5 Off the Top – Thanksgiving Edition
A great song is like a turducken, layers of goodness and mystery built to baffle as well as satisfy. …or something. Here are some rib-sticking selection for this day of thanks. A big THANK YOU…
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Post 4th of July Post
I hope everyone had a great Independence Day. I spent America’s 234th birthday seeing some great music by Hang Jones, at the park with family and friends eating, watching spectacular stuff bow up and watching…
Fathers Day Playlist
I know I haven’t been posting much lately. Besides the uptick in my frequency of the Twang Nation twitter feed and preparing for a move (down the street) but I wanted to do a quick…
To all who have served.
I want to share one of my favorite songs for this holiday weekend. The Ballad of Ira Hayes, written by the folk singer Peter La Farge, tells the story of Ira Hayes, a Pima Native…
News Round Up: New Releases by John Prine, Johnny Cash Art Collective
In true DIY fashion The Johnny Cash Project is a “global collective art project” that allows fans from all over the world to contribute to a arrogated, user-generated video for the title track from the…
News Round Up: Happy Birthday J.R. Cash
On this day in 1932 Johnny Cash was born J. R. Cash in Kingsland, Arkansas, to Ray (1897–1985) and Carrie Cash (1904–1991) Johnny Cash scholars are lobbying Sony records to release Cash’s 1964 album Bitter…
News Round Up: New Johnny Cash Recording in February
The big for fans of the Man In Black is that Rick Rubin’s American Records will release American VI: Ain’t No Grave, the final volume in the American series that helped revitalize Johnny Cash’s career…
News Round Up: New Roky Erickson/Okkervil River in April
The Rick Rubin produced American recording done by Johnny Cash near the end of his life featured some inspired covers (most famous being the cover of Trent Reznor’s Hurt on 2002’s album, American IV: The…
News Round Up: Re-releases from Waylon Jennings / New Release from Hank Williams
Country music legend George Jones seems to be popping up on all the TV shows recently to promote his new Cracker Barrel exclusive album, A Collection of My Best Recollection. This Sunday morning the Possum…
News Round Up: Jamey Johnson Pays Respect
Country Music Neo-Outlaw Jamey Johnson shows his respect for the classics by covering Vern Gosdin, George Jones, George Strait and, his most obvious influence, Waylon Jennings, at the Chicago Country Music Festival. Break out a…