#JohnPaulWhite (he of The Civil Wars) is like a velvet thundercloud—moody, poetic, and slightly amused by it all. We talked about Beulah, writing from the edges, and why he’ll never write a “happy record.”

“I don’t write autobiographically,” he says. “That bores me.”

We also dig into the death of genre, what’s wrong with mainstream country, and why making a great song should always beat chasing a market trend.

https://www.lpm.org/music/2017-02-17/john-paul-white-im-the-big-gray-cloud-floating-in

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Ted Tocks Covers - Year 8 - Day 27

Sam Stone

Remembering John Prine!

“Sam Stone's welcome home
Didn't last too long.
He went to work when he'd spent his last dime
And Sammy took to stealing
When he got that empty feeling
For a hundred dollar habit without overtime.”

#johnprine #BobGibson #AlKooper #johnnycash #lauracantrell #nathanielrateliff #kelseywaldon #johnpaulwhite

https://tedtockscovers.wordpress.com/2025/04/07/sam-stone-the-great-society-conflict-veterans-blues-musicislife-tedtockscovers-johnprine/

Shovels & Rope, Busted Jukebox Volume 3, 2021 on Dualtone

The third in a series of cover albums by Shovels & Rope, this one focuses on kids songs or songs in lullaby style, thus the “Juicebox” joke in the cover. But these are great versions with contemporary artists, including Sharon Van Etten, John Paul White (formerly of The Civil Wars), Felice Brothers, Deertick, M. Ward, The Secret Sisters, and the War and Treaty.

My copy via Electric Fetus in […]

#2020s #2021 #Deertick #Dualtone #ElectricFetus #FeliceBrothers #JohnPaulWhite #MWard #MinneapolisMN #SecretSisters #SharonVanEtten #ShovelsRope #TheWarAndTreaty #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds

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