Shawn Mullins - The Ballad of Kathryn Johnston - Radio Paradise -Internet Radio

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Artist:

Shawn Mullins [ more ]

Song:

The Ballad of Kathryn Johnston

Album:

Honeydew [ info ]

Released:

2008

Last Played:

Jan 30, 2011 - 02:44

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6.5 (Total Ratings: 192)

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44 comments for this song:

That_SOB
(The Dark Side of the Tune)

Posted: Jan 30, 2011 - 03:04

Me thinks a night of Shawn Mullins and Son Volt in concert would be like psychic jumper cables.
Followed, by another double concert with Dylan and Dave Byrne. Too hell with moderation let 'er rip! ! {#Propeller}

motorichi
(formerly known as Owensmouth)

Posted: Oct 27, 2010 - 10:24

...losing my religion...

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)

Posted: Aug 24, 2010 - 18:08

I love Shawn Mullins' music. "September in Seattle" is one of my favorite driving songs. In fact, "Soul's Core" is my favorite CD. If I could find it in the mess that is my disorganized music library, it'd be enjoying a good long rotation in my vehicle's 10-CD changer. (Note to self: LOOK for it!!!!!) {#Roflol}

westslope
(BC coast)

Posted: Jul 23, 2010 - 18:33

This song, this set, it all rocks.

joempie
(way over yonder...)

Posted: May 21, 2010 - 02:03

... under the milkyway tonight...

Bosami
(Deep in the heart of nowhere)

Posted: Jan 21, 2010 - 13:50

superfido wrote:

No to country pop. No to country rock. Damn, simply no to country. Sorry. Biggoted perhaps. Biased no doubt. But what can I do when the music just makes me cringe and want to turn it off. All I know is what I feel.

Then turn it off.

I say bring it on - all of it - no genre should be left out. If I don't like it - I'll turn it down. I always appreciate the exposure to new music that I may have missed. Power to RP!

lmic
(Harmless Little Bunny)

Posted: Jan 21, 2010 - 13:46

The case of Kathryn Johnson was mentioned on our NPR affiliate this morning, in a discussion of the perils of using confidential informants in law enforcement. Wow, really sad story.

cohifi
(Denver)

Posted: Jan 14, 2010 - 17:27

FrankMc wrote:

wish they didn't fade that so precipitously at the end. sounds like that might wander on enjoyably for a while.

Good catch! Jammin tune I hadn't heard and thought I had most of it. Guess not.

FrankMc

Posted: Oct 12, 2009 - 09:55

wish they didn't fade that so precipitously at the end. sounds like that might wander on enjoyably for a while.

hasben
(The Middle Path)

Posted: Aug 10, 2009 - 08:55

Pieter wrote:

Sure. But if you are drawing parallels to - say - food, this kind of music is like bland, processed stuff with too much trans fats, sodium and of little nutritional value. There's just so much better to choose from, isn't there?

Sometimes the spice is in the story

Pieter
(Sydney Australia)

Posted: Jul 09, 2009 - 17:07

stkman wrote:

ashame to put such limits on ones self with anything, music, art, food, people etc, variety is the spice of life perhaps if we didn't have that type of intolerence then there would be no room for bigotry

lmic
(Narrow Minded Couch Potato)

Posted: Jul 09, 2009 - 17:02

Heart's in the right place.

kingfish2004
(That GREAT country of Texas!)

Posted: Apr 12, 2009 - 10:31

hell yeah!!!
This is sweeeeeet!

stkman
(Texas)

Posted: Jan 18, 2009 - 23:20

superfido wrote:

SuzenJueL
(Minneapolis)

Posted: Jan 07, 2009 - 16:39

I've heard better by Shawn. But this one is ok, if you listen to the story of it all.

westslope
(BC coast)

Posted: Dec 18, 2008 - 08:57

nate917 wrote:

Rolling Stone had a great article a few months ago highlighting the ineffectiveness of each of the drug czars and their respective drug policies. Many were borne of futility: no amount of money (or helicopters) stems the importation of cocaine from Columbia, so let's crack down on harmless pot-smokers instead and thereby appear as if our "war on drugs" is accomplishing something useful.

We can but be hopeful that the new administration will lend some sanity to this ridiculous state of affairs.

(Message submitted at 4:20 EST — a happy coincidence.)

Unfortunately the war on drugs receives much support from 'liberal' educated suburbanites.

I travelled through Bolivia twice in the late 1970s. The jail in La Paz was full of young Americans and Europeans who had been busted for small quantities of cocaine.

Meanwhile, the jail was one of the best places in La Paz to procure cocaine, and marijuana. Bolivian military leaders were also corrupted by the pasta and cocaine trade.

I stayed away from cocaine in Bolivia. Coca leaves were available on the street for the equivalent of US$1.00 for a large bag. Great stuff for writing the travel journal in Spanish.

buck-arkansas
(Northwest Arkansas)

Posted: Dec 10, 2008 - 05:03

WOW! What a GREAT tune.

superfido
(Sweden)

Posted: Nov 30, 2008 - 07:41

calypsus_1

Posted: Nov 05, 2008 - 13:24

Old Ms. Johnston lived all alone
on the sorry side of town
Broke down cars and burglar bars
on the windows and doors
In case danger comes around
sitting in her yellow kitchen
listening to bad news on her A.M. radio
Used to be Louis Armstrong
then Martin Luther King
Where did everybody go?

Out the window where her garden was
It's not safe to go outside
Old Ms. Johnston in the eye of the storm
It was the safest place to hide

Yeah life's a gamble for the broken and the weak
dealing with the bangers and drugs
the winos weave and amble
and shuffle on down the street
steering clear of all the thugs

Now my city hangs her head in shame
Can't tell the truth from all the lies
everything changed forever
and everything stayed the same
On the night Ms. Johnston died

in album "Honeydew" (2008)

** 7 / 8 **

nate917
(2,815 miles from home)

Posted: Nov 05, 2008 - 13:20

westslope wrote:

Another tragic victim of the War on Drugs. Sigh.

wade44
(2900 Km East of Paradise, CA)

Posted: Oct 30, 2008 - 12:57

I bumped the rating up for this song based on the true story it tells. Very sad.
An innocent elderly woman gunned down by police in her own home.
Two of the three officers pled guilty to manslaughter.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathryn_Johnston

spiritual76

Posted: Oct 21, 2008 - 00:17