Flavin, Morris, and Nauman installation at the HBF, Berlin.
Leon Payne,Hank Williams and Jerry Irby
via Long Tall
John, The Wolfking of L.A.
(via Another great one leaves us…. - Americana and roots music - No Depression)
“Show ‘em the left foot that made Merle Haggard a star, Moon. Show ‘em the one you used on Buck. Show ‘em the one ya used on Bonnie. The most imitated steel guitar player and the best one, by far…that’s the great Ralph Mooney everybody.”
When Waylon Jennings spoke those words in September 1974, Ralph Mooney was already a legend. He had already played in acclaimed Western swing bands and influenced the design of Fender’s pedal steels with his homemade setup. He had written “Crazy Arms,” a song that became a classic in two genres in the hands of Ray Price and Jerry Lee Lewis. He had helped develop the Bakersfield sound while backing up Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, and the underrated Wynn Stewart.
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Earlier this week, the country music world mourned the passing of the great Ferlin Husky and, unfortunately, tonight Ralph Mooney joined him. According to what I’m hearing he had been ill for about a year and passed away at his home this evening.
(via countryandwestern)
RIP Suze Rotolo
“The air was suddenly filled with banana leaves. We started talking and my head started to spin. Cupid’s arrow had whistled past my ears before, but this time it hit me in the heart and the weight of it dragged me overboard.”
—Dylan on his first encounter with the young Rotolo, from his 2004 memoirs Chronicles, Volume One.
