Here is a link to Guy Clark's song:
Last night's show featured Jason Eady and his wife, Courtney Patton. To end the show, Eady covered Guy Clark's "Texas Cookin'." Here is a link to a Jason Eady tune:
Sunday, June 18, 2017
Out in Aubrey, Texas, Ain't Nobody Feeling No Pain
Last evening we attended the Concert in the Park in Aubrey, Texas. The concert series, which is sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, is held in a pleasant, grassy park near the municipal complex. It is an idyllic scene with patrons sitting on lawn chairs beneath pecan trees watching the band play in a pavilion near the railroad tracks. The whole affair is very laid back, and children run around the grass laughing and doing cartwheels and having a good old time. To me, the concert series is the embodiment of Guy Clark's song, "A Nickel for the Fiddler," which is about an outdoor concert with kids and dogs and "freaky apple pie."
Here is a link to Guy Clark's song:
Last night's show featured Jason Eady and his wife, Courtney Patton. To end the show, Eady covered Guy Clark's "Texas Cookin'." Here is a link to a Jason Eady tune:
Here is a link to Guy Clark's song:
Last night's show featured Jason Eady and his wife, Courtney Patton. To end the show, Eady covered Guy Clark's "Texas Cookin'." Here is a link to a Jason Eady tune:
Sunday, June 4, 2017
Richard Avedon's Texas Photos
The Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth commissioned New York photographer Richard Avedon to create a collection of portraits of the American West in 1978. Avedon, whose credits included portraits of Jack and Jackie Kennedy, Truman Capote, Andy Warhol, Malcolm X, and Pablo Picasso, was at first skeptical about the project. But the work he started at a rattlesnake roundup in Sweetwater, Texas, turned into a major five year project. Rather than photograph celebrities or fashion models, this time he turned his lens toward oil field workers, truckers, and drifters to startling effect.
Martina and I visited the "Avedon in Texas" exhibit at the Amon Carter yesterday afternoon. The moment I entered the gallery I found myself mesmerized by the power of these large black and white photographs. The portraits are haunting and evoke the life and soul of the people portrayed. Their lives are told on their bodies. Sweat, grease, and knife scars testify to the lives lived. The portrait of the young store clerk with piercing, enchanting eyes was hard to turn away from, and the portrait of the long-haul trucker shirtless in his jeans evoked a feeling of timelessness, for this man would not have been out of place in a High Renaissance painting. "Avedon in Texas" is truly an important collection, and if you happen to be in Cowtown between now and July 2, I would highly recommend visiting this free exhibition.
Martina and I visited the "Avedon in Texas" exhibit at the Amon Carter yesterday afternoon. The moment I entered the gallery I found myself mesmerized by the power of these large black and white photographs. The portraits are haunting and evoke the life and soul of the people portrayed. Their lives are told on their bodies. Sweat, grease, and knife scars testify to the lives lived. The portrait of the young store clerk with piercing, enchanting eyes was hard to turn away from, and the portrait of the long-haul trucker shirtless in his jeans evoked a feeling of timelessness, for this man would not have been out of place in a High Renaissance painting. "Avedon in Texas" is truly an important collection, and if you happen to be in Cowtown between now and July 2, I would highly recommend visiting this free exhibition.
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