Today I learned that this is not Brownsville, Texas, but Brownsville, Tennessee, where Sleepy John Estes lived, way on back when. We’re going there tomorrow. While we’re there, we’ll see Tennessee’s oldest synagogue. Among other things.
Today I learned that this is not Brownsville, Texas, but Brownsville, Tennessee, where Sleepy John Estes lived, way on back when. We’re going there tomorrow. While we’re there, we’ll see Tennessee’s oldest synagogue. Among other things.
Tiny Cat Pants 
I like how abstract this live solo version gets.
According to the comments, this was the first time he’d ever played the mandolin. I feel like that could be true, because there’s a sense in which it feels like he’s somehow both singing a song he knows really well and hearing it for the first time.
Elias has more to say over at his place:
http://eliashiebert.tumblr.com/post/50885073486/departing-from-the-pattern