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J.M. Hart (rowjimmy)
@jmhart.bsky.social
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Songwriter and music enjoyer.
New album, "Turned Around" 16 September 2025.
Host/Producer of Brokedown Pod (ret.)
formerly ATrowj on the tweets
https://linktr.ee/jmhart
On Mastodon at:
https://shakedown.social/@rowjimmy
Virginia, USA
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The Gospel is Grateful and what not.
A five piece band with two additional singers swings out a version of HC Sunshine.
November 2, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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We have achieved dobro.
I repeat:
We have achieved dobro.
A tie dye clad dobro player named Graves has joined Keller Williams and Gibb Droll onstage. Yellow lights and smoke surround them.
November 2, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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We have achieved dobro.
I repeat:
We have achieved dobro.
A tie dye clad dobro player named Graves has joined Keller Williams and Gibb Droll onstage. Yellow lights and smoke surround them.
November 2, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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Proof of show.

Keller & Gibb Droll gettin’ down.
Keller Williams & Gibb Droll play guitars onstage
November 2, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Letter from antifa General Eisenhower to his antifa troops on the eve of D-Day.
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force! You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you, the hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you, In company with our brave Allies and brothers-in-arms on other fronts, you will bring about the destruction of the German war machine, the elimination of Nazi tyranny over the oppressed peoples of Europe, and security for ourselves in a free world. Your task will not be an easy one, Your enemy is well trained, well equipped and battle-hardened. He will fight savagely. But this is the year 1944. Much has happened since the Nazi triumphs of 1940-41. The United Nations have in-ficted upon the Germans great defeats, in open battle, man-to-man. Our air offensive has seriously reduced their strength in the air and their capacity to wage war on the ground. Our Home Fronts have given us an overwhelming superiority in weapons and munitions of war, and placed at our disposal great reserves of trained fighting men. The tide has turned! The free men of the world are marching together to Victory ! I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than full Victory! Good Luck! And let us all beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking. [signed] Dwight D Eisenhower
October 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Playing a house show here in Fredericksburg, VA, another in a series that I've enjoyed putting together. This time, Liam Grant returns with Glenn Jones amid their current tour. Andy McLeod will dazzle the Fredheads and I will emcee & open the whole thing.
A sepia toned photo of a tiller in a garden with one green cabbage that wintered over. Text on the image reads: Another Fine Matinee You've Gotten Us Into Glenn Jones Liam Grant Andy McLeod J.M. Hart Shrunken Rd Brewing Fredericksburg, VA Oct. 5 4pm Sharp No Bummers
October 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Wait
iPhone lock screen with Jerry Garcia in a ghostly blue light glow
September 28, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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A library record but it’s all three kinds of music: Country and Western and Bluegrass.
A green record cover with the following text in the upper right: KPM Music Recorded Library And in the lower right: 21 Denmark Street London WC2 Tel: 01-836-6699 This is the back of the record cover. There’s a lot of text. At the top it repeats the KPM info from the front but includes the catalog number “KPM 1218” The title is “Country and Western and Bluegrass” “Authentic Music of the American Mid-West” Then there’s 18 tracks listed— all short examples of country, western, and bluegrass styles.
September 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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R.I.P. Danny Thompson
Bassist extraordinaire
The late Danny Thompson looking down at the camera as he plays his bass
September 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Nomad w/ Althea
Live @ Stuft

Night 1
September 19
24 N Mallory St
Hampton, VA
Poster/details for a Phish Afterparty Nomad w/ Althea Live @ Stuft September 19 24 N Mallory St Hampton, VA
September 16, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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Got a deal on a Farm Pedals "Sweet Leaf". No knobs, just heavy fuzz. (internal output trim pot tho).
A guitar effect pedal with a single foot switch and no knobs. It is purple and there is a leaf stamped on it in black ink.
September 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Here’s my little list…
Screen grab of my Bandcamp app showing titles I picked up recently (mostly today). Grade, Old Saw, Jordan Perry, Wet Tuna, Gwenifer Raymond, Shrunken Elvis, Orcutt Shelley Miller, and Carbon record sampler, and an in-progress Modern Folk.
September 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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In addition to my new album, I have some older releases that are marked down and ready to go. There are literally only one copy each of the "Sunken Road" cd and "So Below" lp. I've got 7"s and CDs and tapes for your physical media fetish.

jmhart.bandcamp.com/merch
A screen grab of my merch page on Bandcamp. A variety of CDs and a couple of records are listed.
September 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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So it’s Bandcamp Friday and I’m obliged to mention that my album remains up for pre-order on cd & tape. It’s out 9/16 and I’ll begin shipping next week after the free listening party.
If you hate Bandcamp, I’m also on ampwall.

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A cassette tape sticks out of its case which rests on a compact disc. All sit upon a red fabric (which is the sofa in my studio). They are for the same album, “J.M. Hart - Turned Around” and coth the CD and the cassette case have the same black & white photograph of a river on them. The cassette is hand numbered 25/25.
September 5, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Evidence of jamming
Xylophone with mallets and headphones resting on it. It’s on the floor and there are microphones suspended above it.
September 4, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Spotted by a friend on a record store window in Thessaloniki, Greece (where I’ve never been).
September 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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The United States Capital building
September 1, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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A clip from “Central Time”, the third and final single from “Turned Around”.
Out Sept 16 cd, cassette, and digital.
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August 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Tapes are in.
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Cassette and cd editions of J.M. Hart’s forthcoming album, “Turned Around”. On each, the background is black with the artist and album names respectively above and below a doily with a black & white photograph of a river. These all sit on a black tabletop. A headphone wire is seen plugged in at the upper left. The edge of a folded handkerchief is at the top.
August 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Hanging with Phil earlier this year.
You friendly neighborhood poster, a white guy in black raincoat, grey beard, a cap and whatnot standing on a damp sidewalk alongside a slightly larger than life statue of Phil Lynott, complete with Fender bass.
August 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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A taste of last night’s output.
August 17, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Recent acquisition from Lansing NC. Not too big. Perfect for my double espresso aquiatto.
A small blue mug
August 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Makin’ things
Studio view. A ribbon microphone dangles in the foreground. A desk behind is cluttered with guitar pick, slide, ebow, and more. The knobs of a recording interface are in view as is the face of a monitor (speaker) beyond that.
August 17, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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Jerry Garcia Band, Live at the Warfield Feb 28, 1991 4xLP has landed.

Here we go!
LP cover with a starlight-esque swirl descending from beyond and going through an open, floating stage door with the name “Jerry” on it. Text of the cover reads: JERRY GARCIA BAND LIVE AT THE WARFIELD FEBRUARY 28TH, 1991 The hype sticker reads: 4-LP SET +**+ THE COMPLETE SHOW 2+ HOURS OF PRIME, LATTER ERA JGB MAGIC IN THE HOUSE OF GARCIA MASTERED FROM SOUNDBOARD RECORDINGS Apologies for the all caps. That’s how my phone detected the text and, frankly, I don’t want to retype it.
August 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Marge Simpson admires a spice rack assuming there must be doubles. She is unfamiliar with one, "Oregano" and asks, rhetorically, "What the hell..." This is a screen grab from one of the best episodes of television ever made: "El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)" Season 8 / Episode 9 commonly referenced as the "Chili cookout episode."
August 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM