May 12, 2004

Jack White to Produce More Loretta Lynn Albums

Posted by Larry Karnowski at May 12, 2004 4:20 PM

This article tells us that Loretta Lynn has material for two more albums that she wants Jack White to produce. I love the article's Jack White quote:

As they grow older, [music fans] realize that all music dates back to the blues, and all music, whether it's punk or New Wave or rock and roll or whatever it is, it's all leading back to the blues. And country is just another aspect of that. It's just another Southern take on that folk style, just as important and just as valid.

That's pretty much what this blog is all about! How the musical roots all grow back together. I'm not quite at the Blues stage, but I'm very quickly getting there. Playing Summertime with the gang at Merlefest saw to that.

I just gotta say -- I'm a huge Jack White fan! I become more and more of a fan all the time. And of course I've always loved the Coal Miner's Daughter! I hope Jack grows as a producer and produces lots of other people as well as writing his own music. And I hope we get a lot more Loretta music. She seems to still be in great health for being seventy.

This goes to show you -- Germans love David Hasselhoff. No wait, that's not it. It goes to show you something that I've thought a lot but never really said -- Real musicians collaborate. A real musician will play other people's songs, they'll give songs away, they'll work on albums together, they'll play together. Only "product" acts don't, like, um, oh, Britney, et al. (And no, french-kissing Madonna isn't collaborating... that's just fashion -- an "industry of cool" like from Almost Famous... okay, now I'm babbling)

(btw thanks to James for the link!)

Comments

Welp, I can't help but scratch my head a wee little bit at the comment that all music comes from the blues--surely he must mean all "Americana" music, and even then I have my doubts. Appalachian music has its roots overseas, for example, and let's face it, blues is essentially a "one-chord-progression" medium, however much soul it might have, right?

I may not understand what he means, but I'm pretty sure I disagree. ;)

--Cindy

Posted by: Cindy at May 13, 2004 10:01 AM

yeah, but Germans DO love David Hasselhoff! ;O)

Posted by: suzy at May 13, 2004 7:21 PM

Cool site brother, but I can't seem to find any OCMS anywhere. Don't suppose you got it ripped, do you?

Posted by: wandering at May 14, 2004 1:40 AM

Cindy, I've got no clue what you mean by a "one-chord progression medium". Three-chord maybe? And if so, there've been some damn fine three-chord songs... ;-)

Suzy -- Absolutely! :-D

And, Wandering, welcome to the site! However, I don't give away music to strangers, sorry. Here's some good places to get the CD though, and it's absolutely worth every penny to support these guys!

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00019JQHI
http://www.crowmedicine.com/ (click merch)
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=5253618 (iTunes Music Store, they've got the whole album up there)

Posted by: larry at May 14, 2004 10:14 AM

(..and a lot of Austrians do, too.. i'll admit it.. he's our very own Knight Rider ;O))

Posted by: suzy at May 14, 2004 11:18 AM

But then I'd have to pay.../end whining. No music is that good, brother ;)

Posted by: wandering at May 14, 2004 12:00 PM

I mean that classic blues have only one chord progression--one *progression*, not one chord. In other words, a defined set of chords that they use and rarely deviate from. And yes, plenty of songs are swell with only three chords, but that doesn't mean that all of those came out of the blues. Some of them have very different progressions and styles from the blues, and again, whole reams of Appalachian music have their roots in English and Irish and Scottish folk songs, not the American blues, which as far as I know don't come from that earlier overseas tradition. But anyway. :)

Posted by: Cindy at May 14, 2004 12:16 PM

Hey Larry, I found your site (and your brothers) by way of Saras. Wanted to drop both of you a line and say hello. Send me an email sometime and let me know how things are going.

Justin

Posted by: Justin Bollinger at May 15, 2004 2:02 PM