Knit to This
Merle Hazard Returns!
Dear Kay,
World premiere!
Maybe some folks don’t know this, but I am married to a shape shifter. By day, Hubbo is a mild-mannered working fella. By weekend, he becomes the World’s Foremost Financial Country Crooner, the one and only Merle Hazard.
He sings about the typical things that haunt a man who thinks a lot about lovin’, leavin’, and the question of whether we’re headed for inflation or deflation.
Up top is Merle’s brand-new tune, “(Gimme Some of That) Ol’ Atonal Music,” featuring some of Nashville’s finest bluegrass players. Alison Brown, on banjo, is the Grammy-winning brains behind Compass Records, the independent music label responsible for some of today’s most interesting progressive bluegrass and Celtic music.
A toe-tappin’ bluegrass song about atonal music? Merle, you never cease to amaze me.
Share it with all your music-lovin’ friends!
Love,
Ann
I officially snorted. While In the bathtub. My husband is concerned.
Great way to start Sunday.
Well that made me smile. Thanks for sharing .
That was great. What a hoot!
It’s so good to see Merle again. I had to listen to some of the oldies again with my coffee. A nice refreshing start to the day!
That is great! What a guy.
Love it, as I love all Merle’s songs! And of course, I’m still awaiting the follow-up to “Pardon Me, I Didn’t Knit That for You”. Such a talented family!
How do I listen to this one?
I’m sure that it’s somewhere on the site, but here’s the Youtube link to Pardon Me, I Didn’t Knit That for You. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUOgqefnt_I
I am officially a fan!
Oh I love it!!!
Tears (of laughter) rolling down my cheeks this morning! More Merle!!!
Brilliant. Merle you’re a star
BravO!
Adorable! Smart and adorable. Funny, smart, and adorable.
Loved it!
Oh, just downright excellent.
Fun, although I love the “Economic Bluegrass”. Granted, I am not a kid.
Love it! That’s neat;O))
loved it
Yeehah! Merle does not disappoint.
This is just what I needed today! I sing with the Nashville Symphony Chorus, and we are in the middle of putting together Leonard Bernstein’s Kaddish. Merle’s song could not have come at a better time, and of course I shared with the entire chorus. I mean we just worked on 12 tone rows last week, lol! Brilliant! (Especially the banjo solo) Well done!
So fun and funny. What a talented group!
We
Well, that was just great for us who gosh darn it miss that high modernism. Schoenberg wasn’t really my jam. Stravinsky was more like it but gimme some a that Jackson Pollock. Oh for the days when Donald Judd could be seen with nary a thought a sociopolitical context.
Omigod, MERLE. You had me and the hubs howling with laughter. Well done, you, especially the John Cage break.
This was so good! My Sunday just started out even better. Thank you!
OMG!!! Cracked me up!! I just LOVE this blog – always something great going on!
Merle is hilarious. Well done!
That was awesome! Now I really want to hear the one about how hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic lead to the rise of fascism. Sounds like a winner to me.
Absolutely loved it and I think my dog was tapping her paw !
This is simply amazing! A fun way to get my Sunday moving. Thank you for sharing! XO
You made my day – spent a 30-year career trying to explain economics to non-economist policy makers. Bless you, Merle Hazard.
Hahaha!! Totally awesome!!
How fun!
So good to see Merle again! Laughed out loud and loved this. Merle, you’re just downright aw-vawnt gard-e.
PS: Some awesome musicians too. Wow Alison!
Funny! I shared the link on FB.
Loved it!
It’s so beautiful!
Is 10 listens too many?
Would it be wrong to know all the words?
#TeamMerle
My personal music choice to knit to, would be anything by Yanni. He is one of my favorite performers.
So awesome!!
That is a treat!
That was awesome! I had my husband watch it after I did.
That is awesome! And the musicians are pretty darn good, even when atonal. Thanks for the smiles!
This made my day!
I’m going to play it for my husband when he gets home (he LOVES Philip Glass, so. yeah).