Big Rock Candy Mountain ❤ My, My, hey, hey, ho, ho, Xmas rock will never die. Erm...well, it's day two of our daily Holiday extravaganza . Now 'til Xmas, kids. All the fave rave yuletide… Read full post »
Keep The Coffee Coming ❤ There is just too much music to be contained in a single day! MP3 File yousendit Read full post »
A Fifty Cent Lighter & A Whiskey Buzz ❤ Sometimes you just have to bust out a birthday post. Today we honor two of my favorites... Dwight Yoakam and Weird Al Yankovic. Dwight Yoakam was born in Pikeville, Kentucky… Read full post »
The Rising Storm ❤ The Fender Telecaster is perhaps the most iconic and revered electric guitar. Maybe 2nd fiddle to its brother the Stratocaster , championed by Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix, the Tele… Read full post »
snuhthing/anything ❤ Hello - how are you? Thank Thomas Alva Edison for popularizing the use of "Hello" as a salutation. When Alexander Graham Bell invented his telephone, he initially chose "Ahoy" to… Read full post »
Setting The Woods On Fire ❤ You may have noticed that I've been in the process of posting the original version of every song covered by Gram Parsons and his various bands (The International Submarine Band,… Read full post »
Setting The Woods On Fire ❤ I've already posted the Safe At Home and Sweetheart Of The Rodeo "originals." Now it's time for the "original" versions of the covers recorded by The Flying Burrito Brothers during… Read full post »
Pretty Goes with Pretty ❤ Hank Williams, Long Gone Lonesome Blues (1952) [via Setting the Woods on Fire ]Why oh why did I resist Hank Williams for so long? Probably it was Hank Williams Jr.… Read full post »
Hello Vegetables ❤ Country music specializes in either “I’m deliriously happy” or “I’m completely miserable” songs, and Buck Owens was great at both. He could sing so you could hear the smile in… Read full post »
Star Maker Machine ❤ Buck Owens: Will There Be Big Rigs In Heaven? [purchase ]This one's just perfect. For maximum enjoyment, follow along with the lyrics: Will there be big rigs in heaven when… Read full post »
Setting The Woods On Fire ❤ The "best damn fiddle player in the world" is only the 13th most favorite country artist according to your votes. Today’s batch of artists… 11. Loretta Lynn 12. Buck Owens… Read full post »
Setting The Woods On Fire ❤ There’s only one strictly “country” artist in today's batch, but I like to give the genre a broad definition (and I like all five of these artists), so no complaining...… Read full post »
Setting The Woods On Fire ❤ I need to take a break. It’s time to catch up on my beauty sleep, advance my sputtering career, and actually listen to some music for a change. (Blogging is… Read full post »
Setting The Woods On Fire ❤ On a recent work trip to Ann Arbor the other day I snuck off to a few record stores and picked up these great L.P.s. George Jones - I'll Share… Read full post »
Fong Songs ❤ Big thanks again to Brian Ibbott, host of always awesome Coverville , for inviting a bunch of us bloggers to discuss and debate (or in my case, ramble and trail… Read full post »
Communications Major, English Minor ❤ Hello blog-o-sphere denizens. This is your captain speaking. Boy do I have a surprise for you today...a mix tape curated by Swan Fungus reader Sam! Not only was he kind… Read full post »
This Recording ❤ Our journey through the world of iTunes playlists continues, as we visit the country western mind of Vince Vaughn. What does Vince listen to when he’s not saying “let’s make… 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 »
Setting The Woods On Fire ❤ Photo by Ted Barron (who also has a heck of a blog). Laura Cantrell is one of the most interesting country performers to come along in recent years. As I… Read full post »
Art Decade ❤ Buck Owens: Made In Japan [1972] Why I thought it would be funny to pair these two songs is now lost on me...other than a latent desire to sleep with… Read full post »
24 Hour Party Pooper ❤ Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. Not simply because, to paraphrase H2O , we get to "eat like it's for charity!" but because I think it's a good thing to have… Read full post »
Lil Mike's Last Known Thoughts & Rando… ❤ I'm driving down into LA this weekend for a quick jaunt in & out Friday & Saturday... Hope I miss the rain that's supposedly coming & hopefully going before I… Read full post »
Cable and Tweed ❤ As tends to happen with the passage of time, a good number of important and ground-breaking musicians passed away in 2006. The R&B community lost some of its legends and… Read full post »
Locust St. ❤ Absent Friends, part 1 Grant McLennan, Ballad of Easy Rider. Jackie McLean, Love and Hate. Love, 7 and 7 Is. Gene Simmons, Drinkin' Scotch. Gene Pitney, Every Breath I Take.… Read full post »
Big Rock Candy Mountain ❤ Guess it's about time to stop futzing around and get to what y'all came here for. A little Country cheer for the Holidays. Buck Owens died this year. But don't… Read full post »
Big Rock Candy Mountain ❤ Sorry about that. Think I found enough bandwidth to get me through the rest of the month. Time to close up the honky tonks. Buck Owens died this weekend. You'll… Read full post »
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