Monthly Archives: September 2013

Playing Guy Clark’s guitars

Posted on September 29, 2013 by Les Kerr

On a September morning in 2011, I found myself in the home of a hero. I had come to Guy Clark’s house to interview him for a column in 2nd & Church, a quarterly literary magazine published for several years … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 2nd and Church, bar napkins, Blowin' Like a Bandit, building guitars, Dublin Blues, guitar, guitars, Gulf Coast, Guy Clark, Hemingway, Hemingway's Whiskey, Les Kerr, magazine, music, Nashville, playing, quarterly literary magazine, shrimping, songs, songwriting, Tennessee, Texas, texas gulf coast, writing | 15 Comments

He was a “char-actuh” – remembering Dr. John

Posted on September 22, 2013 by Les Kerr

About 5:15 Thursday afternoon, June 6, 2019, I was listening to Nashville’s fine Americana radio station WMOT FM and noticed that a Dr. John song was playing. I’ve heard Dr. John on that station many times before and was happy … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Allen Toussaint, American Routes, Americana Music Association, Americana Music Conference, Art Neville, Country Music Hall of Fame, Dalai Lama, Danny Barker, Dr. John, Earl Scruggs, Ford Theater, Frankie Ford, funk, guitar, James Burton, laureate, Les Kerr, Nashville, New Orleans, Nick Spitzer, piano, poet, Professor Longhair, rhythm & blues, T Bone Walker, Tennessee, The Jordanaires, Tulane University | 6 Comments

One shirt, with pedigree

Posted on September 15, 2013 by Les Kerr

The blue embroidered guitars with gold wings seemed to fly off the shirt in Lansky Brothers at the Peabody straight to me. I could almost hear some heavenly Memphis guitar licks as I viewed them on the shirt’s black background. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bob Dylan, Elvis, Johnny Cash, Lansky Brothers, Les Kerr, Manuel's, Marty Stuart, Memphis, Nashville, Pascagoula, Pascagoula High School, rock & roll, rockabilly, The Grateful Dead, The Rolling Stones | 2 Comments

Dim Lights and Catfights- revisited

Posted on September 1, 2013 by Les Kerr

Dim Lights and Catfights During the late 1980s and early 1990s, I sang at the Officers Club Dining Room at Ft. Campbell, Kentucky every week for a very nice event featuring prime rib, shrimp and so forth. Officers, retired officers, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged beer joint, Ft. Campbell, Kentucky, Les Kerr, Nashville, nightclub, Officers Club, Taylor Guitars | Leave a comment

Monthly Archives: September 2013

Playing Guy Clark’s guitars

He was a “char-actuh” – remembering Dr. John

One shirt, with pedigree

Dim Lights and Catfights- revisited

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