Sep 24 2010 # 52 Yalla Yalla Yall. Gallows Humor Addendum. Cracker Live in Iraq. Frank Funaro (drummer Cracker and CVB) reminded me of some of the excellent Gallows Humour while we were in Iraq. Here is Frank’s comment: Oh, and lest we forget… When we were riding around in Iraq in armored vehicles, we…Read more
Sep 20 2010 #48 Friends – 3 Guys Walk Into A Bar In Canoga Park. Why being backstage at a low grade music festival is like being in Iraq. Patterson Hood, Johnny Hickman and I Perform Friends. alternate link In february of 1998 Cracker was mixing our Gentleman’s Blues album. Don Smith our producer engineer had just acquired a mini estate in Agoura Hills CA. It had a smallish…Read more
Aug 31 2010 #41 Sidi Ifni -Cracker. Paul Bowles, Moroccan Space Rock and Old English Queens. Hotel Suerte Loca in Sidi Ifni 08 Sidi Ifni So the last i left off the band had broken up in Sweden and we had made our way back to the UK to fly home. I however had always planned…Read more