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fezo · 01-25-2009, 01:01 PM

Wow! Great night with Rodney Crowell last night.

He works with an acoustic trio these days with Jenny Scheinman on fiddle (would have also been mandolin but the pickup on the mandolin was broken) and Will Kimbrough on guitar and accordion along with the bass player du jour.

A great combination of things. Rodney has a million great songs so you can't get them all in but he tried to pull from close to thirty years worth of material which highlighting his current release Sex and Gasoline and his 2001 masterpiece The Houston Kid.

Interesting Eagles tie in - back in 2001 Don Henley called Steuart Smith who happened to be sitting in Rodney's kitchen at the moment. Steuart was Rodney's lead guitar player at the time. Henley offered him Don Felder's spot in the Eagles. He took Rodney's advice - "You gotta take it, man!" Yeah I guess so...

Great night. Well worth the morning after the night before effect.

01-25-2009, 01:01 PM	#9
fezo Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Manahawkin, NJ, 08050 Posts: 806	Re: Eagles! Wow! Great night with Rodney Crowell last night. He works with an acoustic trio these days with Jenny Scheinman on fiddle (would have also been mandolin but the pickup on the mandolin was broken) and Will Kimbrough on guitar and accordion along with the bass player du jour. A great combination of things. Rodney has a million great songs so you can't get them all in but he tried to pull from close to thirty years worth of material which highlighting his current release Sex and Gasoline and his 2001 masterpiece The Houston Kid. Interesting Eagles tie in - back in 2001 Don Henley called Steuart Smith who happened to be sitting in Rodney's kitchen at the moment. Steuart was Rodney's lead guitar player at the time. Henley offered him Don Felder's spot in the Eagles. He took Rodney's advice - "You gotta take it, man!" Yeah I guess so... Great night. Well worth the morning after the night before effect.