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The great and perverted Bobby Lounge

January 18, 2012

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8:11 am

Rod Dreher

Many apologies for failing to blog about Nietzsche and American funerals last night. When I got back from Baton Rouge, my friend Ken and I sat out on the front porch drinking and listening to some amazing music he brought up: the work of Bobby Lounge, a superlative Southern Gothic blues piano player from McComb, Miss. Listen to his “I Remember The Night Your Trailer Burned Down,” and marvel. Ken says he is a recluse, but when he plays Jazzfest in New Orleans, he is rolled out in a fake iron lung, climbs out, and plays. Bobby Lounge website here.

We must all change our lives to incorporate more Bobby Lounge into them. The man plainly has achieved a balance between theology and geometry that few mortals can hope to. I am telling you that because I love you.

UPDATE:NPR did a piece on him in 2006.

about the author

Rod Dreher is a senior editor at The American Conservative. He has written and edited for the New York Post, The Dallas Morning News, National Review, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, the Washington Times, and the Baton Rouge Advocate. Rod’s commentary has been published in The Wall Street Journal, Commentary, the Weekly Standard, Beliefnet, and Real Simple, among other publications, and he has appeared on NPR, ABC News, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, and the BBC. He lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with his wife Julie and their three children. He has also written four books, The Little Way of Ruthie Leming, Crunchy Cons, How Dante Can Save Your Life, and The Benedict Option.

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