Music Lives 365: 2 Octobre Groucho Marx Gillian Welch

Civilization is the encouragement of differences
— the Mahatma

Mr. Hell

I do think that the abiding mystery of my origins has definitely had a profound effect upon my writing. There is that thing in the back of my mind where I think I don’t really know who I am. And it may make it a little easier to shift around in my narrative voice.
— gillian welch

And here is Gillian’s incomparable song done incomparably by the late Popsie Dixon . What is it about his singing! Just what is it? A broken down grandeur. Barely up, down, in, out, quiet soul.