Having promised to try to be more jointed today, so far, I got nothin’.
But that’s ok, because I also got Nothin’, a Townes Van Zandt tune that I just discovered today, though I’ve surely heard it before. It’s track #11 on the Robert Plant/Alison Krauss collaboration Raising Sand, which I really, really love (one might even say it’s awesome!) — but the later tracks on albums often go somewhat neglected in a home with young kids in it. You put on a CD, you think you’ll be spending quality time with the whole thing, and then – well, something or other happens.
But this morning, on my way home from an overnight visit with a friend, I really heard the track. And then I listened again. And again. And probably again.
Almost burned out my eyes/Threw my ears down to the floor/I didn’t see nothin’/I didn’t hear nothin’/I stood there like a block of stone/Knowing all I need to know/And nothin’ more/Man, that’s nothin’
With fuzzy, screamy guitars, and Alison Krauss’s bluegrass violin – man alive…. I wish I could see them perform this live. I saw Robert Plant once and he was, indeed, absolutely awesome.
Anyway, now I want you to hear it, too:
