admin | October 31, 2008
The New DVD “Live Licks from the Boulder Theater” is now available and can be purchased at all live shows & online at www.cdbaby.com. Get a sneak peek and check out the “World of Judgment” LIVE from the Boulder Theater!
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Tags: Kort McCumber, Lickskillet Road, live DVD, Live Licks from the Boulder Theater, Medicinal Americana
Kort | October 31, 2008
Joe the Unlicensed Plumber with Unpaid Back Taxes has hired a Nashville-based publicity team. I heard he intends to make a country music record. If not really being a plumber doesn’t stop one from saying they’re a plumber, then not really being a country music singer or songwriter shouldn’t stop one from calling himself that [...]
Category: Lickskillet Road - Tours |
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Tags: country music, Cousin Catfish, Kort McCumber, Pigskin Jamboree, singer, songwriter, tailgating
Kort | October 25, 2008
Slumgullion is a type of stew known to mountain men and made by throwing whatever was on hand into a pot. It is also the name of the mountain pass at the bottom of which lies Lake City, CO – which is where I played a solo gig last night, at the Black Crooke Theatre. [...]
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Tags: Alfred Packer, Billy the Kid, Black Crooke Theatre, Jesse James, Kort McCumber, mountain music, Slumgullion
Kort | October 20, 2008
It’s been a busy week finishing up this leg of the Lickskillet Road Tour. We had a great time playing a house concert in Dallas… a special thanks goes out to John, Ellen, Mike, and Jessi for making us feel welcome! Yesterday we headed to Houston to help promote baygo.com at the football game. And [...]
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Tags: Bob Dylan, Dido, Kort McCumber, Lickskillet Road - Tours, Roger Staubach, songwriter, Steve Earle, Townes Van Zandt
Kort | October 17, 2008
Joe the Plumber was a big hit in the third and final presidential debate. He was mentioned at least thirteen times! I wonder if Joe the Plumber knows Joe six-pack. And does either of them know Joe Blow? I’m not sure how the name Joe came to represent the hypothetical average man, but here it [...]
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Tags: country-folk singer, Joe the Plumber, Kort McCumber, outlaw country, songwriter, Townes Van Zandt, Van Zandt county
Kort | October 15, 2008
This past weekend we played two fun sets to an appreciative crowd at the Creekside Festival in Bunnell, FL. The event is located on a river at an historic preserve on beautifully maintained grounds with large, shady trees. It was there that I saw a food vendor with the sign ‘Home of the Deep-Fried Twinkie’. [...]
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Kort | October 4, 2008
We are in Georgia’s second oldest and second largest city, Augusta. Downtown Augusta has got its southern charm, the beautiful Savannah River flowing through, and tree-lined streets. Last time I was here I learned that my dad, when he first started his landscaping company (McCumber Landscaping) in the 70′s, came to ‘The Garden City’ and [...]
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Tags: Kort McCumber, McCumberland Gap, Savannah River, Still Water Taproom