Listen Great Country Narrations and Truck Driving Songs
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Great tune....love that pedal steel. And those suits lol.I guess this one is neither narration nor truck driving song.
Sorry about that
View: https://youtu.be/6gZRE-cFhxY
Those old school country live performances were so tight. Talented mofos.
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@Megaterio Llamas, I was curious if you've ever heard of this guy. Off topic with the thread, but interesting nonetheless.
Abner Jay was an old school black man in the south that toured all over the south performing as a one man band. When I first learned about him, this caught my attention (from wiki):
"He spent many years traveling the American South and playing concerts from his "converted mobile home that opened up into a portable stage, complete with amplification and home furnishings".[2]These concerts, as evidenced in his recordings, were often equal parts spoken word (jokes, philosophical asides, rants) and music."
Interesting dude to read about:
Abner Jay - Wikipedia
This is one of my favorites, and probably one his most well known. The song is kind of dark if you listen to the story the lyrics tell. Hope you enjoy.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvvbJnVLX40&list=RDpvvbJnVLX40&t=49
Edit: Not sure why that video is showing up time stamped, at least it is on my end. You may need to scroll back to catch the beginning.
@Megaterio Llamas, I was curious if you've ever heard of this guy. Off topic with the thread, but interesting nonetheless.Abner Jay was an old school black man in the south that toured all over the south performing as a one man band. When I first learned about him, this caught my attention (from wiki):
"He spent many years traveling the American South and playing concerts from his "converted mobile home that opened up into a portable stage, complete with amplification and home furnishings".[2]These concerts, as evidenced in his recordings, were often equal parts spoken word (jokes, philosophical asides, rants) and music."
Interesting dude to read about:
Abner Jay - Wikipedia
This is one of my favorites, and probably one his most well known. The song is kind of dark if you listen to the story the lyrics tell. Hope you enjoy.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvvbJnVLX40&list=RDpvvbJnVLX40&t=49
Edit: Not sure why that video is showing up time stamped, at least it is on my end. You may need to scroll back to catch the beginning.
Hey
Abner Jay was an old school black man in the south that toured all over the south performing as a one man band. When I first learned about him, this caught my attention (from wiki):
"He spent many years traveling the American South and playing concerts from his "converted mobile home that opened up into a portable stage, complete with amplification and home furnishings".[2]These concerts, as evidenced in his recordings, were often equal parts spoken word (jokes, philosophical asides, rants) and music."
Interesting dude to read about:
Abner Jay - Wikipedia
This is one of my favorites, and probably one his most well known. The song is kind of dark if you listen to the story the lyrics tell. Hope you enjoy.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvvbJnVLX40&list=RDpvvbJnVLX40&t=49
Edit: Not sure why that video is showing up time stamped, at least it is on my end. You may need to scroll back to catch the beginning.
@GratefulGiarc what a strange, and yeah amazing story there. I had never heard of him before. Thanks.
great thread
No problem man, I felt it was worth sharing. And based on music you've posted, I figured you may be the one to get a kick out of it. Literally no one I've shown this to has heard of him. I don't think he was well known at all, except in the local circuits he would travel and play.
I found out about him from my business partner. He went to college in Mississippi, and caught an Abner show where he was playing out of his trailer (he rigged it so the walls would open up). This was probably in 91 or 92, not long before he died. He would sell cassettes at his shows and they were just those cheap tapes you could by packages of with handwritten details.
Enjoy bud, he's a cool one in my book.
