Shades Mountain Air has been together, more or less, for twenty-one years. That has taken us to five states, dozens of cities, churches, universities, festivals,
Tag: Gary Furr music
Uncle Vance’s Guitar
Writing songs started for me at age 16. I have been singing, though, all my life. I sang in church, hummed to myself, started plucking
Banjo Harmonies
The truth is, the banjo, like all the indigenous music of the South, is another of those curious shadowy meeting places of black and white
“Death Gospel,” Art and Life
The website “Sightings” put out an interesting piece this week. Thanks to my good friend and blog reader Lamon Brown for forwarding this to me.
I Am a Flatpickin’ Pilgrim
Pilgrim’s Progress is one of my favorite spiritual writings to come from the Baptist and Puritan stream. The longer title of the original The Pilgrim’s
