Who doesn’t love a good hippie festival? Mix ‘er up with some twangy bluegrass, add a mishap at a phone booth – and you’ve got all the ingredients for this week’s episode of “On the Road Again” – my behind-the-scenes travel vlog of musical nonsense!
Cheers,
Jack
Hey hey had a fun weekend! On Friday, I played at Prairie Island Campground for their Boats and Bluegrass Festival, singing during the 10:00 AM Bloody Mary bar. Wowza! Tons of fun. Here’s a little live video I made. If the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, I’ll post more vids from this…
Heigh-ho, everybody, heigh-ho! Last week I played the Bloody Mary bar at Boats and Bluegrass, a fun music festival in Winona, Minnesota. After my set, a fella came up with a resonator guitar and asked about my National resonator. We traded guitars, tunes, and stories. Turns out he was up busking from New Orleans… and…
Y’all, I was so honored to be a guest on the Brews and Cruise Podcast hosted by Chris Jacobson. We had a spirited chat, enjoyed some spirits, and then I tried to conjure some spirits of hot jazz and English vaudeville. What’s even better? We’re surrounded by dreamy cars and neon signs! Check it out…
Well, friends, we did it! We launched a new weekly podcast! The first episode of Jack Norton’s Old-Time Radio Show was released late last night. Here’s some info on the new show… Travel Back in Time to the 1920s and 1930s! Travel back to the 1920s and 1930s as vaudeville blues and ragtime hokum musician Jack…
I grew up a weird kid. Obsessed with 1920s and 1930s culture, fashion, films, music. In high school I dressed like Charlie Chaplin. I carried one of Tiny Tim’s ukuleles in an old brown paper bag and wandered the hallways of my old high-school, turning it into my own freak show. For awhile I toyed…
Hank Williams once told a promoter, “for drawing power in the South, it’s Roy Acuff, then God.” Hank wasn’t joking. Acuff was known as the King of Country Music, and for many years he was the biggest name (and highest paid) entertainer in Nashville. But for my money he’s always been a little bland, played…
