My new favorite blues from Austin Tx

[stingray_65]

I just heard this tune on WEMU public radio, I tuned in just in time to hear the lyrics "We hit it off like a metaphor"

I've just spent the last 35 mins tracking it down.

Hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

The guitar work is raw and from the Soul, the lyrics are SO clever, and its a song all about a Gold Top Les Paul and life.

Ray Wylie Hubbard "Mother Blue's"

Ray

[John]

Great stuff, I like it!

I recently started (attempted to learn) fingerpicking. Just now getting it under my fingers with a long ways to go. But the acoustic begs for fingerpickin' IMHO, and that guy does a real subtle job of it. Nice!

[HotBluePlates]

You can tell that guy's been writing songs a long time. It takes a special skill to weave a story together like that.

When I lived in Nashville, I got to know a few songwriters who were on staff at several music publishers. All had a number of songs that big country artists recorded and turned into big hits. In general, those guys had a regular work schedule to go in and write, regardless of whether they had any ideas to work on or not. The idea was you worked on the technique of writing, and exploring various approaches, so that when the inspiration does hit, the song just flows out with little conscious effort.

But it was also surprising to me that at least one of those guys, with several #1 hits making him six figures quarterly (while it was still a hit), also had a full-time job as a master plumber to pay the bills day-to-day...

[jeff967]

the son sounds good too!
Ray Wylie Hubbard "Wanna Rock and Roll"