Mon 8 Feb 2016
Music I’m Listening To: TOM RUSSELL “Hand Carved Heart.”
Posted by Steve under Music I'm Listening To[3] Comments
A track from The Rose of San Joaquin, this country-western singer’s 1995 CD on Hightone:
Mon 8 Feb 2016
A track from The Rose of San Joaquin, this country-western singer’s 1995 CD on Hightone:
February 8th, 2016 at 7:04 pm
I used to listen to Russell, but his songs are mostly too depressing for me now.
February 8th, 2016 at 7:13 pm
There are certainly more songs that I like on this CD than this one I posted, but I couldn’t find them on YouTube. The title song is on YouTube, but it’s even more of a downer. Right now as I listen to the CD in the car, I find myself tapping my feet (figuratively!) on just over half of them.
February 9th, 2016 at 5:00 pm
I’ll take back what I said about the title song. I had it mixed up with “Tramps & Hawkers” a dirge-like song that has San Joaquin coming up somewhere in the lyrics.
“The Rose of San Joaquin” isn’t my favorite song on the CD, but it isn’t near the bottom of the list, either. See what you think: