Approximately one zillion books have been written about Bob Dylan, but surprisingly few of them focus mostly on his music rather than his life and career. A pair of recently published tomes do just that, however. One of these is […]
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Most music book publishers release their best books in the fall — roughly August to January, depending on the publishing house — and I had the opportunity just a few months ago to plod, trudge, or breeze through door-stopping memoirs […]
Once upon a time, not so very long ago, David Robert Jones was born to Peggy and John Jones in Brixton, southwest London. He was an imaginative child, by reports, and had musical aspirations as well as talent early on. His […]
Americana music can claim several music towns as its home. There was Austin in the early 1970s, Laurel Canyon during the same time, Muscle Shoals in the late ’60s and early ’70s (though less a scene in the same sense […]
A few years ago, I wrote a brief comment about a lackluster performance from a local cover band that had appeared at a festival we were attending. The next day the band’s leader approached me, taking exception to my characterization […]
As I write this, I’m listening to the 10th anniversary edition of the Oxford American’s Southern music CD. As one groove leads into the next – or would have if this were a vinyl album and not a CD – […]
Half an hour northwest of San Antonio sits a spacious music and drinking hall called John T. Floore’s Country Store. Elvis Presley’s played there, as have Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, George Jones, Merle Haggard, and a multitude of Americana legends […]
He might have been — no, he was — given the name Harry Peter Traum at birth, back at the beginning of May 1938 in the Bronx, New York, but Happy Traum goes by a nickname that says it like it is. A […]
It’s fitting that the opening song of Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams’ self-titled album (released June 23, 2015, on Red House Records) is “Surrender to Love.” Like the other great duos whose ranks they join – Emmylou Harris and Gram […]
Should you be one of the few, the happy few, who have a copy of the 18-disc Collector’s Edition of Bob Dylan’s latest Bootleg Series release, check your email — and rejoice. The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series […]
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