#dan grimm

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I’ve seen death a lotta times since then. Seen it fast. Seen it slow. But that was the first time I’d ever seen anyone die. One second he wuz Dan Grimm, more alive than anyone I’d ever known. Th’ next second he wuz a hundred and forty pounds of nothin’. It was just that quick. Death had never been real ta me before that moment.

Thing Vol 1 1: “Lifelines”

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Falcons Take Three Packers in Expansion Draft

Feb. 16, 1966 – The Atlanta Falcons select three Packers in the expansion draft, as the first-year club stocks its roster for its inaugural season in the NFL. Atlanta Coach Norb Hecker, who spent seven years coaching the Packers defensive backs, plucks quarterback Dennis Claridge, guard Dan Grimm and halfback Junior Coffey from the roster of the 1965 NFL champions.

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Saturday August 11th Cold Spring Tavern will feature a full day of Bands and Barbecue.

As a long Time Cold Spring regular, I, Dan Grimm, will bring my band and several of my favorite acts from Hollywood and Ojai up the mountain to show off our talent in one of the most beautiful venues in California. The American Bloomers combine tight harmonies with catchy Rock, Pop, and Americana songs that have lead to multiple award winning recognition such as best Female Vocal Performance and recent nomination for Best Music in Media. D Henry Fenton and the Elizabethan feature one of Australia's brightest songwriters and noted Legend of LALA, D Henry. These regulars of the Topanga Canyon scene work with industry giants such as Dave Kusen (dummer on Pearl Jam's legendary Ten album).

I will be previewing my new album Ventucky that features a Flip Floppytonk style and musicians such as Jesse Siebenberg (Supertramp, Lissie), Jonathan McEuen(Grand Ol Opry veteran), and the Ventucky Crows rhythm section.  Surprise guests are rumored to be sitting in playing along, as if the Tri Tip Sandwiches weren't enough!

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Albums Updates, Wine, and Music

Albums Update:

Yep Albums plural-  Corvus Crow was done and I was raving about it weeks ago, so what happened? Well, i got greedy on Darlene and wanted a second mix to consider... Once we heard it, we liked it and thought the whole album should get that treatment in mastering, so we did... but then I noticed a single pop in Firing Squad... so turns out it was from the original mix and we went back in to fix it.  Everything is hunky dory know evidently and (fingers crossed) the final final master is coming my way tonight.  The artwork is done and we just need to reproduce the discs and packages and submit to iTunes.

I just got work EP #2 "Ventucky" is not done being tracked by Jesse Siebenberg and his magical world of pedal and lap steel guitars, which means we'll take a listen for any tradition electric parts we need and contemplate doing harmonies with Sachs and McEuen.  We're ahead of schedule on this one, which is a nice problem to have. Random Entertainment: After years of being compared to Ray Lamontagne I decided to check him out.  I like him. Seems like a hybrid of Jason Mraz and myself.I've always wanted to have a harmony heavy trio with Mraz, B Willing James, and me, but considering the closer common influences I might be inclined to sub JM for RL.  Anyhow... there's work to be done before that opportunity would present itself.  So here you go, one of my favorites from Ray:

Wine For Beer Drinkers: Alot of wines need time open to breathe and evaporate into the taste I prefer.  Old Wren comes to mind as a favorite, however this weeks wine is great as soon as the cork flies.  It's a hearty old vine zinfandel that has a strong taste of raspberry jam. Check it:

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A Note on October Movies:

Is it just me or does the fall season bring us some truly craptastic movie viewing choices?  Not looking forward to anything I've seen a trailer for.  Malory goes, "Awwwe cute" when we see the Dolphin Tail trailer, and when that happens the odds are I'll hate the movie.  When I hear that phrase in conjunction with some feel good animal or romance movie it makes me want to sponsor some sucker to go see the movie with her.

In the absence of any good movies in theaters, though, I'm going to let you in on a secret my buddy Todd Beardpocolypse shared with me: Buffalo Rider.Your life will not be complete until you watch this movie.

The official youtube tagline is this:   "Charging on 2000 pounds of revenge, Buffalo Jones battles outlaws, cougars, bears and saves a baby. This is the greatest movie ever made about a man and his buffalo. It's also fallen into the public domain, so enjoy for free online forever."  

Let me take a stab at a better tagline-This movie starts like a Disney or Mutual of Omaha Wild Kingdom with Marlin Perkins documentary, however it soon becomes High Planes Drifter with a dash of any 4th grade boy you know who collects insects to become prize fighters inside a glass jar.  Warning:  This movie contains shit tons of animals being harmed.  PETA was not around back when Buffalo Jones was riding into future youtube fame.  The acting in this movie is about a D+, but it's awesome to see a guy riding a buffalo maul a wild wolf or a mountain lion get into an epic scrap with Bandit the raccoon.  I watched all of it and said, "Awesome!".  Malory scoffed then watched the whole thing and went "What?- that was AWESOME!".  I know.  

Sold yet?  you'd better be, because this is pretty much has to be a better movie than Melencholia and Paranormal Activity 3. Enjoy:

Wine for beer drinkers: I want to go back to the first wine I posted about for a moment.  I just had two higher end bottles of red, but then decided to match them vs the Big House Red.  I would probably choose BHR in a blind taste test and it cost 14 dollars less a bottle.  It's easy to spot on the shelf for people who get antsy in the wine section and it has a screw top, so you don't need additional hardware to drink it.  I will be in search of something that tops it, but so far it is the champion red for beer drinkers.