Ghost Children of Calico - “Salt Water Taffy”
June 1, 2012
A true story of love, depression, and a girl’s mom who loves salt water taffy.
HeartPunch - “Waitin’ For My Gin To Hit Me” (live)
Anyone who knows me knows I’m a big fan of the history of local music. This is a song written and recorded (though only as a demo, as far as I’m aware) by Ronnie Self, a local guy who recorded some of the most rockin’ rockabilly of the 1950s.
The Skeletons, another local band, recorded a version of this song for their 1992 album Waiting.
I first heard “Gin” when the Skeletons’ version was played on a local music show back in the mid ’90s. I liked it at the time, but didn’t own it in any form. In 2008 I decided to look the song up, as it had stuck with me through the years. My cover band, the Evil Bumble Bees, started playing the song shortly thereafter and we’ve been playing it ever since.
The Skeletons started playing shows again in 2011 and I had the pleasure of watching them play this song many times (we had to bug them to play it for a while until they finally did).
Three bands I’m in (Evil Bumble Bees, Thee Fine Lines, HeartPunch) play the song these days, all in the same basic arrangement, which is a combination of the original Ronnie Self demo and the Skeletons’ version.
The version I’m posting here is by HeartPunch. The band was started by longtime friend and former Fuller’s Earth guitarist Yankton Sothern. Lou Whitney, bassist for the Skeletons, originally played bass in the band (now that’s my job). This is from a show we played back in early April, 2012. Kind of a distant recording, but it’s all we have for now. It’s the only song in our set that I sing.
Here’s a link to the original Ronnie Self version:
http://boogiewoogieflu.blogspot.com/2009/01/waitin-for-my-gin-to-hit-me.html
(Source: ghostchildrenofcalico)
Photo taken April 13, 2012.
Porter Wagoner used to play here when he was starting out.
West Plains, Missouri.
Ghost Children of Calico - “The Spider and His Friends”
May 19, 2012
This week’s song is about spiders. Enjoy.
Ghost Children of Calico - “Happy”
May 4, 2012
I tried to record a happy song for this week. I wrote and recorded it within the past 2 hours. Hope you like it.
I probably won’t be able to post a song this week.
Or for a while. But I’ll try!
Ghost Children of Calico - “Maybe Someday”
March 30, 2012
Here’s a song about not having time to write songs and stuff. Awesome.
I’m not good at making time for recording songs for this blog. I’ll try to do better next week!
Ghost Children of Calico - “So Many Colors Today”
March 16, 2012
Here’s another song in the “Weekly Songs” series. It’s a waltz. I wasn’t on drugs when I wrote or recorded it, in case anyone is wondering.
Skipped a week. I’ll post a new song next week!
Ghost Children of Calico - “I Don’t Know (What To Do Anymore)”
March 1, 2012
Didn’t put much thought or effort into this week’s song. Too much going on.
