You Nearly Lose Your Mind

This is a lot of fun! (Thanks Georgina)

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Launch has played quite a bit of country, blues and bluegrass stuff today: “Drive Away” by Blind Willie McTell, “Caleb Meyer” by Gillian Welch, “Rocky Top” by the Osborne Brothers, “Foggy Mountain Breakdown” by Flatt & Scruggs, “You Nearly Lose Your Mind” as done by Merle Haggard, and “Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes” as done by Jimmie Dale Gilmore.

Those last two did in fact play back to back. They also both appeared on kd lang’s gorgeous 1988 album Shadowland.

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What happens in New Orleans? How bad will this get? Hundreds, possibly thousands dead, 80% of the city underwater, poor surrounding parishes hit hard. It’s overwhelming to consider what has happened, and to ponder what to do next.

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Haven’t heard from my grandmother yet, but there’s no real reason to fear that she’s in peril (or worse). I just hope she has a home to return to.