© Armando Bellmas

By way of supercool and hardly superficial photographer Allison V. Smith comes this little nugget of a quote from Tom T. Hall via Joe Ely:

Some people can go around the world and not see anything
and some people can walk around the block and see the whole world.

Yes, definitely worth repeating.

Speaking of Joe Ely, back in my old radio daze I used to get an almost weekly call during my airshift from the same guy, always wanting to hear Ely’s “Gallo Del Cielo.” I never asked him why he requested the same song every time. However, knowing full well how music can inspire and get you through good and bad times, I was always happy to play it for him.