David Bruce Anecdotes
Anecdotes are usually short humorous stories. Sometimes they are thought-provoking or informative, not amusing.
Clothing
• Before the invention of air conditioning, Church of Christ preacher J.D. Tant was speaking on a hot day and so he took off his coat. This didn’t suit one of the women in the congregation, and she let preacher Tant know it after the sermon. Preacher Tant, known for his feistiness, looked at the woman from toe to head, taking in her sheer stockings and her sleeveless, low-cut dress, and then he said, “Why, I could pull off my pants and still have on more than you are wearing.”
• Wingy Manone played jazz trumpet despite losing his right arm. After the house of his friend Bing Crosby burned down, Mr. Manone helped him sort through the wreckage. They came across a clothes closet in which several sports coats were hanging, all of them with the right arm burned off. Mr. Manone looked at the sports coats, then said, “Hey, man, these are for me!”
• While attending Cal State — Fullerton in Fullerton, California, Carol Johnston, who was born with only one arm, bet her gymnastics coach, Lynn Rogers, a sweatsuit that she could do a certain move on the uneven bars. He bet that she couldn’t do it, and when she did the move, he gave her a new sweatsuit.
• Olga Korbut made a number of exhibition appearances in North America between the Munich and the Montreal Olympic Games. Once, during a visit to Montreal, she made headlines by buying a wedding dress although she did not have a groom picked out yet.
Coaches
• Most Olympic ice skaters come from middle- or upper-middle-class families, but Peggy Fleming, winner of the gold medal at the 1968 Olympics, came from a working-class family. Before an important meet in Boston, an early coach, Doryann Sweet, told Ms. Fleming’s mother, “Either you get a new wardrobe and hairstyle, or I don’t go to Boston with you.” Big mistake. The Flemings had no money for even an ice-skating costume for Peggy, much less a new wardrobe and a new hairstyle for her mother. Ms. Sweet was fired, and when Ms. Fleming won her Olympic gold medal, it was with another coach.
• Gustave Lussi of Switzerland coached American Dick Button, who won the gold medal in men’s figure skating in the 1948 and the 1952 Olympics. Mr. Button trusted Mr. Lussi completely, saying that if Mr. Lussi should order him to jump from a window, he would do it — while making sure his toe was pointed and his head was in the proper position.
Comedians
• Early in his career, Bob Newhart wasn’t sure that he wanted to be a stand-up comedian, so he thought that he would write for other comedians. He showed a routine he had written to another comedian who said that he couldn’t use it but would like to see other routines he had written. Shortly afterward, the comedian appeared on Steve Allen’s late-night show — and performed Bob’s routine. Bob thought, “I’m sitting at home watching my own material being done, and I’m not getting paid for it.” Therefore, he decided to become a stand-up comedian and perform his own material rather than let someone else steal it.
• Country comedian Jerry Clower used to come up with ideas for stories to record while driving by himself. He would make a note of the story, and when he got home, he would put the note in a box. A month before he was scheduled to record a new album, he would get the box out and look at the notes — sometimes five notes would be identical.
Couples
• When Plácido Domingo fell in love with Marta Ornelas, her mother opposed the match. Fortunately, Mr. Domingo’s heritage is Spanish, and so he knew how to win her over — with the serenade. He hired a mariachi band, informed them that he would do the singing, and serenaded the Ornelas family — more than once. He made sure each time to sing some songs by the Mexican balladeer Jorge Negrete, who was Mrs. Ornelas’ favorite singer. Of course, some of the Ornelas family’s neighbors complained and called the police, but the police officers told them, “What are you protesting about? You’re getting a beautiful performance, free, by a member of the National Opera.” On 1 August 1962, Plácido and Marta got married.
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Chapter 28: Primum Mobile — The Hierarchy of Angels (Paradise)
Dante the Poet thought, At this time Beatrice and I were in the Primum Mobile, the outer edge and end of the material universe. What lay ahead of us? The Mystic Empyrean!
The Mystic Empyrean lies beyond the Primum Mobile. Actually, “lies beyond” is misleading, as the Mystic Empyrean does not exist in space and time. However, because we are human beings who exist in space and time, we have to use language metaphorically when we speak of the Mystic Empyrean.
The Mystic Empyrean is the goal of Dante the Pilgrim’s journey. It is also the goal of every Christian. It is the place where God dwells. Of course, here again “place” is a word that is used metaphorically.
Here in the Primum Mobile, Dante the Pilgrim was able to look at the places he has been, and now he will be able to look ahead to where he is going.
Beatrice had finished her criticism of corrupt Humankind, to which Dante the Pilgrim had paid close attention.
Just like a person can first catch sight of a candle in a mirror and then turn to see the candle, so did Dante catch sight of something in Beatrice’s lovely eyes — the eyes that had made him love her — before he turned to see that sight directly.
In the Primum Mobile, anyone who looks deeply — as do the contemplatives — will see what Dante the Pilgrim saw.
Dante saw a Point of brilliant light. The Point was like a mathematical point in that it was immaterial and nonspatial. The Point’s light was so brilliant that Dante was forced to shut his eyes. Because the Point of brilliant light is immaterial and nonspatial, the smallest star that we can see on Earth looked like a Moon compared in size to the Point of brilliant light.
At times, a halo seems to surround Earth’s Moon. As close as the halo is to the Moon, a ring of fire is around the brilliant Point. This ring of fire moved fast — faster than the Primum Mobile, which is the fastest of all the Spheres, moves.
A second ring of fire circled the first ring of fire. A third ring of fire circled the second ring of fire. A fourth ring of fire circled the third ring of fire. A fifth ring of fire circled the fourth ring of fire. A sixth ring of fire circled the fifth ring of fire. A seventh ring of fire circled the sixth ring of fire.
The seventh ring of fire was so large that if the rainbow of Iris, the messenger of the gods, were to be extended into a full circle, it would not be big enough to encompass the seventh circle.
An eighth ring of fire circled the seventh ring of fire. A ninth ring of fire circled the eighth ring of fire.
The further each circle of fire was from the Point, the slower it moved. The first ring of fire, which was closest to the Point, was also the brightest ring of fire. It was the closest to God: the Pure Spark of Being.
Beatrice thought, What Dante sees now is the opposite of the “reality” that Dante thinks he sees on Earth. In that “reality,” the Spheres move faster the further they are from the Earth.
Why the difference?
Dante is now seeing Ultimate Reality, which is God-centered. Ultimate Reality is much different from the “reality” that Dante thinks he sees on Earth. That “reality” is centered on the Earth, not on God. God is at the center of Ultimate Reality. The Earth is at the center of the “reality” that Humankind sees. At the center of the Earth is Lucifer’s place in the Inferno.
Beatrice helped Dante to understand what he was seeing: “You see the Point on which the heavens and nature depend.
“Look at the circle — the ring of fire — closest to the Point. It spins so fast because it is motivated by the love that comes from the Point.”
Dante replied, “If the universe I see from Earth were ordered like what I see here, I would not be puzzled. But in the universe I see from Earth, the Spheres that are furthest from Earth are more Godlike and move faster. But here I see that the Sphere that is closest to the Point is most Godlike and moves fastest.
“Please explain why the two sights — the one from Earth and the one from here — are different.”
Beatrice said, “The relationship between the physical world and the spiritual world is not easy to understand. If you do not understand it, it is in part because no one has seen what you are seeing here and therefore no one has tried to explain what you are seeing here.
“If you wish to be enlightened, listen carefully.
“In the material world, the course of a Sphere is wide or narrow according to how close it is to God and therefore according to how much virtue courses through it.
“A Sphere that is close to God — and the Primum Mobile is the closest Sphere to God in the material world — will have more goodness and therefore will have a greater size, and so the Primum Mobile is the largest of all the Spheres in the material world.
“The Primum Mobile in the material world corresponds to the circle that is closest to God in the spiritual world. In the spiritual world, do not look at the size of the circle; instead, look at the power of the circle. In the spiritual world, the smallest circle is the circle closest to God — the Point — and so it is the circle that has the most power.
“Nine rings of fire surround the Point. The closer a ring of fire is to the Point of brilliant light, the faster it moves. The nine whirling rings of fire are the nine orders of Angels.
“The Point of brilliant light is God, Whom you are seeing from a distance.
“This seems to you to be the reverse of what you living human beings see in nature. Living human beings in the Middle Ages see the Earth as the center, and the Spheres around the Earth become more and more divine the farther they are from Earth. Here, however, the Point of brilliant light is divine, and the rings of fire whirling around are holier the closer they are to the Point of brilliant light.
“What you are seeing now is Ultimate Reality, and not the inside-out version of reality that living human beings see on Earth.
“Of course, Ultimate Reality has God at the center — not the Earth. Circling around God are the orders of Angels.”
In Italy, the wind that is thought to be the mildest sent by the god Boreas is the wind that comes from the Northeast and blows the clouds away. Beatrice’s words were like a wind that blew the clouds from Dante’s mind. He knew, of course, that she had spoken the truth.
And now Dante saw what seemed to be sparks in the nine rings of fire. How many sparks? A chessboard has 64 same-sized squares. Imagine that the first square is associated with the number 1, and imagine that the second square is double that: 2. Imagine that the number keeps doubling for all the remaining squares. The number arrived at that way is over 18 quintillion — a quintillion is a 1 followed by 18 zeros. The number of the Angels of the various orders in Paradise is much more than 18 quintillion — mortals cannot conceive of the actual number.
Dante heard them sing “Hosanna” to the Point Who is God, who had appointed each Angel to the Angel’s position in Paradise.
Beatrice knew that Dante was confused by what he was seeing, and she explained the orders of Angels to him.
She said, “Each order of Angel is associated with a heavenly Sphere. The circle closest to the Point is the order of Angels who loves God most and has the most understanding. In the first two rings closest to the Point are the Seraphim and the Cherubim. They spin swiftly and they see God most clearly and they seek to grow closer to God. The Seraphim are associated with the Primum Mobile, and the Cherubim are associated with the Fixed Stars. The third order of Angels in the first Triad is the Thrones, who are associated with Saturn and contemplation.
“All of these nine orders of Angels have bliss equal to the depth that they are able to see the mind of God. First they see God, and then they love God. Merit determines how deeply they see into the mind of God.
“The second Triad of Angels can be visualized as flowers in bloom. Here in Paradise no frost will ever harm a flower. The second Triad of Angels sings ‘Hosanna’ eternally. The Dominions are associated with Jupiter and justice. The Virtues are associated with Mars and courage. The Powers are associated with the Sun and wisdom.
“The third Triad of Angels consists of the Principalities, who are associated with Venus and love; the Archangels, who are associated with Mercury and hope; and the Angels, who are associated with the Moon and faith. The orders of Angels dance, and the Angels are jubilant.
“All of the orders of Angels look toward God.”
Dante the Poet thought, When Beatrice names the orders of the Angels, she does so in threes:
The Seraphim, Cherubim, and Thrones.
The Dominations, Virtues, and Powers.
The Principalities, Archangels, and Angels.
Three is an important number of Christianity because of the Trinity.
Of course, we can put all the Angels in three groups:
1) The good Angels in Paradise.
2) The bad Angels who rebelled with Lucifer.
3) The neutral Angels who did not take a stand and who are now in the Vestibule of Hell, rejected by both Paradise and the Inferno.
Beatrice continued, “Pope Saint Gregory the Great had a different way of listing the orders of Angels, but he was mistaken. When he reached Paradise, he realized that he had been mistaken — and he smiled! The person who listed the Angels correctly was Dionysius the Areopagite, who converted to Christianity because of the preaching of Saint Paul, who traveled to Paradise and taught Dionysius about the orders of Angels.”
Beatrice thought, Dante the Poet, as you write these lines, you are smiling, too. When you wrote The Banquet,you followed Gregory’s incorrect arrangement of the orders of Angels, not the correct arrangement of Dionysus.
VINCENT TROCCHIA
Vincent Trocchia: Live From Home (Includes at end Bruce Dalzell’s “A Song of Flying”)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRD1DKnRk3Q
Vincent Trocchia: “Hearing Things”
Vincent Trocchia: ReverbNation
https://www.reverbnation.com/vincentroberttrocchia/songs
https://www.reverbnation.com/vincentroberttrocchia
Vincent Trocchia: Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/vincent.trocchia/
Vincent Trocchia: YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwQpjO93UyNooKRJk_3Z8-A
Vencent Trocchia: Bandcamp
https://vincenttrocchia.bandcamp.com
Vincent Trocchia: “Roses on the Barstool”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVyZOHgcDG8
Vincent Trocchia: “Avdou Morning”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00W2Iiao33c
Vincent Trocchia: “Said a Boy to the Star”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5hbh_3eurU
Vincent Trocchia: “Song of Love”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q7QOntYHYk
Vincent Trocchia on Brazilian Radio
Vincent Trocchia – Hearing Things.mp4
Vincent Trocchia on Brazilian TV
Vincent Trocchia’s “Hearing Things” Begins 6 Minutes In
#1 COUNTRY ARTIST
Greece (unsigned), MYSPACE MUSIC
2010
WINNER
Gibson Guitar / ASCAP
Best Unsigned Songwriter Competition (Pop)
Nashville, TN
2002
WINNER
We Are Listening Songwriting Contest Series 2009
HONORABLE MENTION Billboard World Music Contest 2010
ALBUM CUT
“Back In Back Down”
Replete Brothers
Z records
2015
ALBUM CUT
“Funky Country”
Jerry Lindquvist
Rivertown
Wing Records
2010
Funky Country – Jerry Lindqvist and the Grace live @ El Gringo 2011
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRCvbRJxxHc
VINCENT TROCCHIA ON BANDCAMP
Vincent Trocchia: “Roses on the Barstool”
Vincent Trocchia: “The Devil”
Vincent Trocchia: “Hearing Things”
Vincent Trocchia: “Let Me Love You with This Song”
Vincent Trocchia: “Rainy Days”
WINTER WILSON
Winter Wilson’s YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/user/winterwilsonmusic
https://www.youtube.com/@winterwilsonmusic
“I write my own acoustic content and love to cover artists from all kinds of genres. I enjoy playing at local venues as well as busking. When I’m not writing music, you can find me either studying for my journalism and environmental studies degrees, backpacking across the U.S. or adventuring abroad!”
Check out Winter Wilson’s Instagram:
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Business: winterwilsonmusic@gmail.com
WINTER WILSON on TikTok
https://www.tiktok.com/@winterwilsonmusic?lang=en
WINTER WILSON on songfinch
https://www.songfinch.com/artists/206157
WINTER WILSON on SOUNDCLOUD
https://soundcloud.com/winter-wilson-182737746
WINTER WILSON: “Deadline” | Winter Wilson Original | Live at the Front Room
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-DKktTTFeM
WINTER WILSON: “The Few Things” by JP Saxe | Cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFPBr5cn04w
WINTER WILSON: “Postcards”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_qajXF6Ik4
WINTER WILSON: “Sea Change” (Winter Wilson Original) — Live at The Front Room
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n4uzEAYG6E
WINTER WILSON: “Something to Do with You”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtBqK4FBkqE
WINTER WILSON and DALLAS CRAFT: “I Ain’t Ever Loved No One” | Donovan Woods Cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Wz_mDbuWA4
WINTER WILSON and DALLAS CRAFT: Montana (Original Song by Winter Wilson)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaxrP48ok6Y
WINTER WILSON and DALLAS CRAFT: “Portland, Maine” | Donovan Woods Cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhoAFji-jHA
WINTER WILSON: Front Room Concert Photos
https://davidbrucemusic.wordpress.com/2020/02/06/winter-wilson-at-ohio-universitys-front-room-5-february-2020/ (5 February 2020)
ZEKE HUTCHISON
RUSTY SMITH AND FRIENDS (FEATURING ZEKE HUTCHISON)
https://rustysmith.bandcamp.com/album/rusty-smith-friends
Zeke Hutchison on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/@zekehutchison5672
Tim O’Brien and Zeke Hutchison: “Sleepy Eyed Joe”:
Traditional arrangement Zeke Hutchison and Tim O’Brien / No Bad Ham Music / ASCAP
Credits:
Recorded April 16th 2015 at the Butcher Shoppe
Engineered by David Ferguson
Zeke Hutchison – mandolin
Tim O’Brien – guitar
Song Notes:
Zeke Hutchison, from Belmont County Ohio, is one of the very best unsung mandolin players in the world. He comes by the music naturally, having grown up hearing his father Robert and uncle J.D. play banjo and guitar. As the Hutchison Brothers they recorded two bluegrass albums for Vetco records in the mid 1970’s. J.D. and Robert learned music from their father J.W. Hutchison who was a fine fiddler. I have a tape of J.W. playing this tune with J.D. on guitar, probably recorded in their Barnesville living room.
The Hutchison Brothers were some of the best bluegrass players in the Wheeling area. I often sat in with them on guitar and fiddle, and I recorded a few tracks with them on their second LP. Hot Rize eventually recorded three of J.D. songs – Ain’t I Been Good To You, My Little Darlin’, and Money To Burn. If you’re persistent, you can find recordings by J.D. and Realbilly Jive or hear him live near his Athens OH home.
Zeke was visiting Nashville for a few days in April and dropped by a studio mix session. He had his mandolin so we played a few tunes and Ferg recorded this one. You can look Zeke up at www.zekesfancy.com, or www.facebook.com/zekesfancy, and you can take a lesson from him at Blue Eagle Music in Athens OH.
Zeke Hutchison: “Butcher Boy”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sbPWypsRSk
Zeke Hutchison: “The Minnie Foster Medley Duet”
The Minnie Foster Clog and Banks Hornpipe I learned from a recording of the venerable B/C button accordion player Joe Burke. Dad and I were playing in the yard one day when an old man named Clessent Carpenter from Temperanceville pulled in. He got out and started performing a helluva clog dance. We finished the tune, Clessent said The Minnie Foster, damnedest little stepping tune! After that day we called the tune the Clessent Carpenter Clog! This performance is from 1993.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYBVYRPm_rE
Zeke and Zeke Hutchison (Father and Son): “Cricket in the Hearth”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBTTg-qcfzY
The Hutchisons: “She’s No Angel” 1995
The Hutchisons were Zeke and Zeke Hutchison on banjo/lead vocals and mandolin respectively, along with Buddy G. Van Kirk on guitar and tenor vocal. Rest in peace, Bud. Unreleased track from recording “Sleepy Hollow,” session in 1995, Athens, Ohio. This was bluegrass from southeastern Ohio. Dad remains unique among banjo players, a powerful player heavily influenced by Don Stover.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2TKSiyIj7I
The Hutchisons: “Dixie Breakdown” 1995
“The Hutchisons were Zeke and Zeke Hutchison on banjo and mandolin respectively, along with Buddy G. VanKirk on guitar and tenor vocal. Rest in peace, Bud. Unreleased track from recording ‘Sleepy Hollow,’ session in 1998, Athens, Ohio. This was bluegrass from southeastern Ohio. Dad remains unique among banjo players, a powerful player heavily influenced by Don Stover.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwcEAdrrhzM
The Hutchisons: “Mom and Dad Waltz”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfJ-1hBuRow
“Happy Birthday Bill Monroe.”
“Dad shared a birthday with the Daddy of Bluegrass, September 13th. Dad was a true blue Bluegrass musician. The second banjo break here is transcendent.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PjxKDtNxjU
SWING BIG (Dave Borowski and Zeke Hutchison)
Swing Big is a duo that features Dave Borowski on vocals and guitar, and Zeke Hutchison on mandolin. Their music relies heavily on influences drawn from jazz, swing, Western swing, blues, bluegrass, and music from the British Isles.
Dave Borowski has performed in public since 1972. In addition to studio and freelance work, he has been a member of Athens-based bands Close Enough for Jazz, Aces and Eights, the Kings of Hollywood, Deltoid, Common Ground, the Billycats, Zeke’s Fancy, and the Wingnuts. He also currently plays with J.D. Hutchison and Realbilly Jive.
Zeke Hutchison grew up around music, his father and uncle being the core of the nationally-known Hutchison Brothers. Zeke took to the mandolin at an early age. He has recorded with (Grammy-award-winning artist) Tim O’Brien on his Short Order Sessions. O’Brien writes of Zeke as “one of the best unsung mandolin players in the world.”
Together, Swing Big performs jazz standards from the American Songbook, swing songs from the Django Reinhardt-Charlie Christian Era, country and western swing from the likes of Bob Wills, and just about anything else that might catch their ears.
For a good time, come hear ’em.
Swing Big on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/@Swing Big8195
Zeke Hutchison on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/@zekehutchison5672
David Borowski on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/@davidborowski6425
Swing Big: “Cherokee”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWhMcCuJ5Ts
Swing Big: “Evening Prayer Blues”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NDMJ5M3dJw
Swing Big: “September Song”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BptJ9LHJW-0
Zeke Hutchison and Bob Hutchison (his father): Cricket on the Hearth”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBTTg-qcfzY
Swing Big (no Zeke, just Dave): “The Monkey Speaks His Mind”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Iid6PA69RU
Swing Big at the Front Room, Athens Ohio 1/15/2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9KsR_nSVOo
SWING BIG — DAVE BOROWSKI and ZEKE HUTCHISON
https://cosplayvideos.wordpress.com/2022/02/16/swing-big-dave-borowski-and-zeke-hutchison-acoustic-lunch-at-ohio-universitys-baker-center-16-february-2022/ (16 February 2022)
SWING BIG — DAVE BOROWSKI and ZEKE HUTCHISON
https://davidbrucemusic.wordpress.com/2020/01/16/swing-big-at-the-front-room-1-15-2020/ (15 February 2020)
Words can’t describe the loss of J.D. Hutchison. He has influenced both of our lives in so many ways. Zeke lost his uncle (the Funcle, we called him), with whom he shared years and years of great times, musical and otherwise. Dave was the bassist in JD’s band, Realbilly Jive, for its entire run. However, this description only scratches the surface…
He left us the same way he lived his life … on his own terms. Many of the people he’d known throughout his life had the chance to tell him how much he meant to them, and they got to say their goodbyes. That’s a good thing.
IN MEMORY: JD HUTCHISON (1940-2021)
JD HUTCHISON: YOU AND THE WORLD OUTSIDE
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M696JJ1
JD HUTCHISON: SPOTIFY
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5FNogofbn7TBS0IayZPgcD
YOUTUBE PLAYLIST
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8L1CB_5DKsAHocaAV30DIpl1RRz8pj1a
JD HUTCHISON: “Ready on the Firing Line”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_-sbFlUqp0
JD HUTCHISON: “The Coming Home of the Son and Brother” (live)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdEDAyet8tk
JD HUTCHISON: “Girl from the North Country”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl6aIs95nNU ]
JD Hutchison
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDIyNRr4Bv4
JD HUTCHISON: NMF Gladden House Sessions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g57Jg7shRXU
The Hutchison Brothers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjST8nRhcN4
J.D. Hutchison and Friends at Another Fool’s Cafe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUWIK4i0ztk
J.D. Hutchison: “That Ain’t All of Me”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbRwpF2Xgfc
Who is J.D. Hutchison?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o9jPzPKyNI
Farewell and Godspeed, Brother John
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovA49hrAZzE
J.D. Hutchison: “Somebody Wants Me Out of the Way”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8dP_rugf-g
J.D. HUTCHISON’s Cover of “Boots of Spanish Leather”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1FXAjZ–WY
J.D. HUTCHISON: FOUR ’TIL LATE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0ADYUmjpUU
IN MEMORY OF J.D. HUTCHISON
Performed by Tim O’Brien and Jan Fabricius. Written by Tim O’Brien and Ronnie Bowman.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3XzUsk1LgU
BOILED BUZZARDS: “THREE THIN DIMES”
(Written by J.D. HUTCHISON’S FATHER: JOHN W. HUTCHISON)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ_5fuF_WtU
John Dale Hutchison Obituary (The Daily Jeff)
“J.D.’s original songs have been recorded by numerous artists, including Tim O’Brien, Robert Earl Keen, K.T. Oslin, Jan Howard, Ginny Hawker, Suzanne Thomas and the bands Hot Rize and Stella. […]
“‘These are tough and tender things. We can only have confidence that the Natural Order of Things prevails–and that a wondrous life well-lived has moved on accordingly. Pain in my heart where better words should be ….’”—John Dale Hutchison (2018)
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J.D. Hutchison and Friends
PARTIAL PLAYLIST
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLagffND1gwfEGyX9mA1gLfQYEf2YQKQH9
1. J.D. Hutchison and Friends: “Ain’t I Been Good to You”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvlDQVSrIlE&list=PLagffND1gwfEGyX9mA1gLfQYEf2YQKQH9&index=4
2. J.D. Hutchison and Friends: “99 Years”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5okXkjcBH8U&list=PLagffND1gwfEGyX9mA1gLfQYEf2YQKQH9&index=9
3. J.D. Hutchison and Friends: “Where is My Sailor Boy”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkL348MCZwo&list=PLagffND1gwfEGyX9mA1gLfQYEf2YQKQH9&index=5
4. J.D. Hutchison and Friends: “Travelin’ Down This Lonesome Road”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IheOVcyxCfo&list=PLagffND1gwfEGyX9mA1gLfQYEf2YQKQH9&index=3
5. J.D. Hutchison and Friends: “Star of County Down”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpXkTRiNaIc
6. J.D. Hutchison and Friends: “Pretty Polly”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZDBIVC9Rig&list=PLagffND1gwfEGyX9mA1gLfQYEf2YQKQH9&index=6
7. J.D. Hutchison and Friends: “Done Gone”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm1ytrHocv8&list=PLagffND1gwfEGyX9mA1gLfQYEf2YQKQH9&index=7
8. J.D. Hutchison and Friends: “Another Fools’ Café”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xibbIqMCQ-g&list=PLagffND1gwfEGyX9mA1gLfQYEf2YQKQH9&index=1
9. J.D. Hutchison and Friends: “No Rest for the Wicked”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjLlctnfSNE&list=PLagffND1gwfEGyX9mA1gLfQYEf2YQKQH9&index=11
10. J.D. Hutchison and Friends: “Mr. Sandman — Shiek of Araby”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puw9QFdxB0Q&list=PLagffND1gwfEGyX9mA1gLfQYEf2YQKQH9&index=8
11. J.D. Hutchison and Friends: “Since 1942”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmEwEg9zyg8&list=PLagffND1gwfEGyX9mA1gLfQYEf2YQKQH9&index=10
12. J.D. Hutchison and Friends: “Money to Burn”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTdm-xhGq6A&list=PLagffND1gwfEGyX9mA1gLfQYEf2YQKQH9&index=2
13. J.D. Hutchison and Friends: “They Ought to Hang the Man (That Cheated at the Soap Box Derby)”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM0bRuB6Ze8
14. J.D. Hutchison and Friends: “Heavy Like a Stone”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUWIK4i0ztk
POEM by J. D. Hutchison
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vani6Y8eGL4
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J.D. HUTCHISON: ROOTS MUSIC MASTER — THE REAL DEAL
By David Bruce
J.D. Hutchison is better than just better. In Athens County, Ohio, He is sometimes called “Lost John,” which is an odd name for such an obviously all-together guy. Maybe he got that nickname because of his self-derogatory humor (“I counted all the way up to ten once and learned all my ABCs up to M and N”). A better nickname for him would be “The Real Deal.”
This album — YOU AND THE WORLD OUTSIDE — opens strongly with his blues song “Little Legs Moan”: “‘Don’t want to hurt you’ / That’s what she said / She did not hurt me, boys / She killed me stone dead / With the little legs moan.”
These lines from “Another Fool’s Café” shows his way of poetry-izing lyrics: “There’s always an empty table or two / It’s a hill jack twilight zone / The door is always open / And the lights are always on / Ain’t no bottom to the bottle, boys / No difference in the night and day / There ain’t no hands on the clock / In another fool’s café.”
Another standout song is his “Since My Bird has Flied Away,” which has been covered by Ingrid Lucia & The Flying Neutrinos, John Kirkpatrick and Chris Parkinson, and The Local Girls. Any singer-songwriter will probably tell you that the ultimate compliment is other people covering your songs. A few lyrics: “I need to change my head around / Maybe trip out to the zoo / Take a walk downtown / Hell, I don’t know what to do / But nothing seems to matter / Since my bird has flied away.” The bird, of course, is a woman.
Readers of this review should make heavy use of Amazon’s preview snippets of J.D. Hutchison’s songs on this page. Fans of roots music (defined as various combinations of blues, folk, country, bluegrass, and whatever else the singer-songwriter knows will make the song better) will find much to like. J.D. Hutchison is a regionally famous singer-songwriter who in my humble opinion ought to be at least nationally famous — and a whole lot richer. Better late than later.
I love this album, all songs of which are by J.D. Hutchison.
By the way, all the lyrics of this album can be seen at <http://www.jdhutchison.com/lyrics.html>.
Support local music, and be aware that in the age of the Internet and the WWW, Athens County is local worldwide.
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RETELLINGS OF A CLASSIC WORK OF LITERATURE
Arden of Faversham: A Retelling
Ben Jonson’s The Alchemist: A Retelling
Ben Jonson’s The Arraignment, or Poetaster: A Retelling
Ben Jonson’s Bartholomew Fair: A Retelling
Ben Jonson’s The Case is Altered: A Retelling
Ben Jonson’s Catiline’s Conspiracy: A Retelling
Ben Jonson’s The Devil is an Ass: A Retelling
Ben Jonson’s Epicene: A Retelling
Ben Jonson’s Every Man in His Humor: A Retelling
Ben Jonson’s Every Man Out of His Humor: A Retelling
Ben Jonson’s The Fountain of Self-Love, or Cynthia’s Revels: A Retelling
Ben Jonson’s The Magnetic Lady, or Humors Reconciled: A Retelling
Ben Jonson’s The New Inn, or The Light Heart: A Retelling
Ben Jonson’s Sejanus’ Fall: A Retelling
Ben Jonson’s The Staple of News: A Retelling
Ben Jonson’s A Tale of a Tub: A Retelling
Ben Jonson’s Volpone, or the Fox: A Retelling
Christopher Marlowe’s Complete Plays: Retellings
Christopher Marlowe’s Dido, Queen of Carthage: A Retelling
Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus: Retellings of the 1604 A-Text and of the 1616 B-Text
Christopher Marlowe’s Edward II: A Retelling
Christopher Marlowe’s The Massacre at Paris: A Retelling
Christopher Marlowe’s The Rich Jew of Malta: A Retelling
Christopher Marlowe’s Tamburlaine, Parts 1 and 2: Retellings
Dante’s Divine Comedy: A Retelling in Prose
Dante’s Inferno: A Retelling in Prose
Dante’s Purgatory: A Retelling in Prose
Dante’s Paradise: A Retelling in Prose
The Famous Victories of Henry V: A Retelling
From the Iliad to the Odyssey: A Retelling in Prose of Quintus of Smyrna’s Posthomerica
George Chapman, Ben Jonson, and John Marston’s Eastward Ho! A Retelling
George Peele’s The Arraignment of Paris: A Retelling
George Peele’s The Battle of Alcazar: A Retelling
George’s Peele’s David and Bathsheba, and the Tragedy of Absalom: A Retelling
George Peele’s Edward I: A Retelling
George Peele’s The Old Wives’ Tale: A Retelling
George-a-Greene: A Retelling
The History of King Leir: A Retelling
Homer’s Iliad: A Retelling in Prose
Homer’s Odyssey: A Retelling in Prose
J.W. Gent.’s The Valiant Scot: A Retelling
Jason and the Argonauts: A Retelling in Prose of Apollonius of Rhodes’ Argonautica
John Ford: Eight Plays Translated into Modern English
John Ford’s The Broken Heart: A Retelling
John Ford’s The Fancies, Chaste and Noble: A Retelling
John Ford’s The Lady’s Trial: A Retelling
John Ford’s The Lover’s Melancholy: A Retelling
John Ford’s Love’s Sacrifice: A Retelling
John Ford’s Perkin Warbeck: A Retelling
John Ford’s The Queen: A Retelling
John Ford’s ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore: A Retelling
John Lyly’s Campaspe: A Retelling
John Lyly’s Endymion, The Man in the Moon: A Retelling
John Lyly’s Galatea: A Retelling
John Lyly’s Love’s Metamorphosis: A Retelling
John Lyly’s Midas: A Retelling
John Lyly’s Mother Bombie: A Retelling
John Lyly’s Sappho and Phao: A Retelling
John Lyly’s The Woman in the Moon: A Retelling
John Webster’s The White Devil: A Retelling
King Edward III: A Retelling
Mankind: A Medieval Morality Play (A Retelling)
Margaret Cavendish’s The Unnatural Tragedy: A Retelling
The Merry Devil of Edmonton: A Retelling
The Summoning of Everyman: A Medieval Morality Play (A Retelling)
Robert Greene’s Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay: A Retelling
The Taming of a Shrew: A Retelling
Tarlton’s Jests: A Retelling
Thomas Middleton’s A Chaste Maid in Cheapside: A Retelling
Thomas Middleton’s Women Beware Women: A Retelling
Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker’s The Roaring Girl: A Retelling
Thomas Middleton and William Rowley’s The Changeling: A Retelling
The Trojan War and Its Aftermath: Four Ancient Epic Poems
Virgil’s Aeneid: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s 5 Late Romances: Retellings in Prose
William Shakespeare’s 10 Histories: Retellings in Prose
William Shakespeare’s 11 Tragedies: Retellings in Prose
William Shakespeare’s 12 Comedies: Retellings in Prose
William Shakespeare’s 38 Plays: Retellings in Prose
William Shakespeare’s 1 Henry IV, aka Henry IV, Part 1: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s 2 Henry IV, aka Henry IV, Part 2: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s 1 Henry VI, aka Henry VI, Part 1: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s 2 Henry VI, aka Henry VI, Part 2: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s 3 Henry VI, aka Henry VI, Part 3: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s All’s Well that Ends Well: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s As You Like It: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s Coriolanus: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s Cymbeline: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s Hamlet: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s Henry V: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s Henry VIII: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s King John: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s King Lear: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s Love’s Labor’s Lost: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s Macbeth: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s Othello: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s Pericles, Prince of Tyre: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s Richard II: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s Richard III: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s The Tempest: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s Timon of Athens: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s The Two Gentlemen of Verona: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s The Two Noble Kinsmen: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale: A Retelling in Prose
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The Coolest People in Art: 250 Anecdotes
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The Coolest People in Books: 250 Anecdotes
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Create, Then Take a Break: 250 Anecdotes
Don’t Fear the Reaper: 250 Anecdotes
The Funniest People in Art: 250 Anecdotes
The Funniest People in Books: 250 Anecdotes
The Funniest People in Books, Volume 2: 250 Anecdotes
The Funniest People in Books, Volume 3: 250 Anecdotes
The Funniest People in Comedy: 250 Anecdotes
The Funniest People in Dance: 250 Anecdotes
The Funniest People in Families: 250 Anecdotes
The Funniest People in Families, Volume 2: 250 Anecdotes
The Funniest People in Families, Volume 3: 250 Anecdotes
The Funniest People in Families, Volume 4: 250 Anecdotes
The Funniest People in Families, Volume 5: 250 Anecdotes
The Funniest People in Families, Volume 6: 250 Anecdotes
The Funniest People in Movies: 250 Anecdotes
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The Funniest People in Music, Volume 2: 250 Anecdotes
The Funniest People in Music, Volume 3: 250 Anecdotes
The Funniest People in Neighborhoods: 250 Anecdotes
The Funniest People in Relationships: 250 Anecdotes
The Funniest People in Sports: 250 Anecdotes
The Funniest People in Sports, Volume 2: 250 Anecdotes
The Funniest People in Television and Radio: 250 Anecdotes
The Funniest People in Theater: 250 Anecdotes
The Funniest People Who Live Life: 250 Anecdotes
The Funniest People Who Live Life, Volume 2: 250 Anecdotes
Maximum Cool: 250 Anecdotes
The Most Interesting People in Movies: 250 Anecdotes
The Most Interesting People in Politics and History: 250 Anecdotes
The Most Interesting People in Politics and History, Volume 2: 250 Anecdotes
The Most Interesting People in Politics and History, Volume 3: 250 Anecdotes
The Most Interesting People in Religion: 250 Anecdotes
The Most Interesting People in Sports: 250 Anecdotes
The Most Interesting People Who Live Life: 250 Anecdotes
The Most Interesting People Who Live Life, Volume 2: 250 Anecdotes
Reality is Fabulous: 250 Anecdotes and Stories
Resist Psychic Death: 250 Anecdotes
Seize the Day: 250 Anecdotes and Stories
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The Kindest People Who Do Good Deeds: Volume 1
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MUSIC VIDEOS and BRAZILIAN RADIO AND TV
Aqui Toca O Seu Som Means “Here Plays Your Sound”
Fé e luz means “Faith and Light.”
THE LOCAL GIRLS LYRIC MUSIC VIDEOS
The Local Girls – I’ll Never Say Never Again
The Local Girls – I’ll Never Say ‘Never Again’ Again
The Local Girls – I Want to Be a Cowboy’s Sweetheart
BRAZILIAN TV VIDEO SHOW
Bruce Dalzell – Racing Up Route 13 (TV)
Bruce Dalzell – Sunrise at High Point (TV)
Bruce Dalzell – “Where I Come From” TV Video
The Local Girls – Stay a Little Longer (TV)
Vincent Trocchia’s “Hearing Things” Begins 6 Minutes In
BRAZILIAN TV VIDEO SHOW
Bruce Dalzell – Sunrise at High Point (TV)
Bruce Dalzell – “Where I Come From” TV Video
The Local Girls – Stay a Little Longer (TV)
Vincent Trocchia’s “Hearing Things” Begins 6 Minutes In
A message from Feeluz about the Vincent Trocchia video: “The music video that I [Rodrigo Mazutti] made for the country show were scenes from my short film called AEMULA: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27132260/.
Rodrigo Mazutti: English-language Short Film: AEMULA
A guy receives a phone call that makes him question his sanity. (AEMULA is Latin for “rival.”)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KK_Y5O_83I
Rodrigo Mazutti on YouTube:
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BRAZILIAN RADIO
As Poderosas Cenourettes Topzeras das Galáxias – Vegetal du Mal.mp4
BRAZILIAN RADIO
As Poderosas Cenourettes Topzeras das Galáxias – Vegetal du Mal.mp4
Bruce Dalzell – Last Dance at the Robinette.mp4
Bruce Dalzell – Mimi’s Mandolin.mp4
Bruce Dalzell – Racing Up Route 13 (Radio)
Bruce Dalzell – Sunrise at High Point (Radio)
Bruce Dalzell – Trimble Two-Step.mp4
Bruce Dalzell – Waltz for Kelee.mp4
Bruce Dalzell – Where I Come From
The Local Girls – Centerpiece.mp4
The Local Girls – I Want to Be a Cowboy’s Sweetheart.mp4
The Local Girls – Shout Sister Shout.mp4
The Local Girls – Stay a Little Longer (Radio)
The Sad Girls – Love Yourselves.mp4
Vincent Trocchia – Hearing Things.mp4