A Day with the Dogs...

Today was a day for soft, easy melodies and intricate harmonies.  Where else would you turn when you want those things but to country/bluegrass?  I have had the Court Yard Hounds album since it came out.  I recall listening to it one time when i first purchased it and then, somehow it fell to the wayside.  I don't know how I let that happen, since it is great.  I have always been a fan of the Dixie Chicks, but have to admit that I am not always in the mood for the vocal stylings of Natalie Maines.

So... this... must be the best alternative.

These women know their craft and that is what I have always loved.  Their instruments are always in unison.  Their melodies are always so wonderfully intertwined.  Vocally, they are perfect as well.  Perfect pitch, perfect harmonies, perfect.  

If you like the kind of perfection in your music that comes from raw talent and patient, hard work... then come sit out in the yard with these pups.  I don't think that you will be sorry.

I started reading the most intriguing book today.  Check out Savage Grace.  This is a true crime novel which portrays the Baekeland family and the twisted details surrounding their matriarch's murder in the 1970's.  Barbara Baekeland was murdered by her son and from the first page I was hooked (I started reading it today and no doubt will finish it in the next couple of days).  Not only is it well written, but captivating too since much of it is actual content from interviews of friends and family.  Even if fiction is your normal genre of choice, this is still a non-fiction book that is, well, fascinating.

Now, here is a tune to leave you humming...

I know this is a cover, but it is lovely, haunting and provocative.  We don't hear enough from Jakob Dylan anymore, but he is on the Court Yard Hounds album.  This song should be in everyone's music library.