Friday, October 17, 2025

"Any Way She Done It"

 More than 90 years ago, this was one of the last tunes recorded by our great hokum heroes Georgia Tom and Tampa Red. But while Tom and Red decided to go their separate ways in 1932, their songs just roll on and on. Here’s one of our favorites.


Friday, October 10, 2025

"Drive In"

 We have a new old saying around here: When it doubt, let Danny do it!  Danny Cox has an abiding love for the works of Jerry Reed and Chet Atkins and his take on “Drive In” from a recent rehearsal beautifully displays those intersecting energies.

Friday, October 3, 2025

"Shawneetown"

 The sing-along — “if you know it, sing it!” as we say around here — is fundamental to folk music. As the folk music guiding spirit, Pete Seeger, once said, “I rather put songs on people’s lips than in their ears.” And for us, there’s no better sing-along than this tune, which the newest Floodster Jack Nuckols brought us about a year ago.