“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.”--Martin Luther King
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Uncle Tupelo
Uncle Tupelo was a revelation for me, especially during the early 90s No Depression era. There is a fine soulfulness in this cover of the Bob Dylan version of a song with disputed roots. It has wonderfully simple and plaintive acoustic work; an expressive and singular voice.
Terry Simons is the founder of Round Bend Press Books and Round Bend Press Detritus. He has worked as a day laborer, dishwasher, factory drone, community organizer, journalist, media consultant and freelance writer. He attended the University of Oregon and Portland State University, where he read journalism, politics, literature and history. He is the author most recently of "Third and a Mile," a fan's notes about the University of Oregon's football travails, 2010--2017.
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