It saddens me to see to see the belongings of greats being sold off when they die. Case in fact the ebony, hand-made Chinese wedding bed previously owned by Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash. I guess in the end, it's all just stuff… The upside is that after Barry Gibb (yes THAT Barry Gibb) purchased [...]~~
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One of the original alt.country bands (they appeared on the cover of No Depression's second issue), Blue Mountain, are back together after trials and tribulations and have just released their sixth studio album "Midnight in Mississippi" (Produced by Grammy winner Stuart Sikes) along with a re-recorded greatest hits album, "Omnibus." I saw these guys for [...]~~
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Straight from the Truckers: The Drive-By Truckers are pleased to announce a 23-date co-headlining tour with their friends The Hold Steady. The bands will alternate who closes the shows throughout the tour, pre-sale begins Tuesday, August 19 (http://rockandrollmeanswell.frontgatetickets.com) and the public on-sale starts Friday, August 22. The tour is aptly named the Rock and Roll Means [...]~~
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Anybody that has read this blog for more than three seconds knows that I only review music that I like. I'm from Texas. I was taught if you don't have anything good to say keep your trap shut. People work hard on the music they produce and I respect that even if what they do [...] ~~
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Popmatters.com has a review of the DVD "Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music" which they discribe as "Informative and educational, intriguing and entertaining, part American history lesson, part biography and part concert film…" The good folks over at The 9513 brought to my attention that current Twang Nation favorite Jamey Johnson will be joining Willie Nelson, [...]~~
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From Country Standard Time: Don Helms, pedal steel guitarist for Hank Williams' Drifting Cowboys, died this morning at 81. He is featured on more than 100 Williams recordings. Helms played a lap steel (also known as "Hawaiian steel") guitar. This type of steel guitar lacks the foot pedals found on the more modern pedal steel [...]~~
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Hot on the heels of "The Plague" which was released just last March Madison, WI based Gothic-Country band Those Poor Bastards will release "Satan is Watching" this October. Just in time for All Hallows Eve, kiddies. For the vinylphiles among you, this will be the first TPB release offered as a limited edition 12″. Track liting [...]More >
Country music icon Glen Campbell is set to release an album of cover songs that have "personally moved and inspired him." The ironically Titled "Meet Glen Campbell" (c'mon, it's a covers album, is the listener really meeting Campbell?) will include Travis' "Sing," Tom Petty's "Angel Dream" and "Walls," The Replacements' "Sadly Beautiful," U2's "All I Want [...]ShareThis~~
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--- - |- The Weight are a Brooklyn, NY based country rock band that, in spite of it's North-Eastern local, delivers the Southern-fried goods. The band was beget by singer/songwriter and veteran of the Atlanta, GA, punk rock scene Joseph Plunket who began dabbled in country music and recorded several EPs and one long-player with a revolving cast [...] ~~- The Weight
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I'm always fascinated when country music is honored and performed by folks overseas. I'm also interested in how new bands are able to use the web to do much of the heavy lifting traditionally done in the past by big labels with big money and a large staff. I get both of these plus great [...]~~
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