash band from Dallas, that starts with "P". Now, remove the groove. And all that's left is pure Thrash. There you have it, that is Power Trip. And here they are in their natural habitat, doing what they do best. Live onstage and every bit as good, if not more in studio, Drown. Riley Gale front man of Dallas Thrash band Power Trip has died at a very young age. The band made the announcement yesterday, that he had passed away the night before on August 24th, 2020. This comes as a shock to the metal community. Just a few months ago, Ice-T released one of those quarantine videos of a new Body Count song. That's off their latest album Carnivore, "Point The Finger" featuring Riley Gale. Power Trip had reportedly been in the process of recording their third album. And they had released a couple singles following their second album, the universally acclaimed "Nightmare Logic" from 2017. There are some really great songs on that album. All of what I play today is off of "Nightmare Logic." Well, let's get to it. And remember the band, and the man. Starting us off is Track 2, and undoubtedly their most well-known, this is "Executioner's Tax (Swing of the Axe)". That was "Waiting Around To Die". And before that, "Waitin' Around to Die" by the late great Townes Van Zandt of neighboring Fort Worth. I hope you like that song placement there, while those song titles do share the same name; I also play it in homage to another fellow and former  IBMer, Randy Gregory, II and his much missed show on IBM Community Radio, "The Void". He used to play some extreme metal, followed by acoustic folk songs, then more hardcore metal. I remember last Summer on vacation in the mountains of Colorado and listening to one of his episodes. In particular with TVZ songs playing in between the heavier songs. Tends to make a pretty good foil, I think. Before that was the title track, "Nightmare Logic". I was lucky enough to catch the band a couple times. And anybody that had ever heard any these bands songs would spread the gospel. And I took it upon myself to do the same. It is sad that we are honoring a tribute to Riley Gale, but our hearts go out to him and his family and friends and his band. Rest in Peace. Thanks for listening.

DEEP DIVES & tiny curations Podcast Episodes Available Today:   http://tinycurations.com Listen NOW on Pandora:   https://www.pandora.com/search/tiny%20curations/ Hear the playlist on Spotify:   https://open.spotify.com/playlist/584wICfx6WtOWTrEemEdAO?si=l4i0zP20QxmhU2k4Ipphrw 01 - Piano Man 02 - Best Won't Do 03 - Sad Sad City 04 - Chris Cornell - Sad Sad City (Ghostland Observatory cover - Acoustic live) Interview with Aaron Behrens and Thomas Ross Turner:   Hello, this is Matt Comer with tiny curations. And today we are here with Ghostland Observatory; joined by both members; with non-other than Aaron Behrens the energetic frontman with Willie braids and trademark shades. And along with Thomas Ross Turner, who plays the mad scientist in the duo. Thomas lays down sick beats and musical atmosphere and you control the stage with your vocals and presence. All of this with lot's of lasers. How are you doing today Aaron? How are you doing today Thomas? How do you feel in these strange times? Your music has been described as a combination of electro, rock and funk and electro-dance soul rock, but how would you describe the Ghostland sound? If you could put it it words, how would you describe a live Ghostland show? The live experience, energy, and vibe. I know that you've had a lot to do with the lasers and stage set up, could you tell us about that? We wanted to celebrate the band, as this is when GLO came into view for us with "delete.delete.i.eat.meat" came out driving a trashy moped in 2005. That was 15 years ago! How does that feel? Our first song today is off of the follow-up from 2006, "Paparazzi Lighting", titled "Piano Man". As we go into this song, do you have any words for your Piano Man Thomas Ross Turner? That was "Best Won't Do" from 2005's "delete.delete.i.eat.meat" album. And one more song off of "Paparazzi Lighting", this was a big hit for you guys. "Sad Sad City". How do you feel about this song then and now? And furthermore, I'm not sure the exact meaning of the song or if the city in question is Austin. But here were are with a cancelled SXSW in 2020, concerts, music, events, and everyday life. Austin is such a music oriented city, if feels as if this song means more now than ever. Because there certainly Ain't no party in a sad, sad city. And once in 2013, I was at SXSW and happened to catch a super intimate acoustic set by a deceased grunge pioneer, Chris Cornell. There he is playing all of his songs and hits from over the years from Soundgarden, AudioSlave, and he introduces a song from an Austin band and goes into his own version covering "Sad Sad City". I'm sure you have heard it right, on Youtube? What did you think about that, how did that make you feel? Very much so. Any final thoughts that you want to leave today for your fans or fans to come or how one could train a redbird? WOW, that is so cool! Thank you so much for sharing that. And I could maybe envision a falcon with you on future sets wouldn't that be amazing? Thanks for listening.

DEEP DIVES & tiny curations Podcast Episodes Available Today:   http://tinycurations.com Listen NOW on Pandora:   https://www.pandora.com/search/tiny%20curations/ Hear the playlist on Spotify:   https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4EJ29QHQWDtQhhpvh1w1gG?si=KWC2Zd-lT5WM_qoqwlPu4g 01 - Big Blue Sea 02 - Tokyo 03 - 2002 04 - The King of the World Bob Schneider has had many incarnations of bands in Austin, going back to the early 90's; Joe Rockhead, The Ugly Americans, and The Scabs. Each band grew more bold, raunchy, and popular over the years, culminating in the greatness of "The Scabs". Favorites like "Tarantula" came from this band, a song that Bob still ends most big shows with today. But it was his next venture in 1999, a revolving band of musicians that set him up on his solo career. It was 20 years ago, that he formed Lonelyland, as well as his ongoing every Monday night at 8:30 residency at the Saxon Pub. Back in the day, which was a Monday, that was the place to be, a crowded legendary pub full of locals and glimpses of then girlfriend, Sandra Bullock, with her bottom perched up on the bar. Actually, as far as I'm concerned, it is still the place to be on Monday nights. This is the place where you should take a date; and where you should take out of towners on an otherwise boring Monday evening. It is fun and entertaining. Bob's take on songwriting is write as much as you can, and that there will be a lot of bad songs, but occasionally there may be some good ones, too. It is this intimate Monday night setting where he will showcase what he has recently been working on. So each show is new and different... Well, other than how each night will end, that will always be the same. He will ask for an audience suggestion of a song, in which he will then take that song's lyrics and melodies and merge it into his "It's Time to Go" song. Something like this... Back when he started that Lonelyland residency, he warmed up, by releasing one album that year on his on Shock-a-rama label. But it was the following year in 2000, when he self-released another album; and album that would stay at the top of the Waterloo Records album charts for years to come, eponymously titled "Lonelyland". This album was so popular locally, that it gained national attention and was then distributed by Universal Records, gaining it an even wider audience. There is so much good material here from Bob's career, that I will feature a full "Deep Dives w/ Matt Comer" episode in the future. But today, I want to celebrate the creation of Lonelyland 20 years ago, and spotlight that album. Here are some of my favorite songs from a solid album full of good songs. Oh by the way, I think Bob is deathly afraid of water, oceans, and drowning, as you may hear in recurring themes in much of his music, enjoy! That was 2002. Before that was my favorite track on the album, Tokyo. And starting us off was Big Blue Sea, you may have heard it on a rom-com soundtrack from that period. Bob can still be found each Monday night at the Saxon Pub in South Austin or elsewhere around town during the week. Thanks for listening.

DEEP DIVES & tiny curations Podcast Episodes Available Today:   http://tinycurations.com Listen NOW on Pandora:   https://www.pandora.com/search/tiny%20curations/ Hear the playlist on Spotify:   https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4yUFxIC8zyUxy1OhhItu2s?si=XHXjcUOuTUS3Iv-ZvGXvBw 01 - Satisfied - Ian Moore 02 - Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd 03 - Have You Ever Seen the Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival 04 - Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) [2016 Remastered] - Phil Collins 05 - Stay (I Missed You) - Lisa Loeb 06 - Wildflowers - Tom Petty 07 - Always - Bon Jovi 08 - If It Makes You Happy - Sheryl Crow 09 - Yellow Ledbetter - Pearl Jam 10 - Cap'n Kirk - Bob Schneider 11 - Sideways - Citizen Cope 12 - I'm Yours - Jason Mraz 13 - Heavenly Day - Patty Griffin Five years ago today, a good friend passed away unexpectedly. I hadn't seen her in several months. She had a condition that was deteriorating her ability to make new memories. The last time I saw her, she told me that "someday I would understand and it would all make sense". How could a beautiful young strong and determined woman with an enduring professional career and mother to a college bound athlete Senior in High School. Emotions ran high. And there was a hurt feelings, feelings as if people didn't do enough, and between friends and other friends and family over her support over the past few years, or rather lack thereof. One of her close friends took care of the arrangements. And my wife and I held a Memorial of Life a couple weeks afterwards in our backyard. It was a touching outdoor service and many of her friends and family spoke. Myself included, please see the show notes for the words that I spoke in honor of my friend and for additional details about her life. Such close friends, in fact, that my would be wife and her became really close friends. She even was my wife's closest help during our wedding. And my wife and I attended her second wedding ceremony several years after our own. She leaves a strong young son behind, whom just graduated college a few months ago. He is a real good young man with a bright future and would make his loving mother so proud. She had been a single mother who gave so much of her life for him. Many songs were played today in remembrance of my friend. These songs are special to me and mean a lot. I hope you enjoyed them as much as we did. And there were many other songs that we just didn't have time to play here. Please see the show notes for a playlist containing this additional music. Thanks for listening. Rest in Peace Amy Workman. More on her life:   Amy Diane Workman March 10, 1977 - March 05, 2015 http://www.matthewcomer.com/amy-diane-workman-memorial Amy Diane Workman Memorial Slideshow:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXwVrGSnGnk Extended Version:   Listen on Spotify:   https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5ZxX9KqO8cNoSrUG0u1yxD?si=2bHWyJLVTTOVPPPp78n7ag

DEEP DIVES & tiny curations Podcast Episodes Available Today:   http://tinycurations.com Listen NOW on Pandora:   https://www.pandora.com/search/tiny%20curations/ Hear the playlist on Spotify:   https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1RDchlwV9OolmbdOUAw6d1?si=Uc1amHPLT_uK-uSde7zLHg 01 - Bless the Broken Road - Rascal Flatts 02 - The Bluest Eyes In Texas - Restless Heart 03 - Songs About Texas - Pat Green 04 - What I Like About Texas - Gary P Nunn 05 - Acuña - Wade Bowen 06 - Dublin Blues - Guy Clark 07 - Texas On My Mind - Pat Green 08 - Always on My Mind - Willie Nelson 09 - Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys - Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings 10 - The Dance - Garth Brooks 11 - Remember When [#] - Alan Jackson 12 - Cry (Original) - Colt Buckelew & The Crossroads 13 - So Long 6th St - 1172018 - Paste Studios - New York - NY - Wade Bowen 14 - Live Forever - Billy Joe Shaver One year ago today, my best friend passed away unexpectedly. I had just seen him and his wife the night before for a surprise dinner. The following night, his wife called and told me of his sudden passing. We were all devastated. His funeral took place the following Saturday. It was a touching service and many of his friends and family spoke. Myself included, please see the show notes for the words that I spoke in honor of my friend and for additional details about his life. As I knew my friend so well and for such a long time and since I am a lover of music, I was asked to put together music for the funeral and reception. Having done this before for other friends and family, it was an honor to this on behalf of my friend. As my friend and I were both in our early 40's, and both grew up in the Texas hill country and on the Highland Lakes on the Colorado River; and liking the same kind of music, country music. Ranging from Country and Western to 90's Country, and any of the good stuff that Nashville put out, but mostly it was Texas Country. These songs could suffice for my own someday or for others folks of the same liking. Today, I would like to play a distilled playlist from that day in honor of my friend, this is Funeral for a Friend. Many songs were played today in remembrance of my friend. These songs are special to me and mean a lot. I hope you enjoyed them as much as we did. And there were many other songs that we just didn't have time to play here. Please see the show notes for a playlist containing this additional music. Thanks for listening. Rest in Peace Phillip Lee Houlton, Jr. More on his life:  Phillip Lee Houlton August 28, 1973 - January 20, 2019 https://www.harrellfuneralhomes.com/obituary/314419/Phillip-Houlton/ My Words for My Friend:   http://www.matthewcomer.com/phillip-lee-houlton-jr-memorial Phillip Lee Houlton, Jr. Memorial Slideshow:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGd-SUBOLkA Extended Version:   Listen to on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7wWHvqvvFzXeZqVyogU6j5?si=YKqJL4NYRO-mKLF-4FhTmQ

DEEP DIVES & tiny curations Podcast Episodes Available Today:   http://tinycurations.com Listen NOW on Pandora:   https://www.pandora.com/search/tiny%20curations/ Hear the playlist on Spotify:   https://open.spotify.com/playlist/141G1yMiPtIslleIMcV4Nl?si=KQfIpmX1Tti_ilSwUnXong 01 - Shedding Skin 02 - Hollow 03 - Cemetery Gates Pantera, these Cowboys from Hell have been credited with saving metal! At a time, when metal was on the decline, these guys brought in your face riffs packed with heavy Texas groove! The Dallas boys, Diamond Darrell, or rather Dimebag Darrell who he affectionately became to be known, was a master shredder and his brother Vinnie Paul on pounding drums; along with Rex on a thumping bass and Phil Anselmo on some screaming (ass) vocals made up this band. They had many albums. some in the glam rock vein, full of KISS and Van Halen love. But it wasn't until the release of Cowboys from Hell in 1990, that they broke down the metal walls. They were able to cement their legacy with a few more great albums, before they went on hiatus and broke up in 2003, way too soon. Phil and his drugs, were pinned as the bad guy in the breakup. But he went on to front many other bands. On a side note: Phil along with his biographer Cory Mitchell, hosted the Housecore Horror Film Festival in Austin, Texas in 2014 and 2015, in which I was lucky to have been a part of. It was a fantastic blend of horror movies and metal! However, the event died along with Cory Mitchell when he had a heart attack loading out and died in the parking lot the morning after Danzig closed down the festival. But today we are honoring Dimebag as today is the 15 anniversary of his passing. Tragically, in 2004 in front of crowd in Columbus Ohio, Dimebag was shot point blank just after taking the stage in with his new band, Damageplan, that he had formed with his brother on drums. The gunman, the coward, was said to be distraught over the breakup of Pantera when got on stage and killed 3 people, before he too was gunned down by a fast acting police officer. His brother Vinnie Paul, carried on with the band, but he too passed away too soon, just last year. To start us off, is Shedding Skin off of Far Beyond Driven, which celebrated it's 25th Anniversary this year:   That was Cemetery Gates off of CfH and before that was Hollow, the song that closed 1992's Vulgar Display of Power album. I was at the GNR reunion tour in Dallas a few years ago. The next day, friends and I make the pilgrimage to Dimebag's grave. Upon arriving at the cemetery gates and not knowing where to go next, we asked a landscaper, he immediately knew who we were looking for and replied "Dimebag aqui, Dimebag aqui", pointing to his gravestone. Gathered around the grave were many concert goers from the night before and many joints layed as an offering on his headstone. 6 feet deep lies the man, in a gifted KISS Kasket and with Eddie Van Halen's personal yellow-and-black-striped Charvel electric guitar from Van Halen II, Bumblebee. fitting, since Dimebag's last words on Earth were, "Van Halen!" moments before he was gun down. Somebody near us said that they ran into Vinnie Paul at the concert last night and shows us proof, a photo together on their cell phone. Pantera and the legend of these 2 men captivated us all. Here is Dime's solo from the song Floods" off of 1996's, The Great Southern Trendkill. Rest in Peace Abbott brothers!

DEEP DIVES & tiny curations Podcast Episodes Available Today:  http://tinycurations.com Listen NOW on Pandora:  https://www.pandora.com/search/tiny%20curations/ Hear the playlist on Spotify:   https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3tCyybTriC0KV1dQ9QIRC9?si=ApVuqzJUSMOePUNr8iPfxg 01 - Who Were You Thinkin' Of 02 - (Hey Baby) Que Paso 03 - Guacamole 04 - Adios Mexico 05 - Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone 06 - Una Mas Cerveza Interview with Shawn Sahm: Welcome to tiny curations, this is the 20th episode(s). This is also the 20th year of the passing of Sir Doug Sahm on November 18, 1999. Today we will be playing some of his music to celebrate. And some from his time with the Tex-Mex supergroup, the Texas Tornados. This is also a very special episode because, we are lucky enough to be joined by Sir Doug's oldest son, Shawn Sahm. Welcome. And you are also bearing the torch and celebrating the legacy of your father in your own way, by now fronting the Texas Tornados. You were born into this, you were destined to have a career in music, you are on the "Cover of a Rolling Stone" with your father at a very early age. Can you tell us a little about that? I'm sure that you have said it all before. But on this anniversary of your fathers passing, is there anything that you want to say about him and his legacy now?

DEEP DIVES & tiny curations Podcast Episodes Available Today:  http://tinycurations.com Listen NOW on Pandora:  https://www.pandora.com/search/tiny%20curations/ Hear the playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2ggVRVlfuPAyGqcilKS0C7?si=A9QVW1lZQxyKyILxqKBmoQ 01 - She's About a Mover 02 - Nuevo Laredo 03 - Mendocino 04 - Give Back The Key To My Heart - Uncle Tupelo 05 - Texas Tornado Welcome to tiny curations, this is the 20th episode(s). This is also the 20th year of the passing of Sir Doug Sahm on November 18, 1999. Today we will be playing some of his music to celebrate. And some from his time with the Tex-Mex supergroup, the Texas Tornados. This is also a very special episode because, we are lucky enough to be joined by Sir Doug's oldest son, Shawn Sahm. Welcome.  And you are also bearing the torch and celebrating the legacy of your father in your own way, by now fronting the Texas Tornados. Interview with Shawn Sahm:   You were born into this, you were destined to have a career in music, you are on the "Cover of a Rolling Stone" with your father at a very early age.  Can you tell us a little about that?  I'm sure that you have said it all before. But on this anniversary of your fathers passing, is there anything that you want to say about him and his legacy now?

DEEP DIVES & tiny curations Podcast Episodes Available Today:  http://tinycurations.com Listen NOW on Pandora:  https://www.pandora.com/search/tiny%20curations/ Hear the playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5F0dreK6bUBlBvX527TEvJ?si=oqAWSV6AR5-NtpiCQRPEQg 01 - Knuckle Duster (Radio 1-A) - White Zombie 02 - Remember To Breathe 03 - Sing Along 04 - Make Art Not Friends 05 - All Said And Done 06 - Mercury In Retrograde 07 - Knuckle Duster (Radio 2-B) - White Zombie 08 - Last Light Radio 11-57 PM - Shooter Jennings and Hierophant - (Stephen King) Don't call Sturgill Simpson an outlaw, like his friend Shooter Jennings, he's a Gunslinger. He has that great song "Turtles All the Way Down", all about psilocybin, DMT, and reptile aliens from "Metamodern Sounds in Country Music". Then he released an great cover of Nirvana's "In Bloom", from "A Sailor's Guide to Earth". These are not bro-country moves. I watched it. Now, I was fresh off of Fantastic Fest, so I was used to seeing some great visuals. Then the night before I had seen Roger Waters new "Us + Them" convert film. If anybody ever wondered what Pink Floyd would look like in 2020, this is it! A bit on the political side, but that is Roger Waters. But more great visuals, of course! It's Friday night, I catch Guns 'N Roses on their Not In This Lifetime Tour, with a reunion lineup for the last several years, the 17th annual Austin City Limits (ACL) music festival held in Zilker Park which is held on two consecutive three-day weekends. Sympathy for the devil that we speak of... Simpson was chosen as the opening act for several shows during GnR's "Not in this Lifetime" tour in the summer of 2017. But I get home and watch "Sound & Fury" and was completely blown away! Not what you would typically expect from a country artist. It is like a Pink Floyd movie, but with a Samurai. This was something extraordinary! Here is Make Art Not Friends, my favorite song on the album. I read some reviews about the album, many of them are not favorable. Many of them point to the comparisons with ZZ Top's "Eliminator" album. Sure. But this song here, it's like The Cars , Ric Ocasek recently deceased. It's like a marriage of "Just what I Needed" and let the "Good Times Roll". And if you do like this, check out Shooter Jenning's Hierophant "Black Ribbons" album from 2009. A dystopian rock opera concept companion to "Sound & Fury". It too surfs the radio dial and genre. This has now quickly and easily become my favorite album of the year. "The most important country record since Red Headed Stranger." - Matt Comer And just announced today, an arena tour for Sturgill Simpson! He's coming to the Erwin Center on March 28, 2020. Along with fellow Kentucky singer/songwriter Tyler Childers, whom Sturgill produced his last 2 albums. Tyler is great, too! I caught him this Summer at Robert Earl Keen's 4th on the River in Kerrville. He really brings out the rowdy crowd! And I, along with my friends, may have somehow been mistaken for him and his band afterwards at a hotel pool... Are you sure Hank done it this way? I don't know, but Hank lead his own way. And so did Waylon and so many others. The ones that we still talk about to this day. And Sturgill he is on his own path, too. And him doing an arena rock show, WOW! I mean seriously, I've seen the setlist...

DEEP DIVES & tiny curations Podcast Episodes Available Today:  http://tinycurations.com Listen NOW on Pandora:  https://www.pandora.com/search/tiny%20curations/ Hear the playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/31Ep9f9u9aLccoIMPDNgtV?si=ry1UxZ_XTim1eIhWUNaLdg 01 - Good So Bad 02 - Little Wing - Tessmer At The Track 11.3.17 03 - See You Tonight Eric Tessmer, voted the Austin Chronicle best guitarist in 2018. Named Eric James, by his guitar playing father, in honor of two greats; Eric for Clapton and James for Jimi James Hendrix or born James Marshall Hendrix! Eric moved to Austin when he turned 19, almost 20 years ago. And he plays a vintage 1959 Fender Strat that shows it's age. I first saw him play a SXSW kick off party and then more regularly each year at the Arlyn Studios SXSW Homecoming Party. He recently opened for Slash at Stubb's, when Slash came through town with Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators. Back in June, he played a Waterloo in-store appearance for his new album "Good So Bad". Here is that title cut off of the new album: Good So Bad... I've seen him do some blistering numbers of Jimi Hendrix songs, here is one he did live, "Little Wing" a la the style of Stevie Ray Vaughan. That was "See You Tonight". And if you want to see him tonight, he will be playing at the Nutty Brown Amphitheater near my house in Cedar Valley, along with Monte Montgomery. So get out there and support live local music. Thanks for listening.