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Evan Gregg @djbrewfoot.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

I had my first experience hearing someone be fooled by an AI artist in real time. A woman requested this at my local bar and I knew immediately it wasn’t from 1953 as anyone with ears should have. Shame on @bandcamp.com for allowing this slop to distract from real artists they claim to support.

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Ain’t No Man Alive Can Handle Me, by Bertha Mae Lightning

track by Bertha Mae Lightning

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Evan Gregg @djbrewfoot.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

RIP Max Eider. A cool older friend recommended The Jazz Butcher when I was 15 and the comp Draining The Glass has been a sacred musical text to me ever since. I was lucky enough to see them in 1999 and will never forget it. This video seems fitting since it’s so unpretentious and max is on lead vox

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D.R.I.N.K.

YouTube video by BrianDmage

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Evan Gregg @djbrewfoot.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

I’m not a big #recordstoreday guy but I couldn’t resist the Son Volt reissue. Hearing demos of those songs that have always seemed eternal and like they were manifested into existence is kind of unnerving. I consider Trace to be among the few musical sacred texts of my life.

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Evan Gregg @djbrewfoot.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Now that Fat Bear Week is over is Hegseth going to host Fat Generals Week on Fox News? Maybe Linda McMahon can make a call and it can be an exclusive PPV event.

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Evan Gregg @djbrewfoot.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Thanks for the heads up. I found a bunch of articles about my grandma’s family. Everything from my great grandfather passing some exam to become a foreman to his bankruptcy notice. My great aunt and uncles athletic triumphs and even an article about my great grandparents receiving a cake from Sweden

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Evan Gregg @djbrewfoot.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

I don’t know if anyone in Western Mass even follows me here but I’m selling a collection of bluegrass vinyl if there is somehow anyone interested. I’d rather not take the time to ship it but I guess I can if someone’s willing to spend the money. I’ll sell individually if I’m unable to move the lot.

westernmass.craigslist.org

Classic Bluegrass/Old Timey/Folk Vinyl Collection 100LPs - cds / dvds / vhs - by owner - electronics media sale -...

This collection is chock full of bluegrass classics and lots of reissues of early country and old timey as well as some mountain music field recording type comps. Included are several original King,.....

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Evan Gregg @djbrewfoot.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Greenfield Mass #nokings. More clown wigs than Trump hats. One sad little rusted old truck surrounded by the resistance.

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Evan Gregg @djbrewfoot.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Cop Out is that bad. The funniest thing about it is the title because it was originally A Couple of Dicks. I scouted for it but didn’t want to spend all summer on BK rooftops watching one car chase that I’m pretty sure didn’t even make the cut. Kevin was the nicest director I ever worked with though

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Evan Gregg @djbrewfoot.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Picked this up from a friend for 15 cents when we were drunk. There are many other songs with the same title and several versions of a couple of those but none as good as this country disco banger. Of course I’m biased toward New England country artists and also obscure ones so your mileage may vary

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Sharlene Hooper "Not Tonight I've Got A Heartache"

YouTube video by wilburscott

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Evan Gregg @djbrewfoot.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Here’s hoping it feels a little more like spring by May 8th. youtu.be/ZUkjPicgCis

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Spring Fever

YouTube video by Loretta Lynn - Topic

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Evan Gregg @djbrewfoot.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

After two solid crowds for the March and April meetings of Twang Club the Voo has booked me for 2nd Thursdays through August. I think this time I’ll focus on Horny Country inspired by the Loretta song Spring Fever. Way more fun than my first idea of songs about flowers.

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Evan Gregg @djbrewfoot.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

A non profit video store is opening in Northampton Mass too. I bet it’ll be cooler. They’re accepting donations if you want to support the mission. www.visionsvideo.org

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Visions Video – Non-Profit Video Store in Western Massachuset

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Evan Gregg @djbrewfoot.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Continuing to do my part to provide a small bit of musical distraction from the demise of democracy. Let’s get twangy and weird and drunk. Planning on more cowpunk and Western swing this time.

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Evan Gregg @djbrewfoot.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

I was thinking today that maybe the burgeoning progressive alternative to the tea party should be the Town Hall Party. Then I remembered why that sounded so familiar.

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Johnny Cash at Town Hall Party 1958/ Part 1

YouTube video by Katzeleine

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Evan Gregg @djbrewfoot.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

One of the most depressing things I’ve read on Bluesky all day. And I’m a federal worker.

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Evan Gregg @djbrewfoot.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Obviously I’m referring to certain alt.countryish and nouveau outlaw artists, not snap track bro country. Bad string sections still make a great song sound lame to me. Am I the only one who feels this way? Anytime I spin an old record with a string section someone inevitably cringes so I think not

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Evan Gregg @djbrewfoot.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

After years of being a hardcore honkytonk purist my ears softened to string sections in some country records from the 70s back but I just do not understand the resurgence in recent years. I’m not sure if it’s the producers or the artists making the call but they still make most songs sound cheesy AF

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Evan Gregg @djbrewfoot.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

He obviously explains that better and so does the 20 page paper I wrote about in college that I didn’t save.

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Evan Gregg @djbrewfoot.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

I love that movie. Everything was shot within an hour of NYC. Jarmusch has always been obsessed with the similarity and differences of places and playing with that dichotomy. I’ve always thought it was one of his purest explorations of that theme. A road movie that never actually goes anywhere.

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Evan Gregg @djbrewfoot.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

It should be mentioned that this is a list of only federally owned buildings. This is in addition to the leases they’re looking to cancel which includes the building where I and 200+ other people work.

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Evan Gregg @djbrewfoot.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

It better not freaking snow this time.

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Evan Gregg @djbrewfoot.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

As a fed who spent the night working my secret second job as a bartender (shhh don't tell) and being very happy my phone died so I could stop checking bluesky constantly I am grateful for the work you did to keep up on this insanity. I also feel maybe leadership is waking up and taking a stand.

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Evan Gregg @djbrewfoot.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

I was just talking to someone about this show tonight and how disorienting it was to watch it as an adult and realize how low budget it was. It looks like a community theater production shot for cable access. And I say that as someone who has had a community theater production shot for cable access

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Evan Gregg @djbrewfoot.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Tonight someone said I was “here for the vibes” and that is my new goal in life. To always be there for the vibes. Fuck everything else.

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Evan Gregg @djbrewfoot.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

and back to the landers also got into country and there were several bands around here in the 60s & 70s. Bluegrass is definitely more prevalent because there are a lot of nerds who like to jam. Yodelin Slim Clark and Kenny Roberts are the most notable old school country guys from Western Mass.

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Evan Gregg @djbrewfoot.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Per capita yes esp in the cities but out here in the country you’ll find more. But they do tend to be farm fresh sometimes. You have to dig through a lot of polka records too. One thing you can find is French Canadian country records cheap which are fun and also sometimes really good. The hippies

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Un amour que je ne connais pas

YouTube video by Jean Boucher - Topic

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Evan Gregg @djbrewfoot.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Well if you’re ever in the neighborhood let me know. We could do a DJ teamup. There’s even one store where you won’t be competing with me because I don’t go there (long story). This area is a vinyl Mecca but with that comes competition. But country is undervalued by most stores so deals can be had.

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Evan Gregg @djbrewfoot.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

My coworker at FWS was culled with a few months left on probation. A huge part of our team who upended her life and moved across the country for the job. We also just hired a bunch of admins after years of trying to fill underpaid positions and now they’re all empty again. Our jobs will now be hell

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Evan Gregg @djbrewfoot.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

There are a couple artists from CT and Central/Western Mass that don’t seem to be represented. You can find some of them pretty readily around here in Western Mass. I think I have an extra copy of Paul Edwards’ LP called Country Music Entertainer which is decent stripped down folky country.

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Evan Gregg @djbrewfoot.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

I think it’s time to change the language on this. They weren’t fired, they weren’t laid off, they weren’t let go they were forcibly removed from their positions. Culled from the workforce like chickens with bird flu.

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Evan Gregg @djbrewfoot.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

If the US stops making pennies does that mean it’ll now be “a nickel for your thoughts”. I thought he was going to do something about inflation.

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Evan Gregg @djbrewfoot.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

I have the issue from the end of the war but that’s much more colorful.

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Evan Gregg @djbrewfoot.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Just picked up this Carl Perkins record. It came out on a tiny label in 67 between his UK rediscovery in the mid 60s and re-rediscovery in the 70s. This is one of 4 great originals. Some tracks remind me of a less funky Tony Joe White, others a modernized TN Ernie Ford with a little Roger Miller too

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Carl Perkins - Home (That's Where The Heart Is)

YouTube video by Tom Page (Real Country)

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Evan Gregg @djbrewfoot.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

I know the world is on fire but all the more reason to hang out and listen to country records in Western Mass. Think of it as the “answer song” to Valentine’s Day. 2/15 8pm at The Voo in Turners Falls. No cover. Country song bingo if anyone wants to play.

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Evan Gregg @djbrewfoot.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

I just deleted the NBC News app from my phone and won’t be going back to their site again. They don’t deserve our ad impressions. I gave up on CNN long ago. Glad you and others like you are still fighting the good fight.

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Evan Gregg @djbrewfoot.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Well it’s about damn time.

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Evan Gregg @djbrewfoot.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

I lucked into a copy of that album for a buck last year.

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Evan Gregg @djbrewfoot.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

I kinda thought it would take until at least the second episode of the trumpocalypse limited series before the planes would start falling out of the sky. Usually the zombies have to take over before that happens. Oh wait.

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Evan Gregg @djbrewfoot.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Hard to hear that Wayne Hancock is having such a rough time. There are no words for what Thunderstorms and Neon Signs meant to me when I was in high school. I don’t have a lot of extra $ to contribute but I have a DJ gig coming up and will be taking donations to send to his gofundme.

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Donate to Keep Wayne on the Road: Winter Relief Fund., organized by Sebastien Bordeaux

Help Wayne Survive Winter Hello, I’m Sebastien Bordeaux, and I've h… Sebastien Bordeaux needs your support for Keep Wayne on the Road: Winter Relief Fund.

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Evan Gregg @djbrewfoot.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Great show. I loved the electric 12 string wah wah too. That was a wild sound.

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Evan Gregg @djbrewfoot.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Fair warning to anyone in New England DO NOT trust the tire inflation machines at Cumby’s. I set the machine to inflate my tires to the correct amount of 33 and 35 and they were all up to 40 when I brought my car in thinking one was low because my alert went on.

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Evan Gregg @djbrewfoot.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Two things that get me excited about a record are “recorded in 10 days” and “co-producer Shooter Jennings.” More records should have those two things going for them.

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Evan Gregg @djbrewfoot.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

They have a new album coming and a couple singles already out including this one with some sweet J Mascis licks.

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Evan Gregg @djbrewfoot.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Last week was a terrible week to be a federal employee but this weekend was a great weekend to be in Western Mass. Two awesome shows, friends old and new everywhere I went, great beers at Floodwater and shawarma from the food truck in Shelburne Falls and ribs from North Village Smokehouse. Hell yeah

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Evan Gregg @djbrewfoot.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Venues and artists are going to have to up their game with websites and newsletters to make up for the loss of eyeballs on event listings. I tried building an alternative locally in Western Mass and nobody wanted to either pay to advertise or list things themselves. It sucks but the onus is on them

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Evan Gregg @djbrewfoot.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Im sticking around in FB for two reasons: events and groups. I’m part of a number of communities on FB through groups that aren’t going to migrate anywhere else. The way FB deals with events has gotten worse and worse over the years but it’s still the least terrible option in some ways.

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