{"id":52970,"date":"2014-07-04T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-04T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=52970"},"modified":"2014-07-04T07:41:40","modified_gmt":"2014-07-04T11:41:40","slug":"america-in-an-hour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=52970","title":{"rendered":"America in an Hour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, I had a chance to listen to a collection of tunes that I\u2019d not heard in a while. That collection was The Band\u2019s 2000 <em>Greatest Hits<\/em> compilation CD.<\/p>\n<p>While listening, an idea finally \u201cclicked\u201d into place.\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s something I think I realized subconsciously.\u00a0\u00a0 But it wasn\u2019t until now that I could finally put it into words.<\/p>\n<p>The collection is a wonderful description of American life.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Feeling stretched thin and overwhelmed? Listen to <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FFqb1I-hiHE\">The Weight<\/a><\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Smitten with the wrong person? Listen to <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n3snmDifE9k\">Chest Fever<\/a><\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Spending a lot of time on the road?\u00a0 Try <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EisXJSsULGM\">Up on Cripple Creek<\/a><\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Feeling down and out? Listen to <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oHCVTM6obmo\">The Shape I\u2019m In<\/a><\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Want desperate, but carrying on anyway? Check out <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lxzQChNxQQ8\">King Harvest (Has Surely Come).<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li>Have doubts, but are making yourself push through same? Give <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jTbX_XYo6xI\">Stage Fright<\/a><\/em> a listen.<\/li>\n<li>Want a big-city street vibe, of the good kind? Try <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Io9tYdvrFgk\">Life Is a Carnival<\/a><\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>In a comfortable, easy relationship? <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yDUU7raVlYM\">Time to Kill<\/a><\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Love lost? <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rpO4lji8lR0\">Ophelia<\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oHy_XeBMagU\">Rag Mama Rag<\/a><\/em> fit the bill.<\/li>\n<li>Trying to understand the rural South, even today? Listen to <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w69ZVHpjYAk\">The Night they Drove Old Dixie Down<\/a>.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Except for Cajun country. For that, try <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=te7KW4K-00E\">Acadian Driftwood<\/a><\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Maybe add Arlo Guthrie\u2019s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BEe9DF_mUEI\">City of New Orleans<\/a><\/em> if you want a bit more background and\/or the sense of things lost due to change.\u00a0 But even without Guthrie, the set IMO explains much.<\/p>\n<p>No, it doesn&#8217;t cover everything. But it gives a pretty decent overview, IMO \u2013 even if heavily weighted towards rural and Southern.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s worth a listen, especially if it\u2019s been a while. So enjoy the links above if you like.<\/p>\n<p>Damn, those guys were <em>good<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>. . .<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And before I forget:\u00a0 happy 4th, all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, I had a chance to listen to a collection of tunes that I\u2019d not heard &hellip; <a title=\"America in an Hour\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=52970\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">America in an Hour<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":623,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,170],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blather","category-who-knows"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/623"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52970\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}