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...that he's having to lay down the track to fill an album. But Jones is still Jones, it's undoubtedly a great song, and producer Pappy Daily has done a fine job of setting the scene, providing some haunting fiddle and a light touch of wailing pedal steel...
...Louvin Brothers and Hank Thompson). Sadly, it has been discontinued. All the tracks were recorded at Nashville's Columbia Studio B, the famed Quonset Hut on Music Row, with producer Pappy Daily lining up the city's finest session men - the legendary "A Team" - including Buddy Emmons on pedal steel, Hargus "Pig" Robbins on piano and Curtis McPeak on banjo. It's well worth seeking out on Ebay or in the bargain bins...
...Monday morning in early November, fitness fanatics, connected to computers featuring personalized workout data, pedal on stationary bikes. Nearby, several people scale a rock-climbing wall. All wear heart monitors on their wrists and gold-and-black T shirts bearing the logo of their facility, the Madison Health Club. As one biker gets caught up in watching the presidential candidates duke it out on TV, her heart-rate monitor starts beeping. "Oops," she says, embarrassed to draw the attention of her teacher. "That means I'm out of my target zone...
...imagine this: you're sitting at a computer equipped with a steering wheel, gas pedal, brake and stick shift. Words appear on the screen at a speed you determine by applying the pedals. Your eyes don't waste time with saccadic jumps, since there's never more than one word on the screen at a time. The wheel steers you between chapters; the stick shift takes you to the next book. Before you know it, your brain has become some kind of jet-powered Maserati. Reading regular text, you're considered fleet of eye if you hit 400 words...
...introducing Jones to the dubious joys of the Nashville Sound, had the sense to lay off on the strings and backup singers when he recorded Melba and George. Just a strummed guitar, bass, piano (with ace session man Pig Robbins at the ivories), fiddle, dobro and a tasty pedal steel (played by the incomparable Buddy Emmons). I don't even detect a drum beat on this track. In part, this was an attempt to cash in on the early-'60s craze for all types of folk music; no matter, the results are glorious...