Waylon Jennings: Sex, Drugs, & Rockabilly-Part 6/The End.
"WAS IT SINGING THROUGH MY NOSE THAT GOT ME BUSTED…?"
Tuesday evening, August 23, 1977 was just another summer night in Nashville–hot and humid. A few employees were still at the offices at Seventeenth and Edgehill. Waylon was next door at American Studios, helping put some finishing
Woody Guthrie, Marjorie, Mama & Me: A Memory for the Woody Guthrie Centennial
by Terry Roland--In Memory of Doris Madeline Roland-Hutson Oct. 9, 1921-May 31, 2012
It's been 100 years since Woody Guthrie took his first breath of Oklahoma air. Although he died more than 45 years ago, Woody is more alive today than many people still walking around the planet.
The Dardanelles Return with more Newfoundland Roots Music
We've written about young Newfoundland trad band
The Dardanelles
before. They were first one of our favorite finds of the 2011 Folk Alliance Conference, then we wrote about the amazing solo album that lead singer Matthew Byrne released. Now they're back with a new album, The
Waylon Jennings: Sex, Drugs, & Rockabilly-Part 5
THE EAGLE & RUGUS
Waylon loved his first custom celebrity touring bus, an Eagle, built in Belgium. Eagles had been the chosen wheels of Continental Trailways, a national bus line that was bought by Greyhound in 1987. As touring musicians began to generate more revenue, the Eagle became their first
Waylon Jennings: Sex, Drugs, & Rockabilly-Part 4
MADDOG RESHEN
Waylon’s New York manager, Neil Reshen, had freed him from the restraints of Nashville's assembly-line recording system. When Waylon felt pressure from RCA, he phoned Reshen, known to industry insiders as "Maddog." Waylon called him "my pitbull on a chain;” said when
Brandi Carlile: Raising Hell and Finding Personal Growth With ‘Bear Creek’
Brandi Carlile has spent the better part of the last decade traversing the planet, bringing her music to an ever-growing following. Her new studio album, Bear Creek, sees the singer/songwriter using the experience garnered from life on the road to elevate her already astonishing artistry to a new level.