The South End String Band
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Jack Archibald |
The South End String Band is an 11-member conflagration of local musicians including Seagrass Gallery glass artist Jack Archibald and painter John Muhler. Jack also produces South End-themed tongue-in-cheek posters and flyers suitable for framing. Down in the ravines of the South End, time stands still
and the stills still stand. Its backwash, back porch denizens still hoe
their gardens, chop their wood, erect their cabins, build their boats, and
play their music with the neighbors. The South End may well be a culture
on its way out the back screen door of the 20th century, but not without a
fight.
Sit with us a
spell and imagine a time that's paced to a rhythm tuned to the seasons and
the tides. 'Course, you sit with us very long and you'll be quittin' your
job too. You let these hedonists fetch up a jug of Erich's Moonshine
Merlot, it ain't too long till you think workin's for damn fools.
A smart fella knows when it's quittin' time, and the
rest of us think it's always that time. In the immortal words of Sleeter
Daddle: When the jug's empty, boys, it's time to face the music.
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