Gospel/soul legend Roebuck “Pops” Staples, patriarch of the legendary family group the Staple Singers, died December 19 at age 84 while recovering from a concussion sustained in a fall. The Staples had #1 hits in the early-mid 1970s with “I’ll […]
Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp–GCS Ballpark–Sauget, IL–July, 2 2009 Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game will be played in St. Louis in a few days, but, last night, just across the Mississippi, a Sauget, Illinois, minor-league baseball stadium hosted an […]
There’s a brand new blog that just started this week at the Country Standard Time web site – Outskirts of Country. Rick Teverbaugh is writing about “almost anything that I believe has or is being overlooked and/or under publicized under […]
If you still haven’t discovered Greg Brown, here’s another great way to get acquainted. Dream City, which contains some of his finest recordings from 1997 through 2006, is his second “best of” collection. Like its predecessor—If I Had Known, which […]
In its Jan. 31, 1974 issue, Rolling Stone marked the arrival of Elliott Murphy’s debut album, Aquashow, with a rave review that filled the equivalent of a full magazine page. Critic Paul Nelson talked about “Murphy’s magic,” said his songs […]
Popular Music in the early 80s as I knew it had a few streams..there was the polished lame pop rock of Journey, REO Speedwagon, Styx and the holdovers from the 70s. Overall, this music was macho and male oriented. There […]
Darrell Scott is giving away a Baby Taylor guitar, which he will autograph for the winner! Enter at: DarrellScott.com/Taylor
I was saddened to glance through one of the music magazines this afternoon and read of the death of Barry Beckett, one of the key members of the all-conquering Muscle Shoals band that played on some of my favourite records […]
Great lineup as always. Check it out. http://www.strictlybluegrass.com/
In an earlier post, I had mentioned some of of the excellent Michael Jackson a capellas that have been in circulation. The good folks at Buzz Feed have assembled 10 of the best available as YouTube clips here.
