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Many of you know that Jim Cornelius writes more than songs. Read about guys of questionable character - you always wanted to! In this case, it wasn't just you win or you die, it was you win AND you die." Talk about your game of thrones - every single major leader of the Revolution died violently. Says Jim, "It's just a wildly fascinating chunk of history. It's available at Paulina Springs Books in Sisters and Redmond as well as online. Read more about it on Jim's Frontier Partisans blog.īorderland Noir, Jim has an essay, "Pancho Villa: Fourth Horseman of the Mexican Apocalypse," published in the crime anthology Borderland Noir, edited by Craig McDonald and published by Betimes Books. Warriors of the Wildlands: True Tales of the Frontier Partisans, Jim's book is out! It's available for purchase in local bookstores Sisters' own Paulina Springs Books. The Cattle Barons and the Empire of Nothing have slapped their brand on just about everything. Honor is outlawed, so the honorable must turn outlaw. Have a look at Jim's new blog endeavor: Running Iron Report - it's a collaboration with Craig Rullman about, well, here's a clip to pique your interest: "Times are strange. Learning history can be fun! Most episodes are free, and you are invited to support Jim's endeavors on Patreon if you'd like special access to his creations or put a tip in his hat at his Go Fund Me campaign for his prolific and informative blog, Frontier Partisans. History presented in juicy, why-they-done it tales with spicy details and a heap o' context. Three or so episodes every month, starting with the life of Kit Carson and his Scots-Irish kin. Jim's launched a podcast! Have Jim tell some of the history, legends and lore of the Frontier Partisans on Podbean, delivered directly to your ears, as you drive, clean house, or whatever. Incidentally, we think that music amplified too loud, well, is just a pain in the ears. Each of the four bandmates sing lead on various songs, so it's not the same ol' sound. An original Anvil Blaster, blacksmith Jeff Wester adds that banjo twang to liven up the mix. Lynn's torchey voice turn heads and taps the heart, and she tosses in a bluegrass tinge with her mandolin chops and a few fiddle leads. Mike's originals are a fun mix of sweet and hysterical, and he laces fine bright lead guitar and mandolin leads thoughout the set.

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Jim's rich baritone and accomplished rhythm guitar make for fine delivery of his well-crafted story-songs spawned from an exceptionally articulate mind plus he adds some high lonesome with harmonica. It's a rollicking recipe of gunpowder, twang and tequila that has earned The Anvil Blasters a loyal following across Central Oregon. The songs of the Anvil Blasters are peopled with border renegades and desert dreamers, poets and pirates and ghosts of the old, weird America. Especially since (spoiler) everybody else does.Although "Anvil Blasters" may sound like the name of a heavy metal (pun intended) band, we play an eclectic mix of old and new songs, rowdy and mellow, known and fresh, covers and originals. But the drummer knows this is the only shot at glory he'll ever have, and he can't give it up, either. Kudlow is a preposterously optimistic character - he'll go to his reward thinking up some nifty new riff - and we see that he drives Reiner nuts. There's something heroic about these two men, edging into their 50s, refusing to admit defeat at the hands of the music industry, or whatever it is that's been responsible for cheating them of the recognition that should have long ago been theirs. Gervasi and his sizable crew (this was not a cheap picture to make) push in close on Anvil's seemingly ridiculous dream, with all its attendant spats and tears and vintage humiliations, and find it to be not really ridiculous at all.

Anvil band movie#

The movie is an intoxicating blend of blind faith and heartbreak, but while it's very funny, the abundant laughs are only half of what makes it such an unexpectedly inspiring document.