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We believe in the yeti, the sasquatch, and the bourbon genre. The latter is a curious cocktail of hillbilly, blues and jazz, mixed in a shaker with bitters and ice…

Getting the Death List Started

Posted on February 4, 2012 by chinaski

Here I’m adding song number one to the death list, Paul McCartney’s Mull of Kintyre, which has little to do with bourbon, less with death, and even less with anything I know personally in terms of actual experience (i.e. the … Continue reading →

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For Matt

Posted on February 2, 2012 by chinaski

We drove back from Saskatoon today – 18 hours of driving across Western Canada – the end run of our trip to my nephew’s funeral. Matt was 24 and died in a car accident, rolling his truck on the return … Continue reading →

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Death List

Posted on January 17, 2012 by chinaski

I’m starting a new play list on the bourbonhours site which I’m calling my “Death List”. It’s a list of ten songs that I would play at my own funeral, should I have the privilege. Why ten? Ten is a … Continue reading →

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Wall of Hillbilly Sound Takes Me South

Posted on July 30, 2011 by chinaski

Adding to the bourbon playlist. This song is simply spectacular: Northfield, by the Alabama Sacred Harp Singing Convention which we have in our collection thanks to the Appalachians disc that we picked up some years ago. It was the soundtrack … Continue reading →

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Bourbonhours Plays Blackjack With Townes

Posted on April 5, 2011 by chinaski

I’m adding Townes Van Zandt’s “Black Jack Mama” from In the Beginning to the Bourbonhours playlist. This is a genius riff on Bob Dylan’s genius riff “From a Buick 6″ off of Highway 61 Revisited and it is truly wicked … Continue reading →

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Jesus

Posted on March 22, 2011 by chinaski

We’re adding Glen Campbell’s Jesus to the Bourbon Hours Gospel Hour playlist. This is just king-hell greatness manifesting itself as just another trailer-park hallelujah. It’s merely another incredible song on what I consider to be one of the best albums … Continue reading →

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Eve Stole The Apple, Earns Bourbon Hours Fame

Posted on March 20, 2011 by chinaski

Avid bourbonhours readers, if they existed, would be applauding the fact that the once moribund Bourbonhours Gospel Hour is now receiving a little attention. Case in point: tonight we’re adding Abigail Washburn’s Eve Stole the Apple from Songs of the … Continue reading →

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Adding Minutes to the Bourbonhours Gospel Hour

Posted on March 19, 2011 by chinaski

Listening to Bill Frisell’s Nashville at the moment – loving it -and inspired to add May Jesus Wash the Bloodstains From Your Hands to the Bourbonhours Gospel Hour playlist. First, the list has been lacking, and it’s only laziness on … Continue reading →

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Dr. John The Night Tripper

Posted on March 14, 2011 by chinaski

Nola.com has an absolutely fabulous article on the life and times of one Max Rebennack, aka Dr. John. The man is destined for a Rock and Roll Music Hall of Fame induction this year, one of only a few New … Continue reading →

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Two Shots For the Bourbon Playlist

Posted on March 14, 2011 by chinaski

It’s been awhile since we updated the Bourbon playlist, and it’s not for lack of inspiration, but more of perspiration. Tonight we do a small rectification of this situation by adding a couple of tunes to the growing bourbon playlist. … Continue reading →

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