It’s impossible to define Richard Samet “Kinky” Friedman in a word or two, but maybe “a character” is the quickest summation. There are other words too, of course: musician, singer, songwriter, irreverent humorist, novelist, columnist, politician, cowboy, dog rescuer, pro-marijuana activist, […]
One of bluegrass’ most beloved artists, Ricky Skaggs has lived a blessed life, it would seem. He’s played with Bill Monroe and Ralph Stanley. He joined up with J.D. Crowe and the New South, Emmylou Harris’ Hot Band, and started […]
It’s now 20 years since Ernest Tubb began work on his last sizable body of recorded material — the First Generation label sides, 47 of them, cut between 1977 and 1981 under Pete Drake’s production. Major labels, including his own […]
