Setting The Woods On Fire ❤ In 1981, British rock Elvis Costello went to Nashville to record a country covers album called Almost Blue . I blogged about it in an earlier post .I recently picked… Read full post »
For The Sake Of The Song ❤ Let´s hear it once more for Hank Williams, a much heralded artist here at For The Sake Of The Song. This time around I´d like to put the spotlight on… Read full post »
snuhthing/anything ❤ "You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everyone dances with the grim reaper." - Robert Alton Harris' last words Charlie Patton: Oh Death - 3.06MB Blind Willie… Read full post »
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Setting The Woods On Fire ❤ They don't call him the Killer for nothing. Here is a killer take on a killer tune. I love the hair-flyin', foot-stompin', knee-knockin' thing that he does: Not that you're… Read full post »
Largehearted Boy ❤ Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Alejandro Escovedo : 2005-10-02, Philadelphia [mp3,ogg,flac] "Baby's Got New Plans" [mp3] other Alejandro Escovedo music blog posts: @lhb @hype @elbo.ws Carlos Giffoni : several… Read full post »
For The Sake Of The Song ❤ On the album Road Songs , Townes Van Zandt treats us to a generous package of live covers of songs he wished he´d written himself. "No such luck," the Texas… Read full post »
Setting The Woods On Fire ❤ When you are sad and lonely, and have no place to go, Call me up, sweet baby, and bring along some dough... Honky Tonkin' is a straightforward honky-tonk hit. One… Read full post »
Pop Headwound ❤ My Easter was very nice, thanks for asking. After the turkey dinner and subsequent nap on the living room floor (of my girlfriend’s parents house) I woke up to the… Read full post »
Setting The Woods On Fire ❤ Here's a wistful Springtimey tune in which Michelle Shocked describes her slightly complicated relationship with her hometown (a rural town that is not located anywhere near the ocean). Michelle Shocked… Read full post »
Setting The Woods On Fire ❤ I just came across this extremely nice video: Emmylou is so cool. This classic song was written by a little-known, but very talented, man named Jimmy Work . Read his… Read full post »
ninebullets.net ❤ When I was a teenager my friends and I had a theory that the perfect night would consist of beer, pizza and sex. In later years I learned that whiskey… Read full post »
For The Sake Of The Song ❤ Hank Williams is unanimously recognized as a true American icon, the father of country music as we know it today. Hank is often said to have been the first rock… Read full post »
Setting The Woods On Fire ❤ This post is inspired by an e-mail from reader Tom who took issue with my off-the-cuff comment in an earlier post that Gram Parsons “wrote the book” on country rock… Read full post »
MOG Most discussed tracks ❤ Stalin said, "a single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic." Here to challenge that notion is California Bear. Pops, clicks, it's all here. Read full post »
Setting The Woods On Fire ❤ I love Ireland. Eight years ago this Spring, my wife Maureen and I spent our honeymoon driving the narrow roads (and stopping at the occasional pub) from Ennis to Galway… Read full post »
For The Sake Of The Song ❤ I never knew there was a pile of unfinished Hank Williams lyrics floating around, but it´s true apparently, and that´s great news. But wait, it gets even better. None other than… Read full post »
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