I wasn't lucky enough to have a Starbuck's in my neighborhood when I was growing up to help me find out what music I should be listening to. I had to depend on my grandma. She had records that were a lot different from the Joan Baez, Lord Buckley, Dylan, and Stones records my parents had. She had a lot of Elvis, some Roger Miller, and a ton of as seen on TV compilations. Some that looked like t...
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One of the sure fire encores of Marty Robbins was "Don't Worry About Me" which has an interesting story. The original guitarist at those sessions was Grady Martin who accidently created the fuzz effect on his guitar by not correctly plugging in his guitar to the console. The effect was left in on the final version of the recording and the "fuzz" effect became the song's key attraction.Marty Rob...
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Another of Marty Robbins' signature songs was "El Paso" which won a Grammy Award in 1959 and spawned two more songs taken from this opus ("Feleena" and "El Paso City"). However, "El Paso" became one of his signature tunes and one which has a great story told with a continuous line of development throughout.
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Marty Robbins (1925 - 1982) was one of the greatest crossover entertainers in country music. His music is eclectic in its universal appeal, touching as it does on various aspects of world music although he rarely went beyond the confines of country music. Yet he was a headliner in Las Vegas, becoming an immensely popular performer. His performances at the Grand Ole Opry are legendary for his be...
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The Old West came alive in the late 1950s on television which such expertly produced shows such as "Wagon Train," "Gunsmoke," "Cheyenne," and "Maverick." Also from that same period came dozens of recordings spotlighting this era in American history. The best known are the two albums by Frankie Laine - and the two by Marty Robbins. "Big Iron" follows in the shadow of the tv westerns and, as brie...
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The universal appeal of country music will surprise many Americans who are not aware that there is a viable and strong love country music tradition in Europe. One of the most memorable festivals of country music was the internation country music festival at Wembley as organized by manager Mervyn Cohn. My British friends were seriously addicted to these concerts and, due to there physical limita...
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This has always been a favorite and back in the days the crowd would go wild whenever Bob and Jerry took it off the shelf - El Paso is a country and western ballad written and originally recorded by Marty Robbins, and first released on Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs in September 1959. It was released as a single the following month, and became a major hit on both the country and pop music c...
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so in modern civilization we follow the doctrine prescribed to us by medical science. Idealisim is the latest casualty of the science of cold figures. no longer does faith or principal mean anything we are now A product of odds of mathmatical calculation. emotion and feeling are meaningless and family is a long forgotten institution. Any one else see a problem with this? this is music that was ...
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The window air conitioner lulled me to sleep in the dining room more than once. Dad sat up his stereo equipment behind the dining table on a long wooden table with pea green speaker covers built into them. They were made out of that scratchy burlap-like material. Anyway, he fired up the Realistic receiver and hooked up the 8-track. He loved the cowboy ballads. Pancho and Lefty were in ther...
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I would love to get this album for my grandpa. He has been looking for it for years.
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14 songs featuring Kris Kristofferson, Marty Robbins, Bruce Springsteen, Glen Campbell...
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