Well you get down the fiddle
and you get down the bow
take off yer shoes
and your throw’em on the floor

Just want to take a moment to give a Birthday Shout-out to Infamous J. S/He lurks the shadows of clubs, smoking camel lights, and buying drinks for nice folks. And when s/He’s not fighting off the gravity of Planetary, Men in Dress, or Faux French crazies…they love listening to some Cory Branan. So much so, they should most definitely know this one is for them…mos def.

It’s the first day of Summertime?

You know you love this place.

Moonlight on the lawn
Streets so bright

The verdict is in.

Courtesy of SMTV. Give her a look.

Since I won’t get to uploading the download (that’s a lot of loading, people) until this evening, let me know what you’d like an mp3 of. Comments welcome, most agreed upon mp3 is the one that gets uploaded. I’ll give you some choices incase you want that:

Watermark (Song from ‘Bright Stars & Lonesome Nights’)

Angel in the Synthesizer (Some new song that Nate is batsh*t crazy for)

Summertime

Darken My Door

Those are choice enough, I think. But vote/comment, yo!

So, big thanks to Nathan (aka Nate), for sending this video over. It’s from the Ben & Cory Tour this summer, so, if you are like me and are a victim of unfortunate geography (i.e. the tour isn’t coming anywhere remotely nearby), then this video is especially for you…and yourn.

I’ve done my best to clean up the audio, but, I guess, as they say about Texas, everything is bigger…including the crowd chattering.

And here is another one, which is probably one of the funniest covers that he does, but, you’ll just have to listen to figure out what it is. I remember asking him a long time ago to play a song that ‘he’ wanted to play…and he played this. Too funny.

A big thank you to Nate for sending me some great videos (3 songs I believe) from the Ben Nichols / Cory Branan tour. I’m gonna play around with the video to lighten it up, etc. Then post it on monday. So you will have another buffet du Branan come then. If I can clean the audio, you can have that as well, since, I think Nate would have wanted it that way.

A super big thanks to Plank10 for providing y’all with the Tall Green Grass Download earlier this week. I think it’s great that you both are willing to share, and truly it’s what will keep this place going in the long run. It is definitely the most interesting version I’ve heard, so if you haven’t gotten it, you need to…quickly…time is running out.

Big love to the man upstairs, Mom, and Baby Jesus.

Sorry for the lack of updating. I have recently returned from the Windy City last weekend, and with working 12 days straight, well, it can take a toll on ya. I think I have one more Sour Mash Hiaku thing to send out, otherwise I think that’s pretty much done. I hope for those who got one liked it. I’m thinking about putting together a DVD of Cory performances that I, and a couple other folks, have taped. These will be given away in a future contest though.

Anyway, I’ve been saving this one for a warmer introduction and with today’s tempature in the Carolinas going to hit near 90, well, why not today. This is…Summertime:

And since I didn’t have a post or download last week…whatever you do, don’t click here.

Much love,

Management

*P.S. - Youtube was retarded slow yesterday, so the video didn’t post until 8pm or so, and well, the Soprano’s finale was on. It’s up now.