Merle Haggard

2008 Austin City Limits Music Festival Wrap-Up: Country Edition

2008 Austin City Limits Music Festival Wrap-Up: Country Edition

Several Texas-based blogs did a bang up job covering the annual Austin City Limits Music Festival that took place this past weekend in Austin, TX. The ACL festival isn’t typically known for bringing in a ton of country music, but there were several country, and country-flavored acts on the bill... Read more

Forgotten Artists: Tommy Collins (1930-2000)

Forgotten Artists: Tommy Collins (1930-2000)

In the Spring of 1966, the local country music stations in Tidewater, Virginia (WCMS & WTID) were playing the sounds of Tommy Collins’ new single “If You Can’t Bite, Don’t Growl.” I whistled at pretty girl, on a corner downtown She saw me when I winked my eye and then she turned... Read more

Forgotten Artists: Charley Pride

Forgotten Artists: Charley Pride

While he’s not exactly forgotten, it’s been a nineteen years since Charley Pride received much airplay on Country Radio, which seems unbelievable considering the dominant force he was on the charts. For the ’70s, Billboard has Charley listed as its third ranking singles artist behind Conway... Read more

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Aug 19 Album Review: George Jones - Burn Your Playhouse Down: The Unreleased Duets

Album Review: George Jones - Burn Your Playhouse Down: The Unreleased Duets

Over several days in the winter of 1993, during one of the worst ice storms in Tennesee history, George Jones, producer Brian Ahern and a boatload of country and pop stars retreated to the famous “Bradley...

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Richie McDonald - “How Do I Just Stop”

Songwriters: Tommy Lee James and Richie McDonald. In an election year full of tough questions and partisan bickering, former Lonestar-frontman-gone-Christian-crooner Richie McDonald offers some much-needed...

Nov 20 Donnie Vondra - “If I Didn’t Love You”

Donnie Vondra - “If I Didn’t Love You”

Songwriters: Daryl Neil Burgess and Robert W. Terry, Jr. Some of today’s pop-country fare tries very hard to convince listeners of its legitimate country chops: Taking cues from David Allen Coe, some...

Nov 19 Album Review: Hank Williams Sr. - The Unreleased Recordings

Album Review: Hank Williams Sr. - The Unreleased Recordings

The fifteen-disc bootleg of the so-called “Mother’s Best Flour Show” recordings has been floating around the internet for nearly a decade now, while numerous lawsuits were duked out by Hank Jr...

Nov 19 Lance Miller - “Bacon Frying”

Lance Miller - “Bacon Frying”

Songwriters: Chuck Cannon, Gary Nicholson and Paul Overstreet. As contemporary country music seemingly gets wordier by the day, “Bacon Frying” is a charming country song that is beautiful for its simplicity...

Nov 18 Album Review: Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson - “Rattlin’ Bones”

Album Review: Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson - “Rattlin’ Bones”

Duets have a long and illustrious history in country music, but they are also some of the hardest songs to execute well. For every “Whiskey Lullaby,” there’s a “Barroom Buddie...

Nov 18 Kellie Pickler - “Best Days of Your Life”

Kellie Pickler - “Best Days of Your Life”

There’s a particular theme that runs through the core of Kellie Pickler’s music–it is often, when directed at members of the opposite sex, rather mean. “Best Days of Your Life,” co-written...

Nov 17 John Rich - “Another You”

John Rich - “Another You”

For a guy who is supposed to be a genius songwriter, John Rich sure does seem to be running out of ideas. World/Girl, Do/You, Out/Down–these are the best rhymes a three-time ASCAP Songwriter of the...

Nov 14 George Ducas - “Walk Through This World”

George Ducas - “Walk Through This World”

Songwriters: George Ducas and David Lee Murphy. A lot has changed in country music since George Ducas charted his sole top ten single in 1994. Traditional stalwarts Travis Tritt, the Judds, Clint Black...

Nov 14 Sarah Buxton - “Space”

Sarah Buxton - “Space”

Songwriters: Sarah Buxton, Lari White & Chuck Cannon. Sarah Buxton’s voice, starting off as little more than a whisper, is so intimate and close on “Space” that you can almost feel her breath...

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