Country Hall of Fame Readies New Major Exhibit, “Outlaws & Armadillos:...
Yes, Yes, and Yes! On Thursday (1-11), the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville announced their newest major exhibit to open on May 25th, 2018. Not just part of the regular rotation of...
View ArticleAlbum Review – Willy Tea Taylor’s “4 Strings”
If you're a tragic, tragic audiofile like myself, then you understand just what a blessing it is when out of the blue you discover an artist that really speaks to you, and it opens a brand new vein of...
View ArticleTompall Glaser’s “Hillbilly Central” (a pictorial history)
The year was 1974, and a two-story stucco office building / studio located two blocks from Nashville's infamous Music Row at 916 19th Avenue South got christened "Hillbilly Central" by a New York-based...
View ArticleCountry Music Heroes Who Served The Country
Country music loves to pride itself in supporting the troops and the cause of the military more than any other genre. Though some of it may be bravado meant more for marketing, there are many legends...
View ArticleJohnny Cash’s “Million Dollar Songwriter Circle”
"That night in my house [was] the first time these songs were heard..." Johnny Cash went on. "Joni Mitchell sang 'Both Sides Now,' Graham Nash sang 'Marrakesh Express,' Shel Silverstein sang 'A Boy...
View ArticleOriginal Country Music Outlaw Tompall Glaser, Dead at 79
Tompall Glaser, one of country music's original Outlaws, is dead at 79 after fighting a prolonged illness according to his family. He died at his home in Nashville. Tompall got his start in country...
View Article10 Badass Johnny Cash Moments
What made Johnny Cash the ultimate badass was his ability to bridge people together regardless of taste in music, cultural differences, or political ideology. Johnny Cash could tackle some of the most...
View ArticleThe Ben Davenport Band’s “Slow Start”
It's been a while since I've heard such great texture and diversity in a record that still clings tightly to its country roots. Reflecting back on a lifetime of memories, accomplishments, failures,...
View Article16 Great Sons & Daughters of Country Music Greats
Country music isn't just a genre of music, it is a musical religion, a way of life, a cultural lineage passed down from generation to generation and preserved through the blood and bond of its...
View ArticleKristofferson Coming Down: Landing a Helicopter on Cash’s Lawn
At the time, Kristofferson was working as a janitor at the offices of Columbia Records where Johnny Cash was signed. Kristofferson had met Cash a number of times, in the studio and backstage at The...
View ArticleShel Silverstein “A Boy Named Shel” Biopic Coming
Finally one of the most under-appreciated, but wildly-influential lyricists in country music, one of country music's forgotten Outlaw artists, and one of America's most creative personalities is going...
View Article10 Badass David Allan Coe Moments
The question about David Allan Coe has never been if he's a badass, but if he's a little too badass. Some of his stories are hard to believe. Others are even harder to validate. And others are hard to...
View ArticleVintage Album Review – Ween’s ’12 Golden Country Greats’
If the unusual and offbeat of the country music realm is something you love to delve into---if the Roger Miller's, the Shel Silverstein's, and the John Hartford's hold a special sway on your heart, and...
View ArticleJesus Drop Kicks Paul Craft (Through The Goalposts of Life)
You press most any theologian, and they will expound upon the theory that God has the most profound sense of humor ... if you just know where to look for it. Whether this was in play when country music...
View ArticleCountry Music’s Greatest Prison Albums
Prison and country music go together like peanut butter and jelly. No wonder a slew of country music albums have been actually recorded within prison walls---some for convicts, some by convicts, and...
View ArticleMaddie & Tae’s “Shut Up and Fish” Is Kind of a Stupid Song That Says a Lot
Maddie & Tae have become the perfect foil to today's male country stars. They're like the Minnie Pearl of country music's Millennial generation. Staunch traditionalists are never going to give...
View ArticleAlbum Review – Wheeler Walker Jr.’s “Redneck Shit”
Believe it or not, there's even a deep history for more lewd comedy that would happen in country music under the covers. Roy Acuff, the "King of Country Music" cut dirty songs when nobody was looking,...
View ArticleHow Many of These Country Music Veterans Can You Name?
So many of country music's legendary artists also spent time earlier in their lives serving the country in one capacity or another. And on Veteran's Day as we pay tribute to ALL the men and women who...
View ArticleMeet The Dream Rovers: Iran’s Hardcore Traditional Country Band
"When there is music, nobody thinks of fighting. That's why I came to the United States---not only to study country music in its homeland, but also to travel to the country which had been introduced to...
View ArticleAlbum Review – Bobby Bare’s “Things Change”
There have been many true country music "Outlaws" over the years, and many more that claim to be. But there can be only one original Outlaw, and that is Bobby Bare. Without Bobby Bare, there may be no...
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