B100: #77 “$1000 Wedding” by Gram Parsons

A second appearance in my B100 favourite songs list for Gram Parsons, this time as a solo act with the exquisite “$1000 Wedding” from his swansong album “Grievous Angel”.

B100: #51 “Hot Burrito #1” by The Flying Burrito Brothers

The B100 list of my favourite songs ranked 51-100 kicks off with the laidback allure of “Hot Burrito #1” by The Flying Burrito Brothers.

USA 2011 Chapter 2 – Austin: Bikers, bats and Back In Black

As originally posted on my Tumblr site while travelling around the USA in 2011…

So, I’m currently sat in my hotel bar and it’s the last night of my stay in Austin, taking it easy before heading out on a road trip to New Orleans tomorrow. I’m also going to try to go into less detail than I did about Dallas or I could be here all night; suffice to say that it has been great here in Austin, a brilliant city.

I arrived here on Friday with a five hour Amtrak journey through the oilfields, deserts and small towns of Texas. As I said in my last post, it’s so much more pleasurable an experience than any train I’ve ever caught in England, especially with the right tunes to soundtrack the sights. I was certainly listening to a lot of Glen, Gram and Gene amongst lots of other country/southern rock.

The Amtrak to Austin