A Sturgill Simpson cover. I discovered him a few months ago and have been listening to his album, Metamodern Sounds in Country Music religiously since then. If you like classic country (with a dose of metaphysics and mind expanding substances) you really should check him out. He sounds like Waylon and his band is great. The lead guitarist is a dude from Estonia and can play the tele like nobody's business.

A well-known scientist (some say it was Bertrand Russell) once gave a public lecture on astronomy. He described how the earth orbits around the sun and how the sun, in turn, orbits around the center of a vast collection of stars called our galaxy. At the end of the lecture, a little old lady at the back of the room got up and said: "What you have told us is rubbish. The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise." The scientist gave a superior smile before replying, "What is the tortoise standing on?" "You're very clever, young man, very clever," said the old lady. "But it's turtles all the way down!"

-Stephen Hawking A Brief History of Time

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Comment by Uncle John on February 15, 2015 at 7:52am

Pretty lucky, Turtle.

Comment by turtlehead on February 15, 2015 at 7:29am

I miss Tainty too.  He comes and goes with the wind...

I saw Sturgill last week - it was pretty incredible.  His guitar player is one of the best I've ever seen. 

Comment by Uncle John on February 15, 2015 at 5:00am

I've listened to a bit of Sturgill Simpson on youtube.  Good stuff.  And so is this to hear again.

I was looking for Uncle Tainty/Silent Jim/Top Hat Commode/ etc/ etc.  The search led me here.  He must have gone off the nation again.   Name and comments wiped out.   I truly miss Tainty and hope he comes back.

Comment by turtlehead on December 15, 2014 at 12:26pm

There you go eK.  I did a little digging and this story goes way back.  Cool stuff.

Comment by eK on December 13, 2014 at 3:18pm

Terry Pratchette would agree. It's the basis for Discworld which floats through an improbable universe on the back of "The Great Atuin - the Cosmic Turtle."

Great performance too!

Comment by turtlehead on December 13, 2014 at 12:12pm

Cheers folks.  Sturgill has been nominated for a grammy in the Americana category. (Should've been in the country category, but I'll let it slide)

Here's a recent appearance on Letterman.

Comment by Rob Ingram on December 13, 2014 at 4:47am

Excellent !

Comment by James O Lunsford on December 12, 2014 at 4:45pm

Nice job Turtle good stuff

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Comment by Nancy kat on December 12, 2014 at 5:43am

Oh so Waylon what a fantastic piece T~Head!!!  Love the story~Meowwwwww^.^

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