i guess it's resonator tuesday so here's a 1927 willie johnson song unlike anything else from the era – so timeless they shot it into space with 26 other sounds of earth on the voyager golden disc

i'm playing ry cooder's version here with some embellishments

dark was the night, cold was the ground

this elvis costello cover is originally by an incredibly generous aussie musician named janine marshall who actually sent me her handwritten charts when i reached out to her booking contact to say i loved it but could not figure out the arrangement

everyday i write the book