VIEW VIDEO for Wonky Tonk & the HighLife featuring Anna Applegate present: ‘Wingz’

youtu.be/wFNoXLVdXlg


TWENTY TWENTY WAS A BLUR

2020 was a blur, February began my graduation from a Tantric Yoga and Shamanic Arts school (www.durgastigertantrayoga.com), to the shut down of the world and quarantine at the Equator, to the news of grandma’s cancer, April 7 when COVID became personal and John Prine went to heaven; my stolen identity and Facebook account held at ransom, the decision to move forward releasing “Lessons And Lovers” on April 24, and May 6 the Super Moon when reality sunk in, and finally landing of this tune on August 8th, 2020.

Funny how memory dances in time.
Good to look back to see how it moves.

I awoke on the second floor with the balcony, Sabrina’s old room, reached for the guitar (crafted and lent by the mountain’s luthier, for sanity during quarantimes), and this song fell out, as the true ones often do.

'We can't leave': Cincinnati musician took a trip to Ecuador for yoga school. Now she's stuck there. - THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRE
www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2020/04/03/cincinnati-musician-ecuador-yoga-coronavirus-covid-19/5102336002/

Funny I felt it came from JOHN PRINE in heaven himself for my birthday on the 9th. (PHOTOS? Eventually)

… I like to tell that story though I know its magic is just for me.


The Spring of 2021, weeks before Browneyes (Grandma) went to the other realm, THE HIGHLIFE: Alessandro Corona, Eric Dietrich, Anna Applegate, Eric Cronstein and Wonky Tonk (in the voice of Arlo in Alice’s Restaraunt) recorded this tune and captured this moment at the ToneShoppe in Cincinnati, Ohio. thetoneshoppe.com


In the autumn of 2022 RICH TARBELL and I got together at Richie Heart Studios in Charlottesville, Virginia. to make use of the dregs of another project, like we tend to do. richtarbell.com



My Mom, in love with the 5th Element, sent a silver hole punch suit and some light up wings. The aftermath of a music video for SHAGWUF became our canvas. RIch and I back in the creative dialogue we tend to make beautiful things even though it takes a while to take root, blossom and fruit.





This video is a continuation of “BREAKING PATTERNS” released in 2022 on the same day Wingz was released on Maker’s Mark : Picked, Sipped, and Dipped www.plaidroomrecords.com/products/various-arnolds-picked-dipped-sipped-a-midwest-americana-compilation-glow-in-the-dark-vinyl






Wingz then made it’s first debut in 2023 on Woodsongs Radio Hour with the Kody Norris Band (beta.prx.org/stories/467441 , this performance features Chase Watkins and Jeff Meeker - special thanks to Fred Anderson)

The official video now, three years after song conception, makes its way to the internet.

The video Is a study on peering into your own brain, becoming your own fairy godfather: there’s no place like home.

Observing the observer observe.

Reflections,
smears of color,
easy to get lost,

and hard to make sense.


You can follow the story and find Wonky Tonk with Major Darlin this summer:

www.wonkytonkmusic.com



Aug 18 Chicago Street Pub IL

Aug 19 Joliet Porch Fest IL

Aug 25 SGHr w/ Shiny Ribs KY

Sep 15-17 Ohio Paw Paw Festival OH

Sep 22- 23 Widow’s Harvest Festival IL

Oct 13-14 Eclipse Utopia Festival TX



MEDICINE MUSIC www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb_mwEXc6hk

WINGZ on WOODSONGS beta.prx.org/stories/467441