Last summer in a blog post about the blues singer Lead Belly, I mentioned that I really like Nirvana’s cover of the traditional song “In the Pines”. I didn’t think about it at the time, but I also love the Smog version (from the album A River Ain’t too Much to Love). I’m not sure what film these images are from, but they are a nice compliment to the music. I’ve watched this video a lot over the past week.
I was surprised to find when I was at the Violet Hour on Friday that they serve a gin-based cocktail by the same name (appropriately, made with Douglas Fir Eau de Vie).
I was even more surprised on Sunday at the Old Town School of Folk Music when our teacher had us open the class by playing – you guessed it – “In the Pines”.
If you had an odd series of encounters with this song last week, let me know!
