Country Radio Lives!
Just got back from seeing the family in Dallas for the 4th. While tooling around in Mom’s Merc I checked out the local flavor and tuned into Lone Star 92.5, the Clear Channel radio station…
Tag Archives: Johnny-Cash
Lost Along The Way
Recently I posted that music industry gadfly Bob Lefsetz has recently discovered mainstream country radio on satellite radio. And he’s been posting them a big sloppy one ever since (Ooooo little Big Town , how…
Austin’s Mean Eyed Cat needs your help
Thanks to the 9513 for putting this on my radar. Inspired by the Johnny Cash song of the same name, Austin’s one-of-a-kind Mean Eyed Cat bar is facing possible closure. The property that the bar…
Johnny Cash Final Performance – July 2003
Two months before he passed. Sad but beautiful. Enjoy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYFmQK2nOoU
Lone Star 92.5
Has Clear Channel lost it’s little rigid, corporate mind? The Ft. Worth Star-Telegram’s Cary Darling (great name!) has an interesting article on a local radio station with went from the old tried-and-true classic radio format…
Marty Stuart Announces Late Night Jam Lineup
Country Standard Time reports – Marty Stuart will host his annual Late Night Jam to benefit MusiCares during CMA Music Fest on June 6 at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives (Kenny…
Dale Watson – From the Cradle to the Grave Review
Is country music dead? If the cover of the new Dale Watson release “From the Cradle to the Grave” contains any insight the answer is a resounding yes. There Dale stands like a hybrid Pauly…
Cash American VI News
Thanks to JakobGreen at the Hank III board for this one – American VI will be the second album of songs from the final recording sessions Johnny Cash made before he died. Like its predecessors,…
Indie Labels In Nashville
The good folks at The 9513 pointed me to this interesting article on the indie labels growing influence in Nashville. I like the idea of country superstars starting thier own boutique labels to allow them…
Tribute to Johnny’s Home
Chet Flippo has written another insightful Nashville Skyline (yeah, I know how perilously close to a fan-boy I am at this point) on the burning of Johnny Cash’s lakeside home he shared with his wife…