Dale Watson’s Long-Awaited “Dalevis” Is Finally Here
For years fans of Dale Watson have been anticipating an album release from a Dale's alter ego called "Dalevis," a mix of Dale and Elvis. Well friends and neighbors, the wait is over. Dalevis is now...
View ArticleDon Maddox Recalls One Of George Jones’ First Big Breaks
Few, if any can give perspective on George Jones that 90-year-old Don Maddox can--the last surviving member of the pioneering and influential band The Maddox Brothers & Rose. Many artists can speak...
View ArticleWe love Hank! All of them. (The OTHER Hanks of Classic Country)
Radio station 93.5 KOOK and 1230 KERV in Kerrville, TX, managed by legendary DJ Big 'G' Gordon Ames has a radio promo done by Kinky Friedman that simply says, "We play Hank. All of them." Yes, we all...
View ArticleGarth Brooks Set For Nothing Short of World Domination
In late October when the 52-year-old Garth Brooks was getting set to announce he was officially coming out of retirement, Saving Country Music spoke in-depth about how the return of Garth could have a...
View ArticleHow Music Row & Acuff-Rose Killed The Everly Brothers
Unlike Elvis, The Beatles, and other such acts that withstood the test of time to become commercial success stories in multiple decades, The Everly Brothers seemed to hit a wall in the early 60′s, and...
View ArticleBloodshot Bill
On Outlaw Radio tonight (Tuesday), Jashie P will be featuring the greatness of the one man band. A lot of you might know about people like Hasil Adkins from Boone County, really the father of the...
View ArticleYour Opinion: “They Were Good Until They Got Sober”
On New Year's Day in 1953, country music's first superstar Hank Williams died of what could be considered an early-era overdose--heart failure due to a lethal combination of morphine and alcohol. He...
View ArticleThe Undeniable Influence of Charlie Louvin
On February 22, 1956, Elvis Presley played a concert at the City Auditorium in Waycross, GA. Opening for Elvis that night were two brothers, Charlie and Ira, a gospel duo called The Louvin Brothers. In...
View ArticleAlbum Review – Dale Watson “The Sun Sessions”
I'm not sure many other artists, even the ones that are big Johnny Cash fans, would be up for pulling this project off with this adeptness. It would almost take a small team of musical historians,...
View ArticleWhy Time Has Been Kind to Garth Brooks’ Music
"Garth Brooks did for country music what pantyhose did for finger fucking." This is a quote attributed to Waylon Jennings, and one that's hard to argue against. But over time, Garth Brooks' music has...
View ArticleReview – Justin Townes Earle “Nothing’s Gonna Change…”
For all intents and purposes, Justin Townes Earle has "made it" in as much as any musician can in the modern era of music, and this usually endows the artist with the latitude to do just about whatever...
View ArticleAxl Rose Blowup Shows Importance of Hall of Fame Purity
In the end, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame isn't illegitimate because of who has been inducted into their institution, it's illegitimate because it is an institution, formed around a genre of music...
View ArticleAlbum Review – Jackson Taylor & The Sinners “Bad Juju”
This fiery, unfettered, full tilt assault on country music strikes that perfect chord of being both inescapably familiar yet remarkably fresh. Johnny Cash on cocaine may be the most appropriate...
View ArticleInterview: Don Maddox of Maddox Brothers & Rose
I'm not sure if I can come up with a more touching country music story in 2012 than that of Don Maddox. Think about it, 90-year-old man whose spent the last 54 years in virtual obscurity from the music...
View ArticleDale Watson’s Long-Awaited “Dalevis” Is Finally Here
For years fans of Dale Watson have been anticipating an album release from a Dale's alter ego called "Dalevis," a mix of Dale and Elvis. Well friends and neighbors, the wait is over. Dalevis is now...
View ArticleDon Maddox Recalls One Of George Jones’ First Big Breaks
Few, if any can give perspective on George Jones that 90-year-old Don Maddox can--the last surviving member of the pioneering and influential band The Maddox Brothers & Rose. Many artists can speak...
View ArticleWe love Hank! All of them. (The OTHER Hanks of Classic Country)
Radio station 93.5 KOOK and 1230 KERV in Kerrville, TX, managed by legendary DJ Big 'G' Gordon Ames has a radio promo done by Kinky Friedman that simply says, "We play Hank. All of them." Yes, we all...
View ArticleGarth Brooks Set For Nothing Short of World Domination
In late October when the 52-year-old Garth Brooks was getting set to announce he was officially coming out of retirement, Saving Country Music spoke in-depth about how the return of Garth could have a...
View ArticleHow Music Row & Acuff-Rose Killed The Everly Brothers
Unlike Elvis, The Beatles, and other such acts that withstood the test of time to become commercial success stories in multiple decades, The Everly Brothers seemed to hit a wall in the early 60′s,...
View Article10 Badass Billy Joe Shaver Moments
You can't go long talking about badasses in country music without bringing up the one, the only Billy Joe Shaver. Though he may have never received the recognition of Willie, Waylon, or even Coe or...
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