Tom Russell: Savage Rants from the Minstrel Trail - Part 3
Tom Russell writes:
So we're in Pittsburgh now, a week out, at that point when you have to find a Laundromat or buy a dozen new black tee shirts.
The answer to the food situation seems to be buying a ton of organic strawberries and bananas - living on smoothies.
This is a country of the same recurring fast food joints and endless highways filled with
mindless people chatting on cell phones as their suburban sports vehicles weave in and out of the 90 mile per hour madness.
And no one is pulling over for three minutes to hear a song because, well, they ain't being
written these days.
Twelve years ago I toured with a group called The Monsters of Folk with Ramblin Jack Elliott and Dave Alvin. Now they got some new version of The Monsters of Folk out there....I'm sure they're nice people but where are the songs? Where is the danger? The character and attitude has no foundation in art....but me, I'm just on the road, heading for another joint....as Dylan, The Bard, would say.
Looking forward to the cheese platter and the tea and the sold out houses, weaving through the Blood and the Candle Smoke.
Tom Russell, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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