Early Sunday morning. The West End Gallery show is delivered and with the studio feeling almost empty now, I take a small breath of relief. Outside, it’s dark and shadowy as a soft rain falls, bringing the parched earth that same breath of relief. Kind of a hazy, unfocused morning. I think I’ll take this time to relax just a bit before plunging back into the new work that waits for me.
For a gray morning, here’s a song, Hey Joe, that is best known for the version done by the inimitable Jimi Hendrix. I thought I would try to take the morning in a brighter direction so I’ll show it as done in a more upbeat bluegrassy fashion by Tim O’Brien. He has a way of giving songs a different twist that I find appealing. His version of Bob Dylan’s Subterranean Homesick Blues is a great example with it’s mandolin and hambone handslaps. On Hey Joe, O’Brien is joined by Jerry Douglas, the master of the dobro. Together, they make a dark song seem less ominous.
Good way to start a dark Sunday.
Redtree Times 
Just marvelous! I do love me some good dobro, and I really like this treatment of the song. Best of all, O’Brien’s playing reminded me of David Grisman’s “Dawg’s Rag” and when I went looking, it’s back up on YouTube. I used to have the album, but it disappeared somewhere along the line. I need to replace it, one way or another.
Ah, the good ol’ misunderstood Dobro®.
Capital “D” please.
Here’s an interesting profile of Jerry Douglas from the NY Times (2002).
nice. Jerry Douglas Radio is my favorite Pandora tag…..
I haven’t tried Jerry Douglas on Pandora. Will do. Thanks, Clay!