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BURMA SHAVE

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About Me

my name is dave dowda, but you can call me burma shave. i play drums and i sell dead fish. i like music a little too much.i played in the rounders (later called the tennessee rounders) for three years and then played in a band called bathtub gin for three years. now i'm just takin' some down time and plotting my next move. i have no idea yet, but something will happen.

My Interests

MY WIFE! my kids, music, french press coffee, interesting conversation, cooking, road trips, thrift shopping, rainy days, old records, diners, outsider art, indian pale ale, flea markests, kustom kulture, southern culture & folklore, conspiracy theories, etc.

I'd like to meet:

tom waits, sarah vowell, anthony bourdain, john waters, david byrne, roy blount jr., jerry lee lewis, david lynch, little richard, wanda jackson, garrison keillor, colin escott and a whole lot of dead people.

Music:

louis armstrong, jimmie rodgers, carter family, blind willie mctell, bessie smith, fats waller, victoria spivey, cab calloway, bob wills, maddox bros. & sister rose, hank thompson, webb pierce, hank williams, louvin bros., sister rosetta tharpe, howlin' wolf, little richard, swan silvertones, bo didley, muddy waters, fats domino, chuck berry, johnny cash, jerry lee lewis, screamin' jay hawkins, charlie feathers, johnny horton, wanda jackson, charlie rich, faron young, buck owens, merle haggard, otis redding, nina simone, james brown, rolling stones, bob dylan, gram parsons, neil young, leonard cohen, billy joe shaver, waylon jennings, willie nelson, guy clark, townes van zandt, terry allen, joe ely, bruce springsteen, tom waits, elvis costello, clash, skatalites, toots & the maytals, tom petty, warren zevon more to come...

Movies:

blue velvet, raising arizona, pulp fiction, the godfather, gangs of new york, cry baby, sin city, cool hand luke, big lebowski, baby doll, wild at heart, short cuts, mystery train, coffee & cigarettes, the last waltz, silence of the lambs, more to come...

Television:

andy griffith show, food network, documentaries, austin city limits, squidbillies, etc.

Books:

"faye" - larry brown, "wild at heart" - barry gifford, "cash" - johnny cash, "it came from memphis" - robert gordon, "encyclopedia of southern culture", anything by colin escott.

Heroes:

my dad.

My Blog

tom waits-atlanta-july 5

okay, i'm trying not to wet myself from excitement as i write this, but it's difficult. especially with the way i drink coffee. i am once again going to see tom waits in concert. i never thought i wou...
Posted by BURMA SHAVE on Mon, 19 May 2008 05:23:00 PST

rant n rave with burma shave

well, there is a program on tv called dance wars. i thought that american idol was bad, but geez, this is all the proof i need that american popular culture has turned into a big pile of stinking shit...
Posted by BURMA SHAVE on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 05:53:00 PST

words of wisdom

oh, you came here looking for words of wisdom? i don't really have any today. i just couldn't think of a good subject. i'm on vacation right now, so i don't have to think. i don't have to do anything....
Posted by BURMA SHAVE on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:26:00 PST

my latest cd purchases

was in the atl yesterday and just had to stop at wax-n'-fax & criminal records.  got some new cd's.  1. th' legendary shack shakers - swamblood i was very excited to get this cd.  ...
Posted by BURMA SHAVE on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 01:40:00 PST