Why does a Chicago based, blues/bluegrass/punk, Bloodshot Records band Devil in a Woodpile cover classic Zeppelin? Because they’re damn good at it!
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Tag Archives: Country Music
RollingStone.com on Hank Williams Unreleased Recordings
David Fricke over at RollingStone.com has some noce things to say about the upcoming Hank Williams Unreleased Recordings box set – “…the 54 performances in this three-CD set pack a magical, concentrated immediacy that is, in its time and way, as electrifying as Johnny Cash’s Sixties prison shows or Bob Dylan’s early acoustic concerts. Williams’ nasally drawl is crisp and strong, like the young Dylan without the sandpaper; he holds the long, desolate notes in “Cool Water” with stunning force.”
Country Music legend Marty Stuart’s “Sparkle & Twang: An American Musical Odyssey“, an exhibit of four decades of rock, country, rockabilly, bluegrass, rhythm & blues and gospel music memorabilia from Stuart’s personal collection
will make its way to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland from Oct. 30 through March 1. The 300 items, including musical instruments, stage clothing, handwritten lyrics and photographs. Among them are Hank Williams’ handwritten lyrics “Cold, Cold Heart” and “Your Cheatin’ Heart, Elvis Presley’s sweater worn in a photograph with Junior Parker, Johnny Cash’s first black suit from 1955 and handwritten lyrics for “Folsom Prison Blues†and “Man in Black,†Performance outfit worn by Bob Dylan, Clarence White of the Byrds’ blue leather suit, Pop Staples’ 1962 Fender Jazzmaster guitar and Marty Stuart’s first guitar and performance outfit, sewn by his mother.
Johhny Cash’s America on The Biography Channel
A new documentary on country music legend “Johnny Cash’s America,” will air on The Biography Channel on 10/23. It examines Cash’s life, music, and influence on 20th century American history. It’s already premiered at the Woodstock Film Festival.  Commentary from as diverse a collection as Al Gore, Bob Dylan, Snoop Dogg, and Merle Haggard are featured in the film.
The Biography Channel also offers a nice section of it’s web site outlining Cash’s life.
Johnny Cash’s America
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Ray Wylie Hubbard – Screw You We’re From Texas
As good as it gets….
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Happy Birthday Dale Watson!!
First off -Â Happy Birthday Dale Watson! Bubba you’re the Deal Deal!
The Villiage Voice has some choice (and funny) words about the new Lee Ann Womack release “Call Me Crazy.” “PowerPoint presentation in Music Row Pandering 10…” Ha!
Chris Parton over at the CMT blog has a brief, but still cool, observation of the Nashville Hank III show.
It seems that Willie Nelson has asked the King of Country Western Troubadours Unknown Hinson and Billy Bob Thorton’s band The Boxmasters to open some shows for him starting November 21 and ending around December 9. This should be a great show so get out therre and see it if you can. On a releated note Unknown Hinson and the Boxmasters will be crashing on Regis and Kelly on oct 17. Damn, I wasn’t ware those boys could get up that early!
Dale Watson – Country My Ass
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Johnny Cash Folsom Prison Show Legacy Edition – 10/14
- Christmas is not too far away, and the perfect gift for your Country Music aficionado (ah hem) is the Johnny Cash Folsom Prison Show Deluxe Box Set. This Legacy Edition will feature a 2CD/1 DVD will feature the entire two Cash 1968 concerts from the California prison, totaling in 31 previously-unreleased tracks, including songs like “Blue Suede Shoes,†“I’m Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail,†“This Ole House†and even more duets with his wife June Carter Cash. The DVD contains footage from the shows, plus interviews with Merle Haggard, Roseanne Cash and inmates who witnessed Cash’s Folsom concerts. Also featured are liner notes penned by both Cash biographer Michael Streissguth, Steve Earle and Cash himself, which he wrote in 1999. Out October 14th via Columbia/Legacy.
- The Prophets of Country Doom Those Poor Bastards new release “Satan Is Watching” will be available (fittingly) on October 31st. on CD and Vinyl.
- Get over to ebay and buy up all the It Burns When I Pee goodies! Norma Jean’s panties aren’t going to be up there forever people!
- And lastly a little video from the Americana Music Conference:
Glen Campbell – Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
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Willie Nelson on His First Novel – A Tale Out of Luck
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Billy Joe Shaver indicted in 2007 Texas shooting
From the Associated Press: WACO, Texas (AP) — A McLennan County grand jury has indicted country singer Billy Joe Shaver on felony charges for his alleged role in an April 2007 shooting at a Lorena bar.
Shaver, 69, is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a second-degree felony, and a charge of unlawful carrying of a handgun by a licensed holder on a licensed premises, a third-degree felony, the Waco Tribune-Herald reported in its online edition Wednesday.
An official at the McLennan County Jail in Waco told The Associated Press that Shaver had not turned himself in Wednesday night.
Messages left by the AP for Shaver’s last known attorney and to his representative seeking comment after business hours weren’t immediately returned.
One witness said Shaver followed the victim, Billy B. Coker, out of Papa Joe’s Texas Saloon in Lorena on April 1, 2007, and asked, “Where do you want it?” before shooting him in the face, according to an arrest warrant affidavit filed last year.
Another witness said that after hearing gunfire, she went outside and heard Shaver say to Coker, “Tell me you are sorry,” and “Nobody tells me to shut up,” according to the affidavit signed by then-acting Lorena Police Chief John Moran.
Coker, who was treated and released, told police last year that the shooting was unprovoked.
An attorney for Shaver said at the time that Coker was drunk, aggressive and had a knife and that he followed Shaver outside.
End Associated Press. My take? Mr. Coker is looking to make his mistake into a pay bay.
Hank Williams III Discusses Making “Damn Right Rebel Proud”
Hank III discusses making his new release “Damn Right Rebel Proud” (October 21, Curb Records)
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Happy Bithday Hank Williams Sr.
I’m in Nashville for the Americana Music Association Conference which starts full steam tomorrow so today I had time to stop by the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum to check out their new exhibit Family Tradition: The Williams Family Legacy featuring Hank Sr. and Hank Jr. I was perusing this great exhibit and reading the history of Hank Sr.’s life and it dawned on me. It’s Hanks 85th birthday today (as well as my Sister’s, not 85 though) !
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