This week’s #tincanland playlist: Bands of sisters

Sept 22, 2019

Standin’ on their own two feet

And ringin’ on their own bells

Sisters are doin’ it for themselves

– Aretha

Where they’re from:

Australia: P.S. Eliot, Waifs, Maes, Germein Sisters, CLEWS, Stonefield

Canada: McGarrigles, Soeurs Boulay,

UK: Unthanks, Staves, Langley Sisters

USA: McCrary Sisters, Sister Sledge, Secret Sisters, Watson Twins, Pointer Sisters, Breeders, Dixie Chicks, Heart, Fabulous Ginn Sisters, Roches, Walela

This week’s #tincanland playlist: food

Sept 15, 2019

Let’s see who’s got the chops

This week’s #tincanland playlist: migrants

Sept 8, 2019

Looking over yonder wall

This week’s #tincanland playlist: work

Sept 1, 2019

It’s OK, I won’t quit my day job. Wait, this is my (labour) day job.

This week’s #tincanland playlist: Hair

August 25, 2019

I tuck mine up under my hat. OK, tucked

This week’s #tincanland playlist: Gene Clark songs

August 18, 2019

Poor Gene made a habit of being in the right place at the wrong time; burning through bands and record labels faster than a tech startup bleeds money. At his best he was Gram Parsons, Dylan, Phil Ochs and John Hartford rolled up into one and at his worst, a sad drunk.

I could never find a chance to choose 

Between a way to win or a thing to lose 

                 – from Set You Free with The Byrds

♥ Most of these songs are available on studio albums. I chose a non-album version when it suited the song better.

♥ As you listen, note that Gene is/was one of the only folk/country songwriters to value bass players. This doesn’t get talked about enough.

♠ Byrds bandmate Roger McGuinn groused that Gene never read anything yet could be so poetic. Maybe that’s why he so often resorted to weather reports in his songs.

This week’s #tincanland playlist: flying

August 11, 2019

As your pilot I would like to raise a glass or 7 and toast this flight tonight.