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Buddy Was A Bluebird (for Buddy Flett) Buddy was a bluebird Never said a mean word To anyone who didn’t already deserve it He knew the way to make the guitar say Hard things and he served it On a silver platter It mattered to him about you and me and anyone who might see troubles and think They can’t ever climb out of the heavy load they’re under He had a soft serve That could feel like The sweete...

Y’all know, I love hidden connections between seemingly disparate things. So I wanna share a little secret connection between our now classic recording. I got your medicine, which is arguably the first and defining version of the swamp pop driven Shinyribs lineup featuring Tijuana train wreck horns and the shiny soul sisters. We recorded this album in January 2016 as far as I can remember. I’m not...

This is true we’re coming up south from Tejas Ain’t nothing finer than RIBS, in Carolina Start a week from today April 23–new orleans Jazz fest April 25– the Ouachita River Fest in West Monroe, Louisiana April 26 – Radio room in Greenville, South Carolina April 27, a private event in South South Carolina April 28–the POUR house in Charleston, South Carolina April 30– the barrel house in Chattanoog...

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THis has become an all time favorite for the band to play. It has the gospel gravy and the country lazy thang. Plus it is autobiographical! Everytime I sing it I am taken back to my childhood on that green and blue shag carpet dancing to records and singing along, the dreams of ya boy done come true, y'all. Hallelujah these are the days! One of these days  Words & Music- Kevin Russell One of these...

Top got stomp I originally wrote with the intention that it would explain what kind of music I play. I think I got it pretty accurate especially at the time I wrote it. Which I can’t remember when I wrote it to be honest. That could’ve been a good song, of course, but I just kept it around. It’s become a staple of my live shows with Shinyribs. It might be the ultimate all-purpose Shinyribs live so...

In my first Substack live stream I began by talking about Michael Jackson’s album thriller, and the song that actually starts it, though I didn’t know it at the time I have sent looked it up and seeing that wanna be starting something begins the thriller album. Which I think adds credence to my theory that “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’” was left over from Off The Wall. It just feels and sounds that...

My first who Husker Du cassettes were bought by my mother for my 17th birthday from my friend Dan Nugent at Sooto records In Shreveport, La. But this was the Sooto records that was on Mansfield Road. It wasn’t the one everybody thinks of on Kings Highway. There was a short period of time when owner, Steve Timmons opened a store in Southern Hills. And that’s the store I wandered into looking for a...

U r my moonshine my only moonshine You make me mournful when skies are gay But for my loathing you shall not owe me Please don’t give my moonshine away. The other morning as you were waking You said you’d had an awful dream That I was sober as a judge and you took away my tambourine U r my moonshine my only moonshine You make me mournful when skies are gay But for my loathing you shall not owe me...

Edward VIII abdicated the British throne in December 1936 to marry Wallis Simpson, an American divorcée, a union opposed by the government, the Church of England, and the public due to her status as a twice-divorced woman. Facing immense pressure, he chose love over the crown, famously announcing his decision in a radio address and paving the way for his brother, Albert, to become King George VI....

Well there is actually another version of this I posted on here in Aug of 2024. But, this version feels for authentic to me. Sometimes songs get stuck in boxes under the bed too. Imagine my surprise when I found this song again, preserved on a performance video no less. Written on the tiple it has that slightly janky, out-of-tuneness that I associate with old field recordings and early country mus...

It just ain’t Christmas until the Donn’s Depot family decorates the bar with festive luminosity. This is one of my all time favorite Christmas songs I learned via The Staple Singers. I’ve done it for years every Christmas time. To capture it in such a beautiful way, Jeremy Sexton, the official music video director for Shinyribs brought it to life in a simple, timeless way that I’ll always enjoy. A...

Jay Stiles played with us for a while after the departure of Winfield Cheek. I count Jay among my favorite Canadians. Up there with Vancouver Val, BTO, and Neil Young. This is an unrecorded Christmas song I’ve always thought might make Kringle Tingle 2. The name Meredith I got from a local promoter in central texas who I had some correspondence with around Christmas time. The song has nothing to d...

One of my favorite memories is recording this Christmas classic with my dad and Mason and Mama Ribs in the green room of The Kessler Theater in Dallas’ Oak Cliff neighborhood in what must’ve been 2021. I will revisit it every year from now on. And will always be grateful to Mason for helping me get through it. Because it’s not an easy song, at least for me, it’s not. I mean Joe had it down, but I...

OK, I gotta give credit to an old friend Jeff Boxschmidt who sang it at an annual Xmas recording party hosted by the long time Sound Engineer for the Gourds a guy named Jim Archuleta, also known as Rche. He used to have these parties at his house with all of his buddies and us and we would just have a big party and he’d make beans and or chili or something like that. We’d spend all night drinking...

First draft demo for One Of These Days song off of Leaving Time This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shinyribs.substack.com/subscribe

I don’t like laying in bed so long listening to your morning slog I’m getting up and go outside take a walk on the beach in the fog If you don’t mind, I’m walking the beach alone. It reminds me so much of home your tone last night wasn’t clear in spite of all your agreeability to sleep on it then you left me here In a low-lying dense advisory If you don’t mind, I’ll say all that I have to say once...

This song hospital again is my new favorite song. This often happens where I write a song and then just keep thinking about it and keep playing it and it just becomes the favorite. That's kind of how I choose songs that I want to record, is I just like the song, I like things about a chord progression, lyrics, hook, the vibe or the feel, lotta different elements can come together to give me that f...

Theory Of Entanglement vs Disenchantment A particle with zero spin can decay into two particles with opposite spin A thing that wants to be is at a disadvantage To a thing that’s already been Cables in a bag snarl Laces move in different directions As if unseen hands unbridled In between from end to end A carcass decomposed Beneath the leaves Below the limbs Begins again We follow it Until the end...

Welcome all you wascalwee wibs fans you’ve been brought here through a portal from an egregiously evil social media empire. You’ve reached a safe place. Where only things pertaining to RIBS, have any meaning and for that you’ll be handsomely rewarded. That’s a promise from me, Mr. RIBS,. Seriously thanks for coming here. Thanks for being here. I hope you enjoy it and engage with me and the many th...

Just a quick update and let y’all know how the tour goes and share some other fun things with you like recording a new song in Muscle Shoals. I actually recorded this couple days ago before I really got sick. Full head cold did a couple of shows with a cold and then lost my voice this morning so I had to cancel the Charleston show. Total bummer. But you know I gotta do what I gotta do. My priority...

See my post earlier this week for the whole story https://open.substack.com/pub/shinyribs/p/i-left-my-backpack-in-san-marcos?r=1on8q9&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shinyribs.substack.com/subscribe

This is a little song I wrote quite a while ago, maybe pre-Covid. I can’t remember, but I’ve always loved it. It’s been around in my demo pile for a while. It’s another one in addition to Sundown On Mars that my good friend and Artist-In-Residence at Shinyribs Ashton Guy has always loved. So she is really happy to know that I have finally recorded this for an official release at some point. I don’...

Sitting here having the morning coffee, listening to the Crow yell at the other birds finally, I hear a cardinal tripping the distance. Our backyard normally teaming with songbirds I hear nothing but the war of wheels on pavement and a single crow being a total shit head to the other birds.. Is the coolest morning of the summer so I’m sitting outside, which I have it done in the morning since June...

Written by Wim Venema From The Lazy Sunday Dream album Midsland Where have you been she screams in his face Holding her breath and then holding her pace Honey I know that look in your eye You better make up some damn good lies Honey I had to work till late Hey don't make me laugh it's a quarter past eight Baby you haven't been sleeping home tonight You better make sure your alibi´s right And the m...