Good News! Ethel Rackin’s first book of poems is to be published in Parlor Press’ Free Verse Editions series. Publication is scheduled to take place the Fall of 2012. Be sure to stay tuned to her blog for details and her upcoming readings.
New song written and performed by our very talented Shannon McGill. Guitar by Joe Vasile.
I finally found and edited the footage/audio of Gordon’s performance we held last fall at the Black Sheep Pub. Here’s the uploaded video – enjoy!
GORDON VINCENT
The Black Sheep Collective is proud to present the very talented singer-songwriter, Gordon Vincent, at The Black Sheep Pub this Sunday. Gordon will perform music from his latest release, Mechanical Breakdown as well as other original songs and re-interpreted covers. You’ll be glad you came out!
“(He’s) got the soul of Charlie Parker and the rebel of Bob Dylan. What a great combination. This guy is breaking new ground, and hitting close to home too.” – CDBaby Review
More info & free downloads at http://www.gordonvincent.com/
3pm Sunday October 30
Upstairs at The Black Sheep Pub
247 S. 17th Street (17th & Latimer, between Spruce and Locust) Philadelphia, PA
Free of charge but donations are encouraged!
**We’ll also be celebrating our Scorpio birthdays with Barb, Kim, hassen, (possibly) Amelia & whomever else may be a fellow arachnid…
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“This Train” is an old folk song recorded by Sister Rosetta Tharpe in 1939. I couldn’t tell you how I learned this song, I know I must have heard it on some old-timey radio show years ago and it just stuck with me. I can tell you that for years I sang it alone in my car over and over. Somewhere along the way it morphed into a version that’s pretty far removed from Sister Rosetta’s version, for better or for worse.
Several months ago a band called The Black River Kings asked me to come and sing a few songs with them. Since they have sort of an antique-y country sound, this is one of the songs I suggested
Here is a live recording of our version of the song, not perfect, admittedly, but you can hear a real honest-to-God exuberance here that I’m proud of.
Here, incidentally, is the other cover I chose: “Clap Hands”, a Tom Waits song from 1985. This was another song I sang compulsively in my car for years.
–Shannon
