Poem "Buicks" Published in Penmanship Mag

Here is my poem "Buicks" that got pubbed in Penmanship Mag

Buicks

He loves the life of others lives
The talk of tours down beautiful rivers
And the distance your head gets in moving
His buick is the color sky sometimes makes
With grass around the tires
The oil is changed though
And he knows it’s gonna move
To find California someday
Reaching back
Recovering his fermenting sight
In the finery of alcohol
His father, taught ancient history
Doesn’t drink like him
Nor wear a belt
But his kitchen smells so good
Like the South
And the tanning of pigs
In black heavy pans
The air is edible
His father is dying though
Like the South
From tanning pigs
And something took his life too
The house sits over there now
Groaning in the weeds
A silenced out violence
Like the Roman Coliseum
But thats when they lived beside me
In 1992

My Led Zeppelin "When The Levee Breaks" cover

Here is my "When the Levee Breaks" written by Memphis Mini and Led Zeppelin.....I did the Zep arrangment with some added me in there.......and let me know what you think...
it's not zeppelin so be kind please.....


When the Levee Breaks

 

New Gold Paintings

Getting geared up for the art show in two weeks.....

here is a detail of two different paintings........one gold the other muted gold...... bad lighting....but excited about them...so must post!!!

Slide Guitar Tips

Found this great tips link for the sliders out there......Let me know if this helps.......cheers T

Is there a better Song Man than John Prine?

Does anyone know why there hasn't been someone as quirky and as good at writing song lines as John Prine.
Everybody that I ask seem to say it is because everything has been done.....which I think is complete BS...maybe it's the industry whispering in the artists ears.....

Footnote.....a CD Note

"the songs are all new, they feel "comfortable" to me--as if I'm hearing old, familiar, well-loved tunes"..Anne Parlier

Show at POST 82

POST 82...baby!!!!

a very nice dude in the crowd.......and way cool lookin....just had to get a shot with him

Jenn.....Awesome as usual......check her out (www.jennfranklin.com)....love her!!!

Liz.....a new friend......love your songs........great to share the stage

I kicked out my amp.....again....too much fun.....love the background tinsel-town....cheesy and cool.

 

Red Tub Show Review by Bert Pittman

Personal experience like history does seem to repeat itself.

When I was in high school, I did the US Census to earn a little extra dough. One summer evening on the front porch of a rundown wooden shack on a rundown street on the run down side of town (with all my official survey forms in hand), I felt the the whole place shaking-- not vibrating but shaking-- from the foot stompin', hand clappin', good times singin' and shoutin' goin' on inside.
At the cozy Red Tub in West Columbia, SC, Mr. Todd Cecil and his fingerpicking slide guitar did some very fine shack shakin' of his own. Todd's slide pickin' guitar had the entire audience and staff loosing the nails and screws in the Tub's upstairs wooden floors, hallways, and skylight. With original songs, instrumentals, and a wonderful cover of Neil Young's "Helpless," Todd didn't serve up some all- too-predictable Delta corn syrup; he laid down a great big dollop of hardcore, sliding Piedmont picking blues that had the whole Tub a rockin.' We're talking real cane blackstrap here. Cause I love both these blues styles, Todd certainly loosened my floor joists, since he delivers both of these great traditions at the same time!

So if you want some of that foot stompin,' hand clappin,' front porch shakin," good times music, drop every thing and check out Todd Cecil. He'll rattle you in all the right places.

Happy 4th or 5th Recording Session

Recording Session on the 5th

Cheers and Happy 4th (or 5th...left over fireworks)

explosions



After recording session...good trax that day....alittle celebration so to speak

Elvis Budha and the Honky Tonk

No Place like Robert's on Broadway

COLUMBIA..Red Bank, Red Tub and rhythm on the river

Long Saturday.........Had a Blast.....started out with the Uncle Grams Radio Show....(thanks Mark...everyone who listened!!!)
Rhythm on the River (thanks Bentz Kirby...did a great job for everyone.........and Jackson and Matt for kickin it out.......was Matt's first time playing the washboard (old pro..if you ask me)......and then to the Red Tub.....Man the SamSara boys were awesome...I had so so much fun ...although my video camera was in my step-fathers car...and he had to go to bed early...so only have footage from the Rhythm gig..........anyway here is it.....hope you like.......T

CD Review by Jake Nuckolls

-Cd Review from www.cdreviews.com by Jake Nuckolls-

"Todd Cecil – Sweet Cynthia and the Nashville Music Co.
This is the surprise you’ve been waiting for. A mixture of folk, blues, and slide country, Cecil croons/growls his way through thirteen tracks of feel good music. With his talent on the guitar and penchant for folk styles it’s a wonder that Chris Thile or Gary Jules hasn’t picked up on this guy. Give it time though, we’ll see much more of Mr. Cecil."
Link Here

Show In Columbia

Thanks Everyone.....photos coming soon.....

Hot Water Music Video

Todd Cecil and band at the Family Wash (East Nashville)..Short Sets Hosted by Edie

Had a blast......Aarron Foust and Mark Richards playing along.....we ran the banjo through a distortion pedal and then ran both my guitar and banjo through this little baby vox amp.......cool cool cool.....I know I was on cloud nine ....just weird enough for me

Backing Edie up....never get tired playing the "French Song"....which is tearing up the radio waves right now in Holland.....go Edie

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Love this shot

One of the first times I played my gibson 43 on stage.........God it is unreal.....is slowly become part of my body

Song

very hard to get a complete shot of Connie......we will have to settle for half

Karen Layne....sporting the Todd Cecil T....I played mandolin last night for her....too much fun