Apples invite the pollinators and our song of the day by Poison on your #MorningMonarchy for September 23, 2026.
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#MounseyMinute TXT: Episode 31 – Apples Invite The Pollinators
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#MounseyMinute: Late For The Train – “June Apple” (Live // Audio)
Digital Single
YouTube – Jul. 1, 2020
*#MounseyMinute: Late For The Train – “June Apple” (Live) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUOicGvwMqY // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Jarrell // Folk duo of David Pascoe and Laura Benson featured the traditional tune, “June Apple,” in Week 8 of their “Fiddle Tune Tuesdays” series. The duo highlighted the tune’s origins in North Carolina, specifically noting its popularization by the prolific Mt. Airy fiddler, Tommy Jarrell (1901-1985). While the exact origins of “June Apple” are unclear, it is an Appalachian classic named after a group of early-ripening apples in the southern United States. The tune is often performed instrumentally as a fiddle reel, though Jarrell popularized a rendition that included singing, with lyrics that sometimes borrow from the related tune “Train on the Island.”*
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Poison – “Swampjuice (Soul-O)” (Inst.)/”Unskinny Bop” (Cassette // Audio)
‘Flesh & Blood’
Enigma/Capitol – Jul. 10, 1990
*Poison – “Swampjuice (Soul-O)” (Inst.)/”Unskinny Bop” (Cassette) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te1-e0fgRdg // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk5y4wvsLyY // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flesh_&_Blood_(Poison_album) // Pre-grunge Poison were already expanding their musical palette! From my now-mildewy cassette dub from 1990 – side two filled out with the best cuts from their debut.*