Book recs for LGBTQIA History Month

You probably remember “In The Jailhouse Now” from “O Brother Where Art Thou” but did you know it’s more than 150 years old?

A classic from my vault!

A song for singin’

Trying to bring some Thom Higgins energy into my day.

Here’s a little clip of my (last?) TikTok live yesterday. When will TikTok go away again? This is Billy Swan’s “I Can Help.”

Very telling vocal inflection here. Thanks for this reporting, @reuters.com

Proof that it’s not all talk, I’m really trying to learn to play the banjo.

Don’t get me wrong, every US citizen in every state is getting screwed over by Donald Trump’s heavy-handed attempt to stage a coup & take the control of our federal budget away from our elected reps in Congress. I’m just surprised people in red states are willing to take this theft sitting down.

Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys recorded “Stay All Night” in 1946; it’s attributed to Wills & Tommy Duncan. But the lyrics come from folk songs with roots in Black America and the Caribbean, from the work songs of Black stevedores who loaded cotton on to ships. This verse was first published in 1833.

Hey, @skylight.social, I would love to help beta test your product!

“Mind Your Own Business” is a Hank Williams tune from 1949, back in the old days when people liked to say they valued privacy, autonomy and personal freedom.

Here’s a video I made 3 years ago today, requested by @ukazooman.bsky.social

A Cindy Walker/Bob Wills song, was first recorded by Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys in 1947. It reached number one, staying on the charts six weeks.

Where are all the Bluesky banjo players out there? I’m new at banjo and would like to find some inspiration and community here.