Pyle was writing a book called WORKINGMAN'S BLUES NO. 2.
His tribute to Merle Haggard. I remember Owen sitting in with
a country music band at Stetsun's and playing it. The band didn't know
any bluegrass songs. Like "Orange Blossom Special." Balder called him
the Chinese Bebop Fiddler From Outer Space. Self-taught. You're born,
you learn something to do, you work, you die. Ornette Coleman.
Dancing in Your Head. The Master Musicians of Morocco.
Naked Lunch. Bill Lee and his wife Joan at The Border.
Owen and Jean and Eb and Ella sent me a $20 gift certificate
at Fandango.com. Kevin Costner.
Austin, Texas.