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Just for fun: jamming to spikethegreat Just for fun: jamming to spikethegreat
Posted by: jairosoft

Video duration: 115 seconds
Global video hits: 77

Thanks to spikethegreat and the video of Brutus the dog doing Tom T Hall's "Washed My Face In the Morning Dew". This inspired me to jam and sing along.

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Danville Girl Danville Girl
Posted by: spikethegreat

Video duration: 238 seconds
Global video hits: 2284

Brutus the Dog digs Woody Guthrie, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Chris Smither, John Prine, Barefoot Todd Snider, The Dalai Lama, crunchy dog food with a little canned mixed in, Barack Obama and all things peaceful --- so i guess a train songs in order (again...)

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Waiting for a Train Waiting for a Train
Posted by: spikethegreat

Video duration: 182 seconds
Global video hits: 592

Brutus the dog loves train songs of course, so here's one from a fellow that hailed from Meridian some years back....

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Birds (Cover) Birds (Cover)
Posted by: spikethegreat

Video duration: 134 seconds
Global video hits: 370

Brutus the dog loves to chase birds. He especially likes it when his masters play this classic by Neil Young, about the bird that got away..

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Washed My Face In the Morning Dew (Cover) Washed My Face In the Morning Dew (Cover)
Posted by: spikethegreat

Video duration: 272 seconds
Global video hits: 1854

Brutus the dog is a big Tom T. Hall fan so, here's one of his favorites...

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Buffalo Skinners (Traditional) Buffalo Skinners (Traditional)
Posted by: spikethegreat

Video duration: 531 seconds
Global video hits: 1868

My take on "Buffalo Skinners" which, i believe now, was bein' played a while b/4 Woody Guthrie played it...

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Talkin 1927 Blues (Cover) Talkin 1927 Blues (Cover)
Posted by: spikethegreat

Video duration: 237 seconds
Global video hits: 2921

Brutus the dog is a big Woody Guthrie fan; he has been whining to hear "Take me Ridin' in the Car, Car",(The Car Song) as well as "Goodnight, Little Brutus, Goodnight".-- one've these days, Brutus... one've these days.....

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The Pilgrim, Chapter 33 (Cover) The Pilgrim, Chapter 33 (Cover)
Posted by: spikethegreat

Video duration: 163 seconds
Global video hits: 4195

Brutus the dog has issues w/ serious Kristofferson song 'The Pilgrim: Chapter 33"

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Poncho and Lefty (Cover) Poncho and Lefty (Cover)
Posted by: spikethegreat

Video duration: 259 seconds
Global video hits: 2269

Brutus the Dog listens to a story about a couple of friends from long ago...

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Clay Pigeons (Cover) Clay Pigeons (Cover)
Posted by: spikethegreat

Video duration: 185 seconds
Global video hits: 3369

Brutus prefers real pigeons but, like Blaze Foley who wrote this song, he can always dream big....

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Jaded Lover Jaded Lover
Posted by: spikethegreat

Video duration: 290 seconds
Global video hits: 1317

Brutus the dog loves Jerry Jeff Walker, and so does his Master Jen and Uncle Gann.... OK, here's our little "fan attempt" at one've his tunes from some time back....

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The Speed of the Sound of Loneliness (Cover) The Speed of the Sound of Loneliness (Cover)
Posted by: spikethegreat

Video duration: 221 seconds
Global video hits: 2338

Brutus the dog loves to chase rabbits- that's one reason he loves this song...out there runnin' just to be on the run.

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That\ That's the Way The World Goes Round (Cover)
Posted by: spikethegreat

Video duration: 142 seconds
Global video hits: 4696

Brutus the dog is especially partial to this song from Bruised Orange; he says it captures his life and times pretty good. ...yep, "it's a half an inch of water..."

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Good Christian Soldier (Cover) Good Christian Soldier (Cover)
Posted by: spikethegreat

Video duration: 202 seconds
Global video hits: 3191

...Brutus the dog and the rest of us sing along to the Billy Joe Shaver/Bobby Bare ballad
(--"ain't we havin' fun...")

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Ol\ Ol' Blue (Traditional)
Posted by: spikethegreat

Video duration: 245 seconds
Global video hits: 1394

Brutus the dog loves anything Ramblin' Jack Elliott has ever sung, including this one about a dog he can relate to...

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Enjoy Yourself (Cover) Enjoy Yourself (Cover)
Posted by: spikethegreat

Video duration: 221 seconds
Global video hits: 1609

Brutus the dog reflects on life and what to do about it. Ah, why not..enjoy yourself..

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6\ 6' O Clock News (Cover)
Posted by: spikethegreat

Video duration: 229 seconds
Global video hits: 1297

This is a 3rd heinekin beer take on one of my favorite John Prine songs, from "the haystack album".... hope i do it somewhat justice ---- cheers, Brutus!

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Buskin\ Buskin' Blues (original)
Posted by: spikethegreat

Video duration: 362 seconds
Global video hits: 560

Brutus the dog is computer savy... he may be 8 time-zones away from me, but i can still tell him stories before he goes to sleep on the couch way over there in the "old country"... here's one i wrote about 'buskin' on the streets.. hope he likes it....

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Pastures of Plenty Pastures of Plenty
Posted by: spikethegreat

Video duration: 223 seconds
Global video hits: 764

Brutus the dog is back in America, so a Woody Guthrie tune is in order... "we come with the dust and we go with the wind..."

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Sneaky Snake (Cover) Sneaky Snake (Cover)
Posted by: spikethegreat

Video duration: 117 seconds
Global video hits: 2418

Brutus the dog listens in on some words our uncle used to sing to us, written, I believe, by Tom T. Hall... well, maybe Brutus just yawns and goes to sleep, but we sing it anyway...

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Nobody Wins (Cover) Nobody Wins (Cover)
Posted by: spikethegreat

Video duration: 122 seconds
Global video hits: 920

Brutus the dog lends a sympathetic ear to his master's lament...and gets a little shut eye.

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Bruised Orange Bruised Orange
Posted by: spikethegreat

Video duration: 226 seconds
Global video hits: 565

Brutus the dog has heard this J.P. song many times, so he knows what to do (...just go to sleep and we'll try not to make it too unbearable there, littel fellow!)

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Old Man Gone (Original) Old Man Gone (Original)
Posted by: spikethegreat

Video duration: 167 seconds
Global video hits: 577

Brutus the dog enjoys a song his masters penned just moments before, a "work in progress"....

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One Red Rose, Take 2... One Red Rose, Take 2...
Posted by: spikethegreat

Video duration: 43 seconds
Global video hits: 1467

Brutus the dog appreciates the start of a great song by John Prine --- until we goof it up....

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My Old Dog and Me (unknown origins) My Old Dog and Me (unknown origins)
Posted by: spikethegreat

Video duration: 20 seconds
Global video hits: 1484

Brutus the dog appreciates a song in his honor...
Ramblin' Jack Elliott has said, i believe, that this traditional was the first song he heard while drinking a beer in a bar... i think he was about 12... (he put this brief bit on his recent album "I Stand Alone")...

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