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THE OPENING ACT
SEPTEMBER 1�8, 2021
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RAISING THE CURTAIN
ON THIS WEEK’S ISSUE
What we’re into
New releases
THRIFT STORES
ACROSS THE
NATION
‘THE BALLAD OF DOOD
& JUANITA,’ STURGILL
SIMPSON
One thing I learned
traveling across the
country from Virginia
to Oregon is that every
little town you encoun-
ter is unique from the
next. Something I’m
into that expanded
greatly during that trip
was thrift shopping for
Davis Carbaugh scoured thrift stores to rebuild
clothes, records and
his record collection during his cross-country
drive from Virginia to Oregon.
other hidden gems.
I’ve always been
some diamonds in the rough. I
interested in fi nding old shirts
had to leave a lot of my record
from the ‘90s or a vintage hat
collection behind in Virginia to
that just needs a new home. As
fi t everything in my car, so a big
an avid sports fan, nothing gets
mission since I’ve moved to Or-
me more excited than discover-
egon is reloading the stockpile
ing a baseball shirt from the past of vinyl.
or a random college shirt at the
My favorite part about going
next stop in the road. Moving
to thrift stores is seeing how the
to Oregon, I’m now decked out
items refl ect the town you’re in.
from Beavers coff ee mugs to
What you fi nd can be really tell-
Ducks baseball caps.
ing about the people who have
Another thing I love to do
lived in that area for a longer
during a fi rst-time visit to a thrift
period of time.
store is to sift through their bins
— DAVIS CARBAUGH, REPORTER,
LA GRANDE OBSERVER
of cheap records and look for
Sturgill Simpson knows how
to do a concept record.
His latest, “The Ballad of
Dood & Juanita,” proves once
again he is a prodigious musical
chameleon. It couldn’t be more
diff erent than his last album of
original material, 2019’s fuzz
rock, eardrum-blasting anime
soundtrack “Sound & Fury.” In
between he recorded a couple
bluegrass records covering his
own songs.
The new record has more
in common with the two most
recent records, both released in
the past year, and even employs
the same top-notch band. Willie
Nelson takes a guest turn on
the track “Juanita.”
“Dood & Juanita” is a tribute
of sorts to Simpson’s grand-
parents, attaching their names
The Associated Press
to fi ctitious characters in
Civil War-era Kentucky. A dog, a
mule, some horses and Shaw-
nee Indians fi gure prominently
as well.
Pure country, with some
bluegrass, gospel and a cappel-
la thrown in for good measure,
it almost feels like a radio serial
from the 1940s. There’s even
sound eff ects to help move the
story along, including gunshots,
stampeding horses and a
crackling fi re. All that’s missing
is an overly dramatic narrator.
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