Johnny Paycheck has a huge catalog so it's inevitable that some great songs would get overlooked. "21 Miles to Lake Charles Prison" was one of the first Paycheck songs I heard way back when (thanks to an old thrift-store copy of his greatest hits LP), and it's stuck with me ever since. When a guy sings about his mother walking him to the train that's going to take him to prison, well, you know it's real-deal country.
Check out the song via this link:
http://www.mediafire.com/?fmvysgduhpf
Friday, August 03, 2007
Johnny Paycheck
Monday, April 30, 2007
Charlie Louvin 2007
Some shots from Charlie Louvin's appearance at SXSW 2007 in Austin this year.
by wolffkurt
A slideshow:
Charlie Louvin
Monday, April 09, 2007
I Forgot to Be Your Lover
William Bell is one of the greatest soul singers the genre has seen. This song slays me every time.
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Thursday, March 01, 2007
Thursday, February 08, 2007
South By Southwest 2007 band list!
The intial (not final final) list is out for who's playing at this year's SXSW Music Festival in Austin.
Dig:
http://2007.sxsw.com/music/festival/
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
Lee Hazlewood returns
New album! And a New York Times profile to back it up! Who'd ever have thought that would happen? I figured the guy was lost in the Swedish countryside (or maybe more recently, the Phoenix suburbs). Now he's not only surfacing for air but keeping above water level for an extended stay. Dig it. Album's pretty good, too--it's no "Love and Other Crimes," but it's definitely in the spirit of his classic work. "It's Nothing to Me" alone is a standout--a reworking of the Harry Johnson song that I first heard on the country comp LP "God Less America."
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Dead Horse
A photo from a few years back, at one of the most stunning drive-up (and a short walk) viewpoints in the U.S., Dead Horse Point State Park in Utah, near Moab:
by wolffkurt
Monday, May 15, 2006
Calexico vs. Giant Sand
Reading a recent edition of Harp, and come across a one pager interviewing Howe Gelb. Never really caught up on the beef between Howe and Joey Burns (apparently Covertino stays mum and has managed to keep friendship with both). My sympathies immediately drew up alongside my loyalty to Howe. Made Joey sound like an overdriven indie yuppie with a lust for indie-rock power. I don't know, that's a one-sided view, so I admit, I'm not being fair. I love Calexico's music -- and I play it way more than Giant Sand or any of Howe's solo recordings, good as that all may be. Joey's talented, and he deserves attention and the growing indie-fame he's receiving lately. But, I can't help it, every time I play them Calexico records, I think of that article. I think of Howe, and the bitter taste left in his mouth. The bitterness of broken friendships.
Sunday, April 02, 2006
So long, Buck
California, country music, all of it just doesn't seem the same without you. Nice to see, though, how much attention you've gotten in the press this week, leading up to your funeral (in Bakersfield today). People all over, lots of them, are feeling the loss. Can't blame them. The music had more power than perhaps even most fans knew. The songs were strong, extremely likeable, and they reached far and wide.
Saturday, March 11, 2006
Deliver Me
That's the name of the new album by my buddy Tom Heyman, a supremely talented musician who was formerly the guitarist (and songwriter) with Philly's Go To Blazes and is now busting through the briars on his own pathway as a singer-songwriter. His previous album Boarding House Rules did indeed rule, but Deliver Me takes things several steps further. His voice is sturdier, and that title track...whoa. That's some serious songwriting.
Check it out here (there's a free MP3 of the song via that link, too, so don't despair.)
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