We are heartbroken by the passing of our dear, dear friend Justin Townes Earle. Due to this tragic event, it has been difficult to keep up with orders for his catalog, and we apologize for being sold out of many JTE titles. With all that is going on in the world, we were unprepared for the outpouring of support. Thank you.
In this time of joy and fellowship, the blog Muzzle of Bees asked our resident lo-fi seemingly always bummed Ben Weaver about his favorite sad songs in a recurring feature of theirs called Sad Songs and Waltzes. Check out his thoughts on the Replacements, Randy Newman, Townes Van Zandt and more HERERead more
Bloodshot Digest: The "Short and Sweet" Edition
• My Old Kentucky Blog gives Charlie Pickett some love calling Bar Band Americanus one of "4 You Mighta Missed" -- hey, better late than never! You can read MOKB's review here. The cool blog Lost Forest...Read more
Snippets of interesting Bloodshottiness for your weekend perusal:
Happy Mother's Day! Mom is likely SICK AND TIRED of flowers, chocolates and dinners at Outback Steakhouse. Get her a Bloodshotglass or a Detroit Cobras album instead. Trust us, you'll become her favorite after that.
Semi-weekly, quick links to interesting Bloodshot things
Online zine Prefix Mag has a great collection of photos of Ben Weaver live in Brooklyn with the Watson Twins and Tim Fite from earlier this fall. Take a look at the pics over at Prefix's online gallery.Read more
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