I Hate destiny worse than I hate my parents

Short cover of an old Uncle Tupelo song.

Roy Claxton Acuff (September 15, 1903 – November 23, 1992) was an American country music singer, fiddler, and promoter. Known as the "King of Country Music," Acuff is often credited with moving the genre from its early string band and "hoedown" format to the star singer-based format that helped make it internationally successful. In 1952 Hank Williams told Ralph Gleason, "He's the biggest singer this music ever knew. You booked him and you didn't worry about crowds. For drawing power in the South, it was Roy Acuff, then God."[2]



Acuff - Rose (acoustic)

Queen Of Spiders (demo - Acoustic)

Live version of a song I wrote in the slammer.  A troubled man inhabited me briefly.  I don't know his name.  Yet, I felt a desire to tell his story.   

Honest Man (Live)

Standing In The Sun

a small band from San Mateo (just outside San Francisco) -- Art & Ransom, now disbanded were a diverse, quite large group of friends which included the likes of a future UC Berkeley physic major (keyboards and saxophone) a quite girl; classically trained violinist (yes, violin), two brothers from the Diamond Heights district of San Francisco (older: drums, younger: rhythm guitar) and a jewish lead singer with talent oozing out of his small body -including his large black mess of curly hair (vocals & guitar).

This song: "Bird" is about the famous Jazz musician, Charlie Parker.  "The Bird" as he was ofter referred to was addicted to heroin and lead a very storied life.  This song details the artists tale beautifully.

Bird

27 years of age.  Based in Norfolk, VA.  

AlexSanch