Hey everybody, I'm Greg Graffin. I'm at Amoeba in Hollywood
and this is What's in My Bag.
Let's just see what the old hand pulls out first.
J.D. was so helpful in pointing me to this box set
because the other Hank Williams box set is too many songs to listen to.
I like compilations by prolific artists who are long since dead
because I think of myself as a prolific artist
and not everything is that great.
But Hank Williams is a great singer/songwriter
in the tradition that I consider myself
so you have to know some of his important body of work.
This thing has 4 CDs worth of music
of which I'll learn maybe six songs, but that's great.
Now this is one of my favorite all-time albums
and it's very hard to find.
It's called The Watson Family Album.
Y'know, it's remarkable to me that more people don't know who Doc Watson is.
He carried a tradition of old-time music into the modern era.
I was introduced to this by my uncle, who's now 80 years old
and he was a student of the 60s folk revival.
And at that time someone convinced Doc Watson
who is the greatest flatpicking guitarist ever to live
convinced him to stop playing electric guitar
and go back to playing what he does best, which is old-time music
and this was his family recording in their living room
and if you can find any of these Smithsonian recordings
buy them.
The next thing is a big book.
I actually live on a farm.
Our only crops are vegetables from our vegetable garden.
But we do have almost 40 acres of hardwood forest to tend to also.
Not only is it a good gift for my wife
my wife tends most of the gardening
but it's also in German, and my wife is German heritage, so...
I didn't even know this book was available
so I'm definitely bringing this home.
Can we release this video after Christmas, please?
This is another of my favorite albums.
Now you might wonder, why are you buying your favorite albums again?
I have multiple copies of albums like this that I always misplace
or that I burned onto one system
and then lost the CD.
This is Stephen Stills' 'Manassas.'
What Stephen Stills did, he was of course one of the famous members of Crosby, Stills and Nash
but he was a great songwriter and singer and acoustic guitar player
and he put together kind of a supergroup in the 70s
and made this fantastic album called 'Manassas.'
It's hard to find, but it's highly recommended.
And that's it.
Cool. Thank you so much.
This was a great shopping experience.