Archive of entries posted by jboor
Yet Another Old-Bar-Photo Poster (for August Dates)
The Vocally Trained Coyotes
I’ll be leaving Colorado soon. Before that happens I wanted to get together with some friends of mine who have been fun to play with. They are mostly singers. During an afternoon-long unrehearsed recording session and fish fry, we set down six songs: three of mine, two of Mearlan’s, and one of Mallory Ferraro’s. Mallory …
Farewell, Colorado, for Now
I am taking a sort of poor man’s sabbatical in the coming Academic year, and will not be consistently located in the state of Colorado. Over the summer I’ll be back and forth across the US a couple of times, maybe even appearing near you. Colorado has been great for the past five years. Perhaps …
Down From Ohio
John Elwood Cook, 1946-2019
On this Wednesday, March 20, 2019, the soul of one John Elwood Cook crossed the St. Lawrence River to rest, I hope, on some sun-mantled island, surrounded by fat muskellunge and bass, not a single rock bass, priceless acoustic guitars, and beer. John was a family friend and (to fail to avoid the cliche) a …
Cogstone Show Soon
The Beautiful Waitress
A song by Terry Allen, interpreted by J. Boor: www.jboor.net/snd/waitress.mp3 More folks should listen to Terry Allen. He’s great. Lubbock: on Everything, whence this song, is my favorite of his records. His songwriting and performance are both sui generis. This is a Latin phrase which, I suspect, Allen would understand, but then interpret as “soo-ee …