Tag Archives: Americana

Muscle Shoals -2613 Jackson Highway, Sheffield, AL, USA

Independent Lens, NPT, showed a film tonight that knocked me off my feet.  It is about Rick Hall, FAME, and the Swampers foundation of the Muscle Shoals Sound Studios.  -EXCELLENT FILM- I’ll soon be 3 score and never knew of … Continue reading

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World Slavery ….END IT !!

Let’s be the generation to stand up for the 27 million men, women and children trapped in slavery around the world today. In brothels. In factories. In mines. On street corners. In homes. In the shadows, hidden. Yet out in … Continue reading

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Outside, looking in.

I sometimes wonder just what the rest of the world truly thinks of an everyday American citizen.  I am sure that they think of stupidity [not to be confused with ignorant], apathy, arrogance, narcissism…..but I guarantee that they also think … Continue reading

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Earl Scruggs 1924-2012 True Americana

Earl Eugene Scruggs (January 6, 1924 – March 28, 2012)[1] was an American musician noted for perfecting and popularizing a three-finger banjo-picking style (now called “Scruggs style“) that is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music. Although other musicians had played … Continue reading

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True Americans -resourceful

…this is a repost of mine from October 2011.  Seems pretty fitting now to repeat it. Enjoy!  -PlanetPrisoner Country Codger..as always-you tell it like it is……or as it looks pretty well to be, my friend. Your article is precisely on … Continue reading

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