Category: postcards from the swamp

  • Postcards from the Swamp Reprise Friday, Nov. 13 at Doodad Farm

    Postcards from the Swamp reprise 7pm, Friday, Nov. 13 Doodad Farm in Greensboro, NC Featuring The Mighty Gospel Inspirations

  • WFDD Triad Arts 88.5

    I can’t get that Nanci Griffith song out of my head. The one with the line, “Cause when you can’t find a friend, you still got the radio.” A great tune to hum on this dreary rainy day, listening to a story on WFDD Triad Arts about Postcards. Talking about…

  • The final postcard | 6 of 6

    The final postcard | 6 of 6

    I floated on my back in a saltwater pool in my favorite Nordstrom dress. My friend Harvey and I had spent the afternoon at a friend’s house taking pictures for the album. The house and pool sat on the highest point of the property, a country estate in Davidson County…

  • Girl, Where’d Your Church Clothes Go? | 5 of 6

    Girl, Where’d Your Church Clothes Go? | 5 of 6

    In 1913, the Great Dismal Swamp saw the grand opening of the James Adams Floating Theater. It was one of the last active showboats in America, a tradition born in the southern United States where rivers, not railroads, brought the goods to town. Founded by a circus aerialist, the theater…

  • Rocking Cane: The Sardine Sessions | 4 of 6

    Rocking Cane: The Sardine Sessions | 4 of 6

    The Stax recording method—one that defined the southern and country soul sound of the 60s—put an emphasis on the players, not production tricks. Put the right people in the room, mic the instruments right and let the soul, Holy Ghost, whatever you want to call it, take over. To the…