Think I’ll Stay it’s New Years Day

Well, I woke up early Sunday mornin’
Had myself a piece of toast
Had 50 dollars in my pocket
Gonna chase myself a ghost…

Charlie Robison

In 2004 Robison released his song, New Year’s Day, on his Good Times album. The Iconic song about a guy who finds himself making the best of a bad situation and ringing in the New Year in the best way he knew how.. The setting of the song, “boys town” in some border town in West Texas.

There was a time in my own life that this was how I would spend my holiday. In another iconic song the verse says something about crossing the border for some “cultural exchange.” I remember some of those nights in old Mexico. I’m old enough to remember when it was safe to go to those border towns and I don’t disagree or knock the Good Times that were had over there. I sometimes miss the bells ringing from some 100 years old church . The sky was filled with powder from fireworks and/or the occasional pistolero. The Spanish voices would ring out, “Feliz Ano Nuevo.” And we knew that we had arrived to another day and we all had hopes for a better year to come. The closest I’ve been to that in the last decade was a time I camped in Terlingua, Tx over the New Years Holiday- and sometime today I had to stop and ask myself why? That might have been the coldest and darkest day of my life , but I’ll save that story for another time.

What happened this New Years you ask? Well I’m about to tell you.

This New Year’s Day I managed to make a trek up to the Caprock ,instead of a border town I was just North of Lynn County Texas at a little place called Lubbock. The Blue Light was the setting of this story.

Texas singer/ songwriter Dalton Domino had an idea, he wanted to be able to do something that would help the community. He chose to hold a benefit for a children’s home in Lubbock and after a few phone calls- Early Supper was born.

Early Supper the event sponsored by Red Dirt Rebel and Cotton court is held annually at the Blue Light in Lubbock. Yesterday’s event featured more than a dozen of Texas best singer songwriters in the song swap fashion. It was truly amazing to watch. During the event I heard several songs that I had never heard before. I heard unreleased music from more than one artist and I can’t wait to be able to share them with you all on this platform.

I saw plenty of old friends and got to make some new ones and my heart is full. I am looking forward to another year. And I wish you all the best in 2023.

Images above are just a few shots of the talent that was represented last night. Each and Every artist in attendance was humble and grateful to be helping out. They each took the time out of their own busy life to be of service to the good of the community and in being there they showcased their brand of music to a fan like me.

Think I’ll stay it’s New Years Day.

Pancho.