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Kurt Fortmeyer

@kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social
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Independent singer/songwriter…itinerant picker…chicken wrangler…dog lover…pretty good cook “Born in a barn, and raised in a stable environment.”

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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A view from our yard. Up on the ridge behind our house. #upintheholler
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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Dru Lombar Say his name. youtu.be/WwS9Oeg-3bI?...
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Peach County Jamboree
YouTube video by Grinderswitch - Topic
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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This morning’s sunrise #birds.
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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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This Is The Rock
YouTube video by Fleetwood Mac - Topic
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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I recently finished reading “The Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka. I know it was hailed as “groundbreaking” in the fantasy and horror fiction genres, and it likely influenced countless newer writers, but in a world filled with Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and John Saul, it now comes across as ho-hum.
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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The night before last, the word “cannolioscopy” appeared in my dream. I’m still trying to wrap my head around what that could mean. #dreams
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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Is He Dead Yet?
YouTube video by Kurt Fortmeyer - Topic
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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
New release! youtu.be/7NL4Y9YfXEM?...
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Is He Dead Yet?
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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
New song! It’s about whoever you think it’s about. kurtfortmeyer.bandcamp.com/track/is-he-...
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Is He Dead Yet?, by Kurt Fortmeyer
track by Kurt Fortmeyer
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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Who is that #harmonica man?
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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
If you see this, we IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation.
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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Considered Rock at the time, probably due to longhaired youths playing it, this song is way more Country (or Bluegrass) than what’s being played on Country Music radio these days. youtu.be/Bya1j9qTogA?...
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Standing On The Rock
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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
“Every morning, I wake up asking…” youtu.be/1rMxS3D0kW8?...
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Is He Dead Yet?
YouTube video by Kurt Fortmeyer
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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
One of my online friends has a great new album of #protestmusic out. brokestring.bandcamp.com/album/brokes...
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Brokestring VS The United States of America: The Same Old Song & Dance, by Brokestring & the Empty Promises
9 track album
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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Tonight! #NorthMiami #SouthFlorida
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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Making macaroni and cheese, and listening to “The Legend Of Blind Joe Death” by #JohnFahey.
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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Some of y’all never boogied your ass off to #Grinderswitch, and it shows.
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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
So the United States government can automatically register “all qualified young men” for the draft, all the while making it harder and harder to vote? Why not automatically register all eligible voters? Oh yeah, the Republicans would never win another election.
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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Two weeks from tonight! Tell your #southflorida friends. #Americana #singersongwriter
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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
This site needs a break. Post 3 good things, none of which are the cessation of a negative. 1. Homemade bread. 2. Dog tails thumping when I walk in the door. 3. Breathing.
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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
A gentle reminder… Live on WLRN-FM, Miami’s NPR affiliate. #Jesus
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Kurt Fortmeyer - Jesus Wouldn't Do It That Way
YouTube video by Michael Stock
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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
New song. “Is He Dead Yet?”
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Is He Dead Yet?
YouTube video by Kurt Fortmeyer
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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Somebody got stretched this morning. Quarter for scale. #chickens
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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
I don’t remember which social media platform I was on when I asked, but I was searching for a modern day #clarinet hero, along the lines of Pete Fountain or Benny Goodman. Someone pointed me toward Evan Christopher. Again, I don’t recall who made the referral, but I am forever in that person’s debt.
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Delta Bound
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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
I’ve never listened to much Aerosmith. I met Steven Tyler once. (He mistook me for Gregg Allman, and started a conversation backstage in Nashville.) Anyway, I recently listened to their “Toys In The Attic” album, which is now 50 years old. It kicks ass. I never realized. #rockmusic
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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
“They plant the seeds of doubt and fertilize the rows ‘Til you forget about the thorns that accompany the rose Then the bareknuckled truth pops up to punch you in the nose That’s way that the story goes”
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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Log #dogs
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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Hickory #tree
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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
I got notified the other night that “You Done Done It Now” is a certified earworm.
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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
When was the last time you heard #TonyJoeWhite on a transistor #radio? #retro
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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Some of the #blues that I’ve been listening to lately. open.spotify.com/playlist/70L...
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For Blues Sake
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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
This morning’s groove is the “Child’s Play” album from 1992, by #jazz guitarist Cornell Dupree.
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Child's Play
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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Drug ads on TV trip me out. How many people with hemolytic leukemia are going to see that ad, and ask their doctor about that drug? What does it cost to produce that ad? And what does it cost to run it during the World Series? There has to be a tax write-off involved. #BigPharma
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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
TONIGHT! #Nashville
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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
#Americana, #Country, #Folk, #Blues, #Singer/Songwriters Brent Moyer, Richard Ferreira, Dave Isaacs, and Kurt Fortmeyer, will be together again at Springwater Supper Club and Lounge on Saturday November 1st from 4:00-7:00pm. Expect great songwriting, superb picking, and (of course) shenanigans.
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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Back in the 1970s, this song was like a gateway to the drug called Country Music. I first heard it in a bar, played by a local band. Written by Dallas Frazier, who also gave us “Alley Oop”, “Elvira”, “If My Heart Had Windows”, “California Cottonfields”, and other classics of the genre.
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Honky Tonk Downstairs
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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
I’m married to a #pumpkin farmer!
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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
I had the time wrong on my earlier post. We’re going on at 8:00pm.
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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Some folks seem to think that songwriting is easy, but for me, it can be an arduous process. Songs seldom (okay, never) arrive in their final form. I never want to rewrite the life out of a lyric, but the more I go through them, the greater the chances are that I can find improvements to make.
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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Two shows this week with this crowd. Friday at the Commodore Grille at 7:00pm, and Sunday at The Stillery, also at 7:00pm. Jeff Walter is the only one of these guys that I haven’t co-written with, and is also the only one of us that has a #1 Bluegrass cut.
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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Our two-sided signs are ready for tomorrow’s rally. #NoKings #Nashville
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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Someone is stalking our chickens
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