Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for September 17, 2024

Engaged to a banjo man but no strings attached

It’s all about the banjo-mans

Can you tie him up?

Yeah, Dill, tell it like it is!

Miss Bliss and Timmy have been back and forth for years it seems, if Petey knows.

So, please.. Stop TRYING!!

Oh, yeah, I forgot. …HEY, MISS BLISS! DID YOU KNOW YOU CAN’T TIE DOWN A BANJO MAN?!

That may end up being Richard Thompson’s greatest contribution to human knowledge. Centuries from now we’ll still know that you can’t tie down a banjo man.

See, Alice, even Dill gets it …

Run Dill!

Not being able to tie down a banjo-man is just something all males innately know — even those as young as Peter and Dil.

I always wondered who said it first

Pretty self-explanatory, Alice.

It means you should pick a guy in a different profession, Alice.

" And it’s knowing I’m not shackled by forgotten words and bonds and the ink stains that are dried upon some line that keeps you in the back roads by the rivers of my memory that keeps you ever gentle on my mind" John Hartford, the quintessential banjo man.

I thought it was the guitar man.

Earl Scruggs (“Ballad of Jed Clampett”, “Foggy Mountain Breakdown”, and many others), was a Banjo Man, and he got tied down… ☺

Tell that to Pete Seeger !

If you could, then leave him on the RR tracks.

Wonder if they use the same ring each time??? :)

Bet there is a shortage of Banjo Men. They are always dueling, after all.

Haha! I love the once in a blue moon moments when Petey is briefly intense.

Dill knows truth and wisdom when he hears it!

How many banjo players have wives?