Thursday Things We Like for 7.9: Honky Tonks, Cocktails, and a Damn Fine Song

Ryan — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:41:56 +0000

The Backroads of American Music is, perhaps like its moniker indicates, an odd and rough assemblage of rural and undiscovered music throughout the American countryside. Of particular note is their recent obituary for Charlie Nelson, a piano man whose life in the Mississippi woods is a fascinating story and a hell of a trip through a life well lived.

Some of our traffic comes from people searching for a cocktail called a “Yellowhammer,” and we’d love to know what one is. After consulting not one but two bartending manuals (why I own those is a different story), the only information I could find is this, and I disapprove. Being an Auburn man, I would like to see a signature cocktail not related to that unfortunate cheer. Leave recipe suggestions in the comments, and any variation on The Alabama Slammer is grounds for immediate disqualification.

My adoration for Bloodshot Records knows no bounds. Though not Southern themselves (Chicago), much of the music their label puts out (they describe it as “Insurgent Country”) is Southern in origin. From the indie rock of Missouri band Ha Ha Tonka to my favorites Trailer Bride, Bloodshot’s playlist is formidable indeed. Here’s a particular favorite from Scott H. Biram. And no, I’m pretty sure that mustache is not ironic.

Yellowhammer Press » Scott Biram

Thursday Things We Like for 7.9: Honky Tonks, Cocktails, and a Damn Fine Song