Happy Halloween from Ivy ’N Ash! 🎃 Inspired by The Smothers Brothers’ wit and courage, we’re releasing a Halloween protest video of Blaze Foley’s Oval Room — a song from the Reagan era that still hits hard today. 🕸️

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I wrote Talkin Orange Cat Blues in the “talkin blues” style of Woody Guthrie and Dylan, inspired by a Facebook argument and the odd events that led to healing. The intro shows how arguing can feel like speaking different languages. 🎵 youtu.be/GxAhy-CIYdw

bsky.app/profile/rick... @wardqnormal.bsky.social Hi Ward! Wanted to share this with you; I was so sorry to hear about Steve’s passing and wanted (for months!) to do something to show gratitude for being a fan of his work, being a friend on Twitter and for standing against fascism. Here ‘tis! Peace!

Happy 84th, Bob Dylan. To mark it, I rewrote The Times They Are A-Changin’—set to a darker melody inspired by Hollis Brown. It’s for D. Crosby & S. Silberman—truth-tellers, podcast friends. I played it on a Martin guitar I won from the Osiris podcast Freak Flag Flying! youtu.be/4QQ-D3caAlU?...