COW  :  "COW"  

An Australian band that can perfectly locate their stories & music half a world away.   Cow captures a rootsy, Americana-folk cosmos better than many born to it.  Moonshiners, shotgun shacks, colt 45s, daddy’s old ford, the county sheriff, outlaws junkies, ranchers & vets, are the cast of their classic smalltown ‘heartland’.  The songs have reflective, worldly wise narratives  drawing you into these lives as if they lived around the corner .  Rich Coldwell’s voice creates a feel so genuine you truly believe he inhabits that world, yet this is a Adelaide band.

Cow immediately registers as a stylish, seamlessly melded group of very skilled players. They are blessed with velvety smooth production.  While the overall blend is near perfect you will still find yourself picking out & floating along with single instrument flourishes.   Sinuous harmonica winds around chiming guitar.   Subtle touches of accordion dance in the background.  Verbal hooks that make you want to start the song over again to check out who & why ‘barefoot in july’ .  Background harmonies to die for…  “ Don’t Cry Now”.
COW are a class act and an unexpected local treasure in their genre.  Now , how do we get the message out to the other hemisphere that has a huge audience ready for this.
Lone Tony Joe.

Hank Williams' Mentor Lies In Unmarked Grave
In Oakwood Cemetery in Montgomery, Alabama, signs direct the faithful and the curious to the burial site of Hank Williams, a monument that includes depictions of his hat and boots. A few miles away, off the tourist trail, the man who taught Hank to play the guitar lies in an obscure grave.
A nine-foot-tall, white marble stone at the entrance to Lincoln Cemetery announces that Rufus "Tee-Tot" Payne is buried somewhere in the cemetery, and among the crowded headstones, some of which are overturned, a historical marker marks the general area. The exact location is still unknown.
Tee-Tot was a black street performer who taught the young Williams to play the guitar in the 1930s. An unmarked grave may have suited Tee-Tot just fine, though. Leona Simmons, hostess at the Hank Williams Museum in Georgiana, said that Tee-Tot was a very private person. "He didn't like to have his picture taken," she said. "He was a performer, but he was also very private."
Tee-Tot went to the Williams' home and sat outside with Williams to give him lessons, she said, usually out of sight under the front porch. "Whites didn't follow blacks around then," Simmons said. "It just wasn't done. That's why they ended up under the house. He was hiding out." Williams' mother gave Tee-Tot food as payment, according to the Alabama Department of Archives and History.
Though his nickname may have been derived from "teetotaler," he was known to carry a flask of alcohol mixed with tea. He played mostly in Georgiana and nearby Greenville. "They say that old guy was good," Simmons said. "He told Hank to always keep the crowd's attention. When they start to slip, you're in trouble." In 1937, Tee-Tot moved to Montgomery at Williams' suggestion, and died two years later in a charity hospital at age 55.
Unaware of his mentor's death, Williams searched for Tee-Tot when playing a concert in Greenville ten years later, Simmons said. "It was time to pay him back," she said. The general area of the grave was located in 1999 by Alive Harp, a University of Alabama student, and money was raised to erect a marker.
courtesy of: Twangtown

Survivor Jerry Lee Lewis Releases New Album:
A new album by Jerry Lee Lewis will be released in September. Its title, Last Man Standing, refers to his being the last survivor from Sun Records’ "Million Dollar Quartet," Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and Carl Perkins having all passed away. Last Man Standing, five years in the making, consists of duets with 22 of the biggest names in music, including Willie Nelson, Toby Keith, John Fogerty, B.B. King, Bruce Springsteen, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Neil Young, Ringo Starr, Rod Stewart, and Kris Kristofferson.

MUSIC WAREHOUSE
Live intimate acoustic sessions
MUSIC WAREHOUSE
For those who are unfamiliar with Music Warehouse, head straight for the Barossa Arts & Convention Centre on Magnolia Road, Tanunda (on the Faith Secondary School campus). Once there, the Music Warehouse can be found in the centre's magically transformed - Small Theatre.

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