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Kurt Fortmeyer

@kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social

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Independent singer/songwriter…itinerant picker…chicken wrangler…dog lover…pretty good cook “Born in a barn, and raised in a stable environment.”

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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · Nov 14

My music….
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#Americana

Still Not Out Of The Woods, by Kurt Fortmeyer

10 track album

kurtfortmeyer.bandcamp.com

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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 4d

Drug ads on TV trip me out.
How many people with hemolytic leukemia are going to see that ad, and ask their doctor about that drug?
What does it cost to produce that ad?
And what does it cost to run it during the World Series?
There has to be a tax write-off involved.
#BigPharma

Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 5d

TONIGHT!
#Nashville

Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 6d

#Americana, #Country, #Folk, #Blues, #Singer/Songwriters Brent Moyer, Richard Ferreira, Dave Isaacs, and Kurt Fortmeyer,
will be together again at Springwater Supper Club and Lounge on Saturday November 1st from 4:00-7:00pm.
Expect great songwriting, superb picking, and (of course) shenanigans.

Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 6d

Back in the 1970s, this song was like a gateway to the drug called Country Music.
I first heard it in a bar, played by a local band.
Written by Dallas Frazier, who also gave us “Alley Oop”, “Elvira”, “If My Heart Had Windows”, “California Cottonfields”, and other classics of the genre.

Honky Tonk Downstairs

YouTube video by Poco - Topic

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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 6d

I’m married to a #pumpkin farmer!

Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 7d

I had the time wrong on my earlier post. We’re going on at 8:00pm.

Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 7d

Some folks seem to think that songwriting is easy, but for me, it can be an arduous process. Songs seldom (okay, never) arrive in their final form. I never want to rewrite the life out of a lyric, but the more I go through them, the greater the chances are that I can find improvements to make.

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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 11d

Two shows this week with this crowd.
Friday at the Commodore Grille at 7:00pm,
and Sunday at The Stillery, also at 7:00pm.
Jeff Walter is the only one of these guys that I haven’t co-written with, and is also the only one of us that has a #1 Bluegrass cut.

Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 12d

Our two-sided signs are ready for tomorrow’s rally.
#NoKings
#Nashville

Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 13d

Someone is stalking our chickens

Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 13d

SAVE THE DATE!
January 1, 2026
Dave Isaacs and I will once again be performing as a part of the Townes Van Zandt tribute/Music Health Alliance benefit at Bobby’s Idle Hour Tavern in Nashville.

Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 13d

“The moonshine’s on the hill
Got possum on the grill
Mamaw’s menopausal and Papaw’s popping pills
A fiddler and a banjo man
That’s how we get our thrills
Hootin’ in the holler while the moon shines on the hill”

Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 14d

“The sun sets on the water by the old abandoned mill
Where folks used to make a dollar to keep their bellies filled
But that dog has slipped its collar now and everything is still
As the clouds creep through the hollers the moonshine’s on the hill”

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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 16d

The PRESIDENT
should be a
PUBLIC SERVANT,
not the other way around.

Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 16d

When the folks at the bar have never heard the song before, but they’re singing along before it’s over.
Last night it was “Can’t Cut The Baby In Half”.
#Nashville

Can't Cut the Baby in Half

YouTube video by Kurt Fortmeyer - Topic

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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 16d

We generally have at least one kind of homemade (and no store-bought) #bread in the house…whole wheat, sourdough, focaccia, bagels, English muffins, and fruit (pear, banana) bread.
Yesterday, @nfortmeyer.bsky.social made pita.
#baking

Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 17d

It’s astounding how many great musicians and performers are out there, completely under most people’s radar. We heard Evie Ladin at a Hillbilly Haiku house concert yesterday.
She’s a phenomenal clawhammer banjo player. She’s also a guitarist, singer/songwriter, dancer, and a “body music” performer.

Walking in a Straight Line - Evie Ladin Band Official Video

YouTube video by Evie Ladin

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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 19d

What’s your favorite Kurt Fortmeyer song?

Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 22d

When I play #Connections, I shuffle the words (usually five times) before I even look at them. I have noticed that they will try to trick you with the original layout.
Today’s puzzle…
Connections
Puzzle #850
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟨🟨🟨🟨

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Kurt Fortmeyer @kurtfortmeyer.bsky.social · 22d